I know, right? what happened is they abandoned the house in a hurry, and left behind a bunch of meth pariphinalia, they were on probation, and had just lost their kids to CPS, for neglect.
The plants are in buckets of plain dirt, probably fed with the cheapest of nutrients, but I've got them on Maxsea bloom now, and the buds have at least doubled in size, looks like October is going to be a very kind month.

Oh, as for that branch, it was a total loss. but they are doing fine now.