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Dr John Watson
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> -- 
> Dr John Watson
> Baker Street

" THE State Government has stepped up its war on hydroponic cannabis,
making it illegal to possess the lamps and reflectors used to produce crops. "

Forget for a minute that Australia is so warm and sunny that you don't need
any high output lamps - you can just grow cannabis outside.

High output lamps are used in ordinary agriculture too. In fact
that is their main use (that and as streetlights - gee, I hope no
streetlights go missing).

What I really want to know is who the idiots are who overwhelmingly
voted their belief that banning high output lamps is going to stop
drug growing in Australia.

Noticed at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:57:17 +0200: 5trfg6h7 informed us:

> " THE State Government has stepped up its war on hydroponic cannabis,
> making it illegal to possess the lamps and reflectors used to produce crops. "

Note that the picture of a "hydroponic crop" is actually being grown in
soil in pots.

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Dr John Watson
Baker Street

"Dr John Watson"  wrote in message
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> Noticed at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:57:17 +0200: 5trfg6h7 informed us:
>
> > " THE State Government has stepped up its war on hydroponic cannabis,
> > making it illegal to possess the lamps and reflectors used to produce crops. "
>
> Note that the picture of a "hydroponic crop" is actually being grown in
> soil in pots.

You could be right and the only thing relevant to the story would be the lamps.

However, that could also be coco coir or some soilless mix
that would serve as a substrate for hydroponic growing.

Check out Arjan Roskam's video on (amongst others)
the Thai-Tanic strain from Greenhouse Seeds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGOxvg_VOz0

I think it is grown in a 50/50 mix of sand and something else,
with hydroponic nutrients. The ph is most definitely
in the hydroponic range - 5.5, which his far too low for soil.

(That is one huge indoor plant. :) )

On 24 jul, 19:31, "5trfg6h7"  wrote:
> "Dr John Watson"  wrote in messagenews:6embo6F7p1hgU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > Noticed at Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:57:17 +0200: 5trfg6h7 informed us:
>
> > > " THE State Government has stepped up its war on hydroponic cannabis,
> > > making it illegal to possess the lamps and reflectors used to produce crops. "
>
> > Note that the picture of a "hydroponic crop" is actually being grown in
> > soil in pots.
>
> You could be right and the only thing relevant to the story would be the lamps.
>
> However, that could also be coco coir or some soilless mix
> that would serve as a substrate for hydroponic growing.
>
> Check out Arjan Roskam's video on (amongst others)
> the Thai-Tanic strain from Greenhouse Seeds.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGOxvg_VOz0
>
> I think it is grown in a 50/50 mix of sand and something else,
> with hydroponic nutrients. The ph is most definitely
> in the hydroponic range - 5.5, which his far too low for soil.
>
> (That is one huge indoor plant. :) )

Nice plant yeah. If you have 4 or 5 of such plants, you have plenty of
bud for personal use.