Growing tobacco versus marijuana

[Rain Man]

The first retail marijuana places will open up on January 1st here in Denver. I think they're mostly moving into old Blockbuster and Kenny Rogers Roasters locations.

Anyway, the latest debate is production. They've got big warehouses now that are growing the stuff commercially, but apparently people can also grow their own, and the debate now is the limit (now set at 6 per person and 12 per household as of last night): http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24...lants-no-front

It got me wondering, though. What's the advantage in growing it yourself? Is it just cheaper? And if it's cheaper, why don't people grow their own tobacco for cigarettes? You never hear about people growing their own tobacco.

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Otter

Wow, Katipan. You're like a friend that just shows up out of the blue every 12+ months with a jug of wine when she wants to party then vanishes again.

Good to see ya batman (girl).

You too! Don't be surprised if there are reports of a woman yelling for an otter in your neck of the woods. I have an aunt in silverton and a reason for traveling soon.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Assumable.
Come on, he’s talking about “lids”. Haven’t heard that one since Up In Smoke.

I love that movie.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by gosampel

Mine start smelling really good after a couple of months into it but outside takes almost 6 months so you have to get a cycle going

Once we move somewhere where I can have a shed. I just frankly don't want it in the house.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Katipan

Too expensive here

You need a better job to support your weed habit.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So four to six ounces per year isn't anywhere near average annual consumption. If you want to stay legal, you'd still be buying 80 percent of your product through the retail system. Maybe that's how the business model works.

Well, that and it sounds like it may not be worth growing one's own in a legal environment.

Yes, I think you're spot on here.

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

You need a better job to support your weed habit.

The last little goes to school in a couple years. I can focus on the important things then!

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Otter

I live where it's easier to buy an ounce of Jack Herer than it is to find a bottle of Jack Daniels and I've never once heard of a 'dime lid'. What the **** is a dime lid?

Ask your FATHER, he'll know.

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Tobacco used to be a highly sought after crop that was tightly regulated. Don't know if you could grow your own unless you stole some seed or plants from the few allowed to grow it. The internet would have changed that I guess.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Once we move somewhere where I can have a shed. I just frankly don't want it in the house.

Is it the smell or some other reason?

[gosampel]

Originally Posted by OrtonsPiercedTaint

Tobacco used to be a highly sought after crop that was tightly regulated. Don't know if you could grow your own unless you stole some seed or plants from the few allowed to grow it. The internet would have changed that I guess.

Also I think they have laws in place about grow location and amount due to cigarette taxes because you know there is a state stamp on a pack of smokes and uncle Sam wants his cut of money

[WhawhaWhat]

I vowed to never smoke anything, tobacco and MJ, after my grandmother died of lung cancer when I was young. Never have to this point, never will.

[KC Jones]

I've known people that successfully grew pot. They had little intelligence and showed no aptitude for botanical care outside of the pot. You could throw seeds out of a window and stand a good chance of success. In other words, it's idiot proof. Tobacco probably is not.

[Johnny Vegas]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

I vowed to never smoke anything, tobacco and MJ, after my grandmother died of lung cancer when I was young. Never have to this point, never will.

good! more for us!! honestly though in the decades of smoking they've found cigarettes to be cancerous but why can't they say the same about smoking weed? I get that smoking anything is terrible for your lungs but people been smoking weed just as long as they been studying the effects of tobacco smoke yet nobody has claimed smoking weed causes lung cancer nor has it killed anyone who's smoked it.

[go bo]

Originally Posted by NewChief

You can still get $40 schwag out there, but no one smokes that shit any more.

nope, bottom level reggie is nearly impossible to find, at least here in meth city...

[eDave]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

I can have up to three plants in my house in CA with my medicinal prescription, but I haven't made a move on it yet. I'd have to grow indica (don't have room for a much larger sativa plant) and indica requires 12 hours of sun with 12 hours of dark. Just not ready for the commitment.

Besides, I have a few friends who grow. One of them brought over a mason jar filled with medicinal grade stuff. I haven't bought any for months.

It is a commitment. But like someone said, it's a labor of love. An Indica, IIR, does take longer to harvest. Set up an indoor grow room, get the right lights specific to veg and flower. Start with seedlings and have 2 grows at once. One flowering while the other is vegging. Once the first grow goes to flower, start a new veg cycle with new seedlings, taken from your best plant that is now in the flowering chamber. Repeat.