Cannabis Cultivator: A Step-By-Step Guide to Growing Marijuana
1. Tell us a little about yourself.
90º
60 years old this year
been here researching cannabis and various aspects
in Spain and the UK
I have an active profiles
everything
I was arrested in the UK
My name is Jeff Ditchfield
Tell me about your first gardening experience?
I think my earliest memory
cultivation
partly 6-7
ooh that’s interesting
35 years later
cannabis seeds
didn’t have a great deal of cultivation experience
find the whole aspect of cannabis fascinating
different varieties
5000 varieties
different rations
whole subject fascinating
amazed me about the cannabis plant
little chemical factories
grow them
end up with this great plant material
best
interested
It’s like I discuss book
The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana
step-by-step guides
certainly on the cultivations side
big arguments
discussion
organically grown cannabis
very much
right or wrong
why the person is cultivating
city
small apartment
room for a large organic grow
small confined space
hydroponically
only choice
weed can be grown well hydroponically
organically grown weed
no chemicals
here in jamaica
philosophy
vegan
whole new aspect
great thing about Jamaica
we can grow all year round
near the equator
grow very day of the year
having grown in the uk
spain
Caribbean
new set of challenges
pests can be quite a problem
growing outdoors
researching as well
plant insect repellent based on turbines
researching
medicinal aspects
new products
produce a b
depends on where you are in the world
there seem to be quite a few ex brits
Canadians
americans
huge barrier
relocate to jamaica
moving to another country
become part of the society
Jamaica test 3 years ago
this year applying for residence
yes mainly
aphids and spider mites
deal without pesticides
growing down here in Jamaica
five classes of license
if you want to have a business
apply for a cultivation license
to open a dispensary
very good system
one step further
each household is permitted up to 5 cannabis plants for their own use
ourselves for our personal
My first book was cannabis cultivator
simple introduction
cultivating cannabis for your own use
medical cannabis guidebook
different methods of
what illnesses
section on cancer and anti-cannabis properties
starting is to have good plant material
simple process
sound complicated
called weed because it grows like weed
nurturing
sounds a bit hippyish
that’s the way I’ll just sit amongst plants surfing the web and just be around them
join a good growing or cultivation forum
on the web anywhere
one I always recommend
UK 420.com
one of the oldest cultivation forums there is going over 20 years now
people have been growing for many years and new people who learn how to grow
very much depends on what your growing environment
grow 5 plants in your garden
Saudi Arabia
other countries
likely lose your life for cultivating
grow indoors
grow outdoors
same process
germination period
small plants you are growing from seed or cuttings
later stronger
flowering
female buds
start with personal choice
some people choose not to eat meat
what we all consume and take into our bodies
hydroponically grown weed
when I grew my first cannabis plant in 2000
he suffers from MS
trying to obtain robbed at knife point
looking for some weed, her regular dealer had been arrested who she had known for years
going around Liverpool looking for some
in a pub in Liverpool, guy said yeah I have some weed
holding her throat
didn’t even report
this is what a truck me all those years ago
obtain cannabis under a system of
victim of cannabis prohibition
it’s a plant
it’s called weed
how hard can it be to grow
that’s when I started growing my first cannabis plants
in 6 months
keep her supplied for a year
she was involved with the MS society in Liverpool
your looking good
she had a new source of cannabis
20 of her friends that were suffering
there was too much of a demand
taught to teach people to be self sufficient
right a simple guide
people can educate themselves
make their own cannabis
what they’re taking
its important more and more people
certainly the medicinal side
we all have a
system
well for me it’s always been important
to challenge the law
that’s why I’ve been arrested over 20 times
been to crown court
outside the houses
cannabis oil in attempt to give it to the parents of a dying child
dropped all that
police
stop wasting their time arresting me
in court
the houses of parliament
heavily policed buildings
debating cannabis laws
when I was outside
for being possession
every week I am contacted by parents
terminal cancer
epilepsy
syndrome
government can’t help them
resort to becoming criminals
that should be the case
another reason I fight so hard to end the prohibition
parents to email me
risk up to 14
doctor
growing them
yes in my medical cannabis guidebook
step by step guides
making cannabis
trying to treat
if you are trying to treat concentrate
cannabis oil
made
plant materials
adding to a solvent
concentrating by
thick oil
sure a lot of people
if they haven’t seen in dispensaries
extracts as well
main area of interest
future lies
press in the US regarding
vape pens
e-liquids
effective method
prohibition
health scares in the US
extracts
cooked with
other additives
can only
a big problem the federal government has
the UN Conventions
do to
every country is a signatory
danger
Dawes act
it’s very hard to change something at the UN level
original
not going to happen
this is why you can have in the US
at state level not signatories
federal regulations
working within the conventions
any activities which are deemed to be legal can be legalized through a regulated system
pushing here in Jamaica
cannabis authority
apply for a licenses
now in Jamaica
legal system for 3 years
I went to the opening of a new dispensary
location
had a bar
with a red stripe with your joint
have the little restaurant as well get a nice pizza
theres a problem with pertains g cannabis products
credit cards
you can’t buy weed with a credit card or debit card
put an ATM machine in the dispensary
take get
a problem around the world
international convention
banking
money laundering regulations
legit legal business
can’t accept credit
Getting to the Root of Things: AKA the Lightning Round (quick questions and answers)
- Which activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden?
the whole cycle I dislike
it’s means to an end
I want to produce the best buds
make the best extractions
over the years I’ve come to see the actual cultivation process as a means to an end
used to years ago
areas of interest
other areas
more interested in now
different strains
ratios of cannabinoids
everybody wants cannabis
everyone
alcohol
huge difference between
they do’t and that’s again a lack of education due to prohibition give people enough information
because of the laws
illegal to encourage drug use
how do you educate someone
without it being deemed as encouraging
writing style
stay on the right side of the law
disclaimer it’s for educational purposes
not encouraging anyone
author out of prison
we all know why we are writing and passing info
empower people to make an informed decisions
legal
want for a better phrase
so much more expensive
deemed at the black market
dispensary
$10-15/gram
buy a quarter for $10
an element of profiteering
protect their market
prices to be reduced
is that the dispensary market
aimed at tourists
average
can’t afford to buy
can grow 5 plants at home
buy without
isn’t an issue here
jurisdiction
difficult
a poor
in Malaysia
appealing against a death sentence
two lbs of weed
death
cultivating more then a kilo of weed for people who have cancer
death sentences
intent
the thing out here is
because it’s 28
we’re not restricted to one
because we’re near the equator
12/12
dark about 6 o’clock at
light again
anyone who has grown cannabis
ridiculous
life cycle
we have to supplement a couple of hours of artificial
stop them going into flower
not much of a problem
our 5 plants can grow all year round
auto varieties
sativas
hazes
found with my research over the last year
dense buds
indicas
high humidity
leeds to root rot?
high nineties
final stages of flower
when I first grew my first cannabis plants 20 years ago
I grew from seeds
5000 individual varieties
differences between alcohol
a some overproof rum
in effect
taste
composition
activity ingredient
identify
alcohol by volume
4%
good idea of what that’s gonna be like
totally different
that’s what got me thinking
different varieties
strains 5000 varieties more
all the composition is different
anything which has a huge variety
jack russell
all dogs
people have to stop thinking about weed or cannabis
individual
make that plant so special
cannabinoids
what other cannabinoids
turpines
each verity
three and five hundred chemical compounds
there’s a huge difference between a durban poison
strain from Nepal
whole aspect totally fascinating
main different types
indicas
sativas
rooterallis
Afghani
bogged down in the detail
for every question I get the answer to
try to find the answer to
fascinating about
I think it depends on where you are in the world
if you are growing indoors
doesn’t matter where you are you are creating an artificial environment
full of indoors
outdoors
it’s very different depending on where you are in the world
when I am growing in Spain
one growing period
plant our plants out in feb or march
cultivate all year
crop them in Spain
variety and strain
such a long growing period
heights of 2-3 meters
2-3 kilos per plant
more of them
all year
its very difficult
standard system for growing outdoors
easier to grow indoors
challenges of outdoors
here in jamaica
weather
5-6 lbs to get
in spain
out here
because e don’t have a long growing period
don’t grow them as big
What is your favorite activity to do in the garden?
many years ago when I started getting contacted by people who have terminal cancer
children with terminal cancer
it became obvious to me
asking me
no one had the answers that used to bother me
many years talking to
professor
laughed at me
that’s his life
many questions he knows the answers to
obvious
drive to find these answers
disease if you like
curiosity
explains that their child is seriously ill
what is the best combination of cannabinoids
what should I give them
answer that I had to research
and this is why I am still researching
THCA
can be very effective
seizures
medicine for a child having a seizure
THCA in it’s pure form
it’s illegal to grow the cannabis
illegeal
once you have it it’s not illegal to possess
be an expert on every law that you break
studying cannabis and it’s application
what I do here is legal
in Spain it’s decriminalized
in UK
deliberately
see me engaging
look at my website Jeff difchfield
reports
court cases throughout the uk
I’m a reluctant criminal
I do not want to break the law
parents ask, can I help, can I
only thing that stops me would be the fear of the law
that law doesn’t deserve respect
legal to keep a slave
it was right
there would be no need
use it as they saw fit
setting slaves free
I would be deemed a criminal for that
on charges for theft
how thorough time we can look back on antiquated laws
not going to be that long off
something that shouldn’t have been against the law
children alive today
if I hadn’t
- What is the best gardening advice you have ever received?
experiment
try something new
learn from what doesn’t work, helps you to produce better systems
experimentation that I really like
my number one guinea pig
try it out on myself
latest thing
experiment
cannabis
CBN
farmilogical effect
tramadiol
side effects
only just scratched the surface
fantastic tool
I feel like as I go through my questions you just drop amazing golden seeds and inspiration
- Is there a favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be?
I would say my favorite piece of kit is my volcano vaporizer that is the vaporizer
borthz and style
shaped like a volcano
put extract in there, inflates a bag
favorite pice
pretty close
more and more people seem to be moving away from smoking
vaporizing
smoking and
when you’re smoking you have the act of combustion
when it comes to vaporizing
no smoke so you create a vapor temperature
in a good quietly vaporizer
temp control
150º entergrade
control which cannabinoids your gonna get
that’s something some people should look into
appear that I’m trying to plug my blog
explaining the science behind it,
smoke less
vape more
vaporization is a very effective method of in
vaping and inhaling very effective for controlling your pain
stop
effective method of admin
listenters
go ahead and plug your blog
let me come back
more then happy too!
any questions!
raised by todays chat!
its another reason I see myself more Jamaican
do not have a criminal record
cannabis offenses when they legalized it only
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