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LED Grow Lights Make Growing Marijuana Easy... or Do They?
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Mon, May, 7th 2012 by THCFinder
For patients who need medical marijuana, the progress of LED grow lights has been closely watched.
 
LEDs (short for light emitting diodes) were first invented in 1927. More efficient than nearly any other type of artificial light, these diodes were too weak to ever be a contender for growing plants until recently.
 
But continuing research has resulted in LED lights that are stronger than ever before. Within the last few years, many LED grow light systems have sprung up on the market for indoor gardeners.
 
Some claim that LED grow light technology may finally put the cultivation of a few marijuana plants within reach of anybody who has a few extra bucks and a spare closet.
 
On paper, LED grow lights seem to outperform HPS grow lights (the current standard for growing marijuana) in almost every way.
 
For one, LEDs use significantly less electricity than HPS bulbs, plus they only give off a fraction of the heat.
 
Nebula Haze, experienced grower and co-founder of GrowWeedEasy.com, states, "HPS grow lights are often at the heart of many growing problems, especially when marijuana plants are grown in a small closet or cupboard. The heat given off by an HPS grow light quickly builds up and can seriously hurt and even kill a marijuana plant if the hot air is not vented out through an exhaust system"
 
The fact that HPS lights produce excessive heat is one of the major reasons why there is so much interest in LED grow lights.
 
In contrast with HPS lights, LED lights do not require growers to install expensive ducting or a ventilation system to control the heat.
 
In fact, according to the manufacturers’ specifications, most LED grow lights can be plugged into a standard electrical outlet and turned on immediately in any small space, with no worries about uncontrollable temperature changes.
 
So LEDs use less electricity and produce less heat than regular grow lights, why is there a controversy?
 
Nebula answers, "The question for any real-life pot farmer is this: Do LED grow lights really work for growing marijuana? Marijuana plants require a very specific type of light to grow. Can you still produce the prized THC-laden cannabis flowers using only one of these LED light systems"
 
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Category: Tokers | Posted on Mon, May, 7th 2012 by THCFinder

 

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Zero Tolerance Policy At Cruise Terminal
Category: News | Posted on Mon, May, 7th 2012 by THCFinder
Over the past week 7 cruise passengers at the Baltimore Cruise Terminal were each fined $500 after officers found personal use quantities of marijuana in their bags, according to Customs and Border Protection.
 
Steve Sapp, with Customs and Border Protection, says all of the 7 cruise passengers were allowed to board their ship and they were not criminally charged.
 
He says the fines were issued as part of the zero tolerance policy at the Baltimore Cruise Terminal.
 
Each person had to pay the fine in-full before they were allowed to board their ship.
 
"We've seen cases in the past where cruise ship passengers and airline passengers may have been taking more than we consider for personal use amount would then be prosecuted criminally," Sapp tells WBAL's Scott Wykoff.  "What we typically do is we turn folks over to either federal prosecution or local prosecution."
 
Source: http://wbal.com
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Category: Fun | Posted on Mon, May, 7th 2012 by THCFinder

 

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Rough Housing Market Creating More Indoor Marijuana Grows
Category: News | Posted on Mon, May, 7th 2012 by THCFinder

It seems the suppressed housing market and the glut of cheap housing it has created is responsible (along with prohibition-era marijuana prices) for a recent trend of suburban indoor marijuana growing.

 

For the most part the growers blend in to these communities by keeping a normal outside routine and no one in the neighborhood knows that marijuana is being grown.

 

Fans of the hit TV show “Weeds” might have seen this concept in one of the early seasons of the show as the characters used an empty suburban house for a large indoor grow operation.

 

With helicopters and other agents of technology being used to sniff out growing operations, it makes sense that more growers are moving their large outdoor grows away of the prying eyes of those who wish to do them harm.

 

The internet is full of videos and articles with advice for this need breed of grower. For instance, odor control and maintaining a reasonable electricity bill are essential elements of not getting caught.

 

In other words, everything must give the impression that nothing illegal is happening in the house.

 

As we should have learned during alcohol prohibition last century, one of the main reasons prohibition doesn’t work is because people will always find a way to make a profit. The more illegal something is, the more it is worth. The more it is worth, the more people who try to get into the market.

 

That’s why people making alcohol in their bathtubs was common in the 1920’s and would seem ludicrous today when you can go to just about any store and buy some beer. Hell, the CVS’ and Walgreens’ in my area sell liquor now less than 200 feet from where they sell the Percocets.

 

As long as marijuana is illegal, people will figure out new ways to grow it and conceal it. Prohibition is pointless.

 

Source: http://www.nytimes.com

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Need money for Weed
Category: Fun | Posted on Mon, May, 7th 2012 by THCFinder

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