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    thin the leaves out?

    well meaning friends are telling me to thin the leaves out and leave only the buds. Is that right? I read here that you're not sposed to do that. I have 1 awesome outdoor plant pushing 8 ft and loaded with buds. They're pretty green tho my friend says the ends are starting to get red. Very...
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    My First Outdoor Plants, Help Appreciated

    Hey, what's wrong with a little rain?? Mine's out in the garden and the few times it's rained here (it's a dry heat) it doesn't seem to have ruined anything. I have a resident few praying mantises and they seem to keep the pest situation well in hand. God I wish I knew how long before I can...
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    Inducing Flowering

    I'm in suburb of Phx, Arizona and have probably an eight-footer now in my back yard garden and while I was initially worried about possibly being spotted I am now more worried about someone following the scent trail!! This thing reeks...I can't walk out onto my patio without being bowled over...
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    harvest before frost?

    ohhhhhh....thank you, that sounds so encouraging! I guess we'll just proceed and see where this goes. It's been fun watching it mature. I'm an enthusiastic gardner and feel like a proud parent.
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    harvest before frost?

    Will the clippings be some indication of what to expect from the real harvest? We have no idea what seed actually took hold since he'd been tossing some out there over time from a couple of different purchases. I understand the seed is key and not the growing conditions. In other words this...
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    harvest before frost?

    I read some advice on this site about pruning the bottom branches where there aren't too many buds. This will supposedly put more energy into production of the upper ones. Correct? And should I go ahead and dry out the clippings and give them to my friend to try, since I don't even like the...
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    harvest before frost?

    I have no idea how this works, new to site, new to growing...friend tossed some seeds in garden and whoops the damn thing is 7 feet tall now and I just hope the neighbors don't see it. Looks like buds all over the place, sorta white, sorta green - what happens next and when. It's a mild...
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