Growing buddies

[stinkyattic]

How many of use have a grow buddy who lives within a couple hours' drive?

Someone to trade cuttings and advice with?
Someone to have a beer and yap for hours with about all the stuff you can't talk to your 'regular' friends about?
Someone who will lend you equipment if yours breaks?
Someone who will always be there to replace your genetics if you go down or have to bail?

And if you don't ....

HAve you tried to get a friend into the hobby?

It's GREAT!!!!


I have a couple people...

A hydro grower
His buddy who also grows hydro
A dirt guy
A young guerilla grower who breeds the sick ganj
A legal farmer who grows organic veggies and is pot-friendly even though she doesn't grow it, she's the organic goddess
A couple retired growers who are legitimate knowitalls

Among all of us, it's a wealth of knowledge and laughs!

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 01-18-2007. Growing buddies How many of use have a grow buddy who lives within a couple hours' drive? Someone to trade cuttings and advice with? Someone to have a beer and yap for hours with about all the stuff you can't talk to your 'regular' friends about? Someone who will lend you equipment if yours breaks? Someone who will always be there to replace your genetics if you go down or have to bail? And if you don't .... HAve you tried to get a friend into the hobby? Rating: 5

[the yeag]

no that is why i like this site......my guy friends think playing with plants is GAY. i have tried to get them started but they have no patients...as for the women most think it is hot....but they would not do it because of the law...

[Splifted]

The only one I have is my best friend. But he's more like a partner than a buddy lol, since our first and only grow was together.

Also, I'd be kinda skeptical about making too many grow buddies, because 9 times out of 10 when someone gets busted its because someone else snitched. Like one of my friends who doesn't know about me got busted a long time ago (he's a lot older than me) because one of his "friends" got busted and rolled over on him. I don't like anyone knowing that doesn't have as much to lose over it as I do.

But thats just my thoughts. I've been getting progressively more paranoid lately for some reason. Lol, I think its where I live, new city for school, living in apartments (i don't grow here because of that), where people can just come in and out as they please with 3 strange roommates. Like i used to smoke pot to chill, now smoking pot at home makes me stress more. Cause like maintenance and the apartment ppl don't give any notice they just show up and come in. Oh well, only stuck in this shit hole through summer.

<sry for rambling, i'm :stoned: >

[Bodom Children Of]

Having that many growing buddies is asking for trouble. Rule #1 the only one to know of your grow is you.

[freewheelinfrank]

yup, I'm acquainted with Image Reaper, so he helps a lot - guy has the greenthumb, fo shure, he's doing some killer Diesel/Herer stuff now - but, he is only helper I have so far

[ericwt]

Don't really have a grow buddy.

I do have friends that are experts in organic growing, botany and horticulture.

I have conversations about new ways I can grow my tomatoes and strawberries with them.

If you have a University near buy, these people will give away great advise on growing vegetables or "other plants".

[stinkyattic]

Also, I'd be kinda skeptical about making too many grow buddies, because 9 times out of 10 when someone gets busted its because someone else snitched. ......
I've been getting progressively more paranoid lately for some reason.

Paranoia is healthy but my crew knows I'm not a cash cropper- not even CLOSE- I'm more interested in breeding than growing massive amounts of bud. I've got only myself and a couple close friends to keep happy... I barely even charge my friends... just make them bring back all the seeds they find...
my grow buddies are mostly EXTREMELY small scale, strictly PU or breeding, and, well, how do I put this... OLD and mellow... not the sorts who are likely to draw attention.

I guess that's just my approach to growing. I look forward to the day when cultivation is legal so that I never have to look at anyone suspiciously and think, hm, are they trustworthy? I hate having to make judgements like that.

[liberiamom]

Old and mellow is a good thing to be :rasta:
You and kp are the only growing buds I have, and of course all of the other fine people on this site who have shared advice and support. It has nothing to do with selling or having large quantities, it's like any home gardening- it's fun to do and you can consume the fruit of your labors. Pot is like wine- all the different varieties should be grown, studied even, but certainly enjoyed! This is the bounty of the earth-

If I die before this is legalized I am going to be very pissed off. And I will be back to see that day!

[Omnivore]

I have a couple that taught me everything I needed to know about Hydro.

If I didn't have them to chat/drink with, my head would explode.

[Shovelhandle]

Up here I have a friend who have been growing outdoors on a commercial scale for many years. I don't see much of him, or many of my other old pals anymore. I do know a couple of other friends who grow a guerilla crop each year, with mixed results. It's fun to compare notes during the grow season.

I know this guy from the pool where we (wife and I) swim. He has MS and wheelchair bound, for the most part. We always talk about the old "hood" (we both moved here from Boston area). We talk politics (we're progressive types). We talk food and gardening. So, I turn him on to my hot peppers and hot pepper sauces. He digs that stuff a lot. As he's been active in med pot politics, where he always sends me e-mails for the cause, I figured he likes a smoke. So, I gave him a bunch o' buds on a branch in his bag of dried peppers! lol He digs that! So I e-mail a pic of the "winter garden" and he's blown away. He says that he has a "winter garden" too! COOL!

Shovelhandle