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2001.
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Dear
Dr Hemp,
Is a black
light good for growing weed.
Regards,
GTO42o . |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I would like to
know how to make bud butter, i.e., turning an ounce of herb into butter to make
brownies?
Sincerely,
MarUnited1 . |
Dear
MarUnited1,
To make bud butter,
I advise using a Bain Marie. Melt the butter and add the fine grass mixture.
Finally, stir until even and make sure that you do not burn the butter.
Transfer the butter mixture to a cold bowl and fold some more, possibly doing
this on a bed of ice to prevent the butter separating. Continue stirring until
it has a thicker texture.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I have a couple
of questions for you, and believe it or not, they are about my plants, not some
Dear Abby thing. To begin with, I have been putting my plants that are 19" and
22 " respectively, outside during the day, The wind has been rough on them at
times and I have trouble telling if the dry leaves and edges are due to the
wind, also, they have been on 12/12 for about 2-3 weeks now. The breezy
conditions are breaking a few of the fan leaves off and at the same time, I
took a clone from one of my girls. Is this going to set her back? I have no
idea what strain they are, they are just some that were given to me. Also, I
have a few littler ones, maybe 5-7 inches, as an experiment, I gave them a dose
of African Violet food to see what would happen, well, needless to say, they
edges are burned up pretty good, so I took the tops of them and am trying to
root them, Because when my larger plant got beat up, I thought I would take a
clone, well she is, like I said a few weeks into flowering, but now that I have
a budding clone rooting, what can I expect to see happen?
Thanks Doc, I
appreciate your help.
Have a great day,
Sher . |
Dear
Sher,
Get a fan and keep them
indoors under the light, because if you take them outside it will play havoc
with their growing cycles and it is more controllable under the indoor
light.
As for cloning, this should do no damage and please do not use
African Violet food. If you must use an easily obtainable fertiliser, look at
some of the tomato fertilisers that are sold in garden shops. For the budding
clone, treat as a small plant and start flowering cycle as
usual.
Regards,
Dr
Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I have recently
moved to Cornwall and desperately want to know how to grow weed. I have seen
lots of web sites, but none with complete novice instructions. I know it cost
around £150 - £200 to start up, but how long will it take before I
can smoke it?
Also, do you have to really know what you're doing to
grow your own?
Look forward to hearing from you,
Stoner from Cornwall . |
Dear
Stoner from
Cornwall,
Basics for cheap grow room set-up are:
- Grow light (Phillips SON-T-AGRO 400W bulbs are
best).
- Ropes and pulley - so that you can move the
light.
- Horticultural sand.
- Trough for sand.
- Waterproof soil-heating cable.
- Pots (I like 15 3¾ "pots).
- Peat-free compost.
- Perlite.
- Oscillating fan (very important).
- Hemp seeds.
Now you have enough to start a basic set-up. Try and
get a book called 'Closet Cultivator' by E. Rosenthal, which will tell you the
right path to grow your own. It should take about 3 months for the first
crop.
Regards,
Dr
Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
Your site is
one of the best I have been to. I want to grow my own, but I don't want huge
amounts, just a couple of plants for myself. I don't smoke that much and won't
be selling so I won't make money back on expensive lights. Can I grow it
indoors without using lights? My windowsill is quite sunny and I've got a
window box (but I don't want next-door nicking it). I don't mind waiting for
them to mature either. I want some real giggle-weed (nothing too trippy). Any
suggestions on an easy to grow variety? Also, whenever I have solid I feel
kinda sick and wobbly, and I get paranoid. Is that normal or will it be
additives?
Any help much appreciated,
Laura . |
Dear
Laura,
You really will
need to use lights if you are to grow cannabis indoors; check out
www.starlitesystems.co.uk.
No variety of cananbis is
that difficult to grow, however, the more experienced you are, the better the
plant will be - check out our good friends at
www.potseeds.co.uk for
a good deal on F1 cannabis seeds.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I've been
smoking a lot of skunk during school lunch times as we're allowed out of
school. We normally have about 2 or 3 spliffs between 3-4 of us. When we go
back to school after lunch, the potent smell of skunk and tobacco is really
smelly. It's very noticeable and several people have made comments. Is there a
way of getting rid of the smell? Or a less smelly way of smoking it instead of
joints? The problem areas are fingers, breath and clothes.
Yours
sincerely dewd,
Josh &
Rich in London,UK . |
Dear
Josh & Rich,
Use a
deodorising soap on your hands. Eat and drink something and then use a
mouthwash. Finally, give your clothes the Lynx effect.
Happy tokin and
don't get so paranoid.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
Are there any
ways of telling how good the quality of hash is from the appearance? I have
heard that in a lot of hash there are many chemicals added and I would like to
be able to tell whether the hash that I buy is polluted. Any give-aways?
Thanks,
Rekcon . |
Dear
Rekcon,
Texture and smell is
generally a better method of testing the hash than colour. Sometimes there are
chemicals, especially in repressed hash.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
Me and my
friends love giving shot guns with blunts (this is where the blunt is put in
one persons mouth backwards and that person then blows out making smoke flow
out of the hitting end of the blunt giving you a really big toke).
Now
over time we have thought of and learned many different ways to get bigger hits
with shotguns. We can join hands by making the ok sign and then locking
fingers. We can use hats for amazing hits, and my personal fav has to be where
you close one side of your nose and suck the smoke up the other side as hard as
you can (I call it the killer shotgun).
Dr Hemp please tell me and my
friends some more ways to get really big hits without having to make or buy
bongs. We like getting big hits off of jays and blunts.
Thanks for your
time.
Take it easy,
True
smoker. |
Dear
True smoker,
Thank you for
your letter.
How about trying bucket bongs? (grav bongs in the USA) Or
what about a vaporiser? Let me know how you get on.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr
Hemp,
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
A few lines of Charlie is
spot on! That's exactly why I prefer psychedelic drugs, shrooms, cacti, Mexican
shrubs, acid, weed, hash plus any other's I may have missed out.
Very
amusing web site ;-)
Regards,
A psychedelic warrior in South
West Scotland.
P.S. The small town where I live is in for a shock in a
few week's time coz I planted 72 small (3" high) outdoor indicas everywhere,
e.g., council office gardens, outside doctors surgery, plant pots outside
police station, hanging baskets outside my local pub, stranger's window boxes
and basically anywhere there was soil. Will send some photo's when they grow up
big and strong. |
Dear
Psychedelic
Warrior,
Very funny. Feel free to send us some pics of your crop and
we'll start a rogue gallery. Hope you don't get into any trouble.
Regards,
Dr
Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I have just
received an 18 inch rolling machine. I have never used one before, and I am
wondering how the fuck to use it. Please help because I don't want to look like
a dick in front of my friends.
Cheers from,
The Hemp Smoking Italian Gigolo
. |
Dear
Hemp Smoking Italian Gigolo
,
Sorry I can't help on this one. I've never used one and have no
idea how they work. If you do get on with it, let me know and I'll get one for
my mate who is shit at skinning up.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
What's the
difference between dope that is different colors. I smoke some light brown dope
and that dope is great. I get so stoned and I usually can't see straight and
think strait and get orgasmic feelings. The other dope I get is pretty fucked
up. It gets you great feelings, but I can see strait and think well. Does the
difference affect how good the dope is? Also, where I live I can get about more
than a fistful of the light brown dope for less than $40. That's a great price
right? How much does pot cost in America?
Sincerely,
Hadster .
P.S. I'm going to go
to America for the summer and I was wondering if I could bring some dope there.
How could I get past customs? I wanna bring like a fistful worth of dope. One
more thing, over here there are a bunch of Marijuana plants growing everywhere!
I mean, I can just go outside and see pot growing. Since you're an expert at
growing grass, how can I get buds of this? The plant's color is Forest Green
and right now, most plants are like 2 feet tall. |
Dear
Hadster,
The dope that
is a different colour is from a different region or has more pollen. Yes, I am
told the price in America is about $40 - $50 for an eighth of bud, although
bear in mind I'm English.
With regards to your second question, just let
nature take its course, don't rush it, the plants won't mature until late
September. Cut down any male plants.
Finally, don't take marijuana
through US customs. It's not worth the risk; buy some when you get there
instead.
Regards,
Dr
Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
Is it possible
to store marijuana for later use, without it getting stale or it losing its
flavour?
Regards,
SmurfinTP . |
Dear
SmurfinTP,
Yes you can store it.
Use airtight containers and check regularly. See my archives for more a
detailed answer on storing pot.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I was working
on auto line one day co-worker said: "Hey lets go smoke this joint at lunch." I
hit it 3 times and got real buzzed. When I got back to the job I was a little
worried that I might not be able to work, but did job great and time flew by
(from that day on I never missed a day of burning before work and at lunch). So
many Detroit auto workers smoke! I don't like smoking it, I think that it's bad
for my lungs.
You say you can eat it, but won't this just waste most of
it? Can I take ginger root with it to help the buzz? (lower ph with ginger
root) I've never tried eating weed .Can it be made into a drink like hot tea?
Thanks, you have a great site,
Big Da-da . |
Dear
Big Da-da,
Yes you can eat pot and
what's more - it's stronger!
Making tea with ginger is good - use grass
like herbs in cooking.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
When I get
high, I blackout and start to get super dizzy and scared. It's really scary. I
see stuff in fast motion and then blackout for less then a second it seems then
it's like I just woke up and I'm scared ... it's really weird. I was just
wondering if this is how some people feel when there high or if there is
something really wrong?
Regards,
Andrea . |
Dear
Andrea,
Congratulations,
you've just had a whitey - so now you know your limits. You
lightweight!
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Monsoon,
The best pot is the one
that you're smoking at the time. Some favourites of mine are Mazur Shariff for
solids and for grass, pure Jamaican Sensi, White Widow, Northern Light, etc., I
like them all.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
Please help.
I'm thinking of making my own PVC tube system, so will ordinary a 6 inch PVC
pipe be ok to use or does it have to be food grade only? (What ever that
means?) I was told that ordinary PVC might deteriorate after a bit of use from
the nutrients and if that is the case I will have to get a special plastic
reservoir as well? If food grade is the only way to go do you know of anyone
here in England where I could get some?
Many many thanks,
Stretcher . |
Dear
Stretcher,
Food grade means
that it is sterilised. You should use a rubber reservoir, surf around the
Internet for online head shops. Alternatively, try a grow light supply shop or
a farm supplier.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
Hey what's
up?
Anyway, I wanted to know how to cook marijuana?
Please
respond,
Donna . |
Dear
Donna,
Basically use oil or
break hash and mix with heated dairy products. Oil is better with milk and hash
is better for butter. With green, simply use it like cooking herbs.
We
are soon going to put a recipe section on this web site when we're not too
stoned, so please come back and visit us again.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
Dear
Dr Hemp,
I am
debilitated by multiple sclerosis. I have chronic pain, inflammation, and am
confined to a chair all day.
Also, I am not a smoker.
My
question is two fold. I would like to try a vaporiser. I'm confused by all the
choices. I need something easy to handle and small. Of course, I want the best
one on the market!
Also, I am looking for a strain good for my disease.
I need something that will give me:
- Pain relief.
- Energy.
- Relieve anxiety/stress.
I heard Mr White Nice (bluegrasseeds) was good for MS.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Renoots . |
Dear
Renoots,
Try a mini
vaporiser, which is more compact. They are advertised in Weed World and the
phone number given is +44.1974.821518.
The best strain to use is
probably Ruderalis, which is an early flowering variety that grows wild in
parts of Eastern Europe and Russia. It's not the strongest, therefore you won't
get too stoned, but you will get an adequate THC hit to relieve the
symptoms.
Regards,
Dr Hemp. |
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