Really amazed at how resilient Marijuana plants are

I'm near the end of my 1st grow. I have 5 plants in less than ideal conditions. By that I'm mostly referring to the trauma they experienced due to security issues. I'm talking about being transplanted 3 or 4 times, being tossed in a box for like a week or more, severe drought and less than ideal light conditions. Despite this they still live on and didn't turn male on me or hermie. Nothing spectacular will come out of this but it was a learning experience. It's a remarkable plant. I'm totally impressed by the strength of it's fibers as well as it's resilient nature. Indeed it's not called weed for anything. Understand this is my 1st grow so it sounds very naive but I assure you it is not.

I'm reluctant to post pictures at this time. Of the pictures I've looked at on this site I am certainly jealous of you Californians! I would kill to be able to just grow out in the open in full sun. Nosy neighbors, planes, and lots of cops around prevent me from seeing the true potential of this remarkable herb. I can only imagine the different varieties and potential specific to each and the fascination that comes from gardening in general. I'll never lose my love of gardening. What wonders come from a tiny seed any seed. Marijuana is just another welcome addition to my garden.

just watch out for those spider mites.... sneaky little buggers

del66666 said:

just watch out for those spider mites.... sneaky little buggers

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Something to scare the kids:

you bet, im at war with them at the mo, good old neem oil.

I'm an Avid man myself. Applied it once this summer; there were no survivors. That pic is from a couple of years ago when I still thought insecticidal soap would do it. I've never tried neem oil, people complain about the smell.

I've gardened my whole life and this is my first mj grow and I have to agree with you, these are truly amazing plants, I am thinking of moveing to cali, though I am terrified of earthquakes , simply to test out about a million ideas, I cna easily see spending the rest of my life growing and breeding these plants, plus the results beats the hell out of tomatoes

hasnt avid got neem in it?

I dropped a light on a 2 inch seeding a while back, smashed it flat and broke the frail stem in two places. I pretty much wrote it off, but it raised it's head again in two days and 3 weeks later was indistinguishable from the others around it.

I like tomatoes. What's wrong with tomatoes????

I'm not noticing any serious predator attacks. I've seen some white flies and some other insects but I just flick them off on another thing and they eat that instead. I looked around for a Praying Mantis but couldn't find one to leave on my plants. Nothing eats like one of those. They're sadistically cunning too.

I'd move to California if I had the money. I'd live in a tent if I had to. Give me land(preferably away from the city), a water well, and I'm in heaven. Strum my guitar, sing and watch the garden grow.

You're right about their resilience. I started some seedlings indoors earlier this season. They grew fine until they ran out of space, had lights drop on them, went days without watering, high temperatures, etc. All of them reached near death. And then they were moved outside and received inconsistent light/shade, infrequent watering, etc. They were stressed as hell.

Jump to months later, now mid-Sept. and I have 3 healthy females. They look and smell lovely.