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I’m an artist and I’m certain I’ve gone over the edge of sanity. I’m obsessed with a cannabis plant. For some, that may not seem to be an oddity at first glance, but when I’m not coddling it, feeding it, caressing it, talking to it, admiring it, or staring at it, I can think of nothing else. She is the progeny of a breeding project and also the future of a breeding project. She is perfection personified. I have charts, graphs, spreadsheets, lineage notes, and database, pictures, and plans….okay, lots of plans.
My husband says I am the most cannabis obsessed person he has ever met, especially in light that I also despise it and am a non-smoker. Although I may not be the only non-smoker to take up growing, my past history makes it very odd indeed.
Cannabis kills. Well, I’m sure many people would argue with that, but it is my fact. In 1976, I flatlined after smoking marijuana, I was 13 years old. It was Columbian Gold. It was a heart racing hallucinogenic; it snapped both my body and my mind. It was a life changing event. Heh, pun intended. But, that is a whole other story I don’t really want to get into. But from that moment on I only viewed it with negativity. In my early twenties I started a law enforcement career which began in undercover narcotics. Time changes a lot of things, but I’m pretty sure most people who know me would be shocked to find that I am growing cannabis.
My husband is a medical marijuana user. So I was inducted into mmj. I’ve taken over his grow, expanded, and studied. I’m new(2 years) to growing mmj, only recently took over completely, but have been an avid gardener for many years. I was also involved with showing and breeding dogs for twenty years and horses for a few as well. I did a lot of genetic research, and was most fascinated by alleles, color inheritance, homozygous, recessive genes and incomplete dominance. With the short reproduction cycle of plants I am surprised I haven’t taken up plant breeding earlier, but my breeding background and creative nature has found the perfect outlet.
I have no interest in crossing x strain with y strain. I don’t care about what’s popular, or what has bag appeal. I don’t care if it’s purple or green, frosty or not or smells like bubblegum or skunk, silly names, etc. I’m a mature adult with the intention to grow the best medicine that I can. I do care about plant form and structure, vitality, vigor, disease and pest resistance and the overall quality of the medicine it provides. Aroma and flavor are pretty much subjective qualities of which I cannot judge. My breeding project is true breeding only, and no feminized seeds. All of this fuels the mad scientist in me, and my husband is the guinea pig of my experiments…he hasn’t complained, but does find my obsession amusing. I’ve now found the perfect mother plant and love her dearly. I think it odd to love a plant, but if anything happened to her, I would be devastated. I still haven’t found the perfect mate for her yet, but my next set of seedlings are up and running…too bad I’m not a patient person. I was just wondering if other breeders are obsessed with their plants, and/or suffering from (MSS) Mad Scientist Syndrome as well?
My husband says I am the most cannabis obsessed person he has ever met, especially in light that I also despise it and am a non-smoker. Although I may not be the only non-smoker to take up growing, my past history makes it very odd indeed.
Cannabis kills. Well, I’m sure many people would argue with that, but it is my fact. In 1976, I flatlined after smoking marijuana, I was 13 years old. It was Columbian Gold. It was a heart racing hallucinogenic; it snapped both my body and my mind. It was a life changing event. Heh, pun intended. But, that is a whole other story I don’t really want to get into. But from that moment on I only viewed it with negativity. In my early twenties I started a law enforcement career which began in undercover narcotics. Time changes a lot of things, but I’m pretty sure most people who know me would be shocked to find that I am growing cannabis.
My husband is a medical marijuana user. So I was inducted into mmj. I’ve taken over his grow, expanded, and studied. I’m new(2 years) to growing mmj, only recently took over completely, but have been an avid gardener for many years. I was also involved with showing and breeding dogs for twenty years and horses for a few as well. I did a lot of genetic research, and was most fascinated by alleles, color inheritance, homozygous, recessive genes and incomplete dominance. With the short reproduction cycle of plants I am surprised I haven’t taken up plant breeding earlier, but my breeding background and creative nature has found the perfect outlet.
I have no interest in crossing x strain with y strain. I don’t care about what’s popular, or what has bag appeal. I don’t care if it’s purple or green, frosty or not or smells like bubblegum or skunk, silly names, etc. I’m a mature adult with the intention to grow the best medicine that I can. I do care about plant form and structure, vitality, vigor, disease and pest resistance and the overall quality of the medicine it provides. Aroma and flavor are pretty much subjective qualities of which I cannot judge. My breeding project is true breeding only, and no feminized seeds. All of this fuels the mad scientist in me, and my husband is the guinea pig of my experiments…he hasn’t complained, but does find my obsession amusing. I’ve now found the perfect mother plant and love her dearly. I think it odd to love a plant, but if anything happened to her, I would be devastated. I still haven’t found the perfect mate for her yet, but my next set of seedlings are up and running…too bad I’m not a patient person. I was just wondering if other breeders are obsessed with their plants, and/or suffering from (MSS) Mad Scientist Syndrome as well?
