Westward Ho! Field-grown marijuana allowed in state's proposed regulations

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39. Including the current high potency strains?

Sure, the natural cycle does fine for the plants being grown 40+ years ago, and for one crop a year for a low-consumption population. But that's not us anymore -- we're accustomed to a higher per capita level of availability with higher levels of THC and boutique varietals. From what I'm hearing in gardening circles, maintaining quality and quantity requires the current strains to be groomed to improve their medicinal content and the point of going hydroponic is to keep the supply coming. Growing outside will probably be disappointing for those accustomed to higher quality. A cold snap or a drought or aphids... And the puff goes poof.

Having a green thumb is quite an asset locally, and the local gardening club was all cannabis, all winter long. (Which got tedious, but less tedious than the orchid bores.) If I could bear to touch the stuff, I'd probably make a better living as a grower; it sounds like it's on par with indoor citrus and gardenias -- not the easiest plant, but by no means avocado or asparagus. But indoor citrus and gardenias are not for a novice who has kept a fern alive or planted a Burpee tomato and gotten a pint of cherry tomatoes.