Like, in person 
Sounds kind of “high” to me.
You can buy Pappy Van Winkle 15-year-old bourbon for about $3 an ounce, and I hear it’s really hard to raise your own at home.
Yes, but an ounce of Pappy isn’t even a taste. An ounce of decent weed will keep you high af for a month.
It’s legal here. Any thought of imbibing let alone growing was destroyed by the daily stench coming from my neighbor.
$3 An oz? I’ll take a case! 
My dad in Oregon has finally been able to grow plants to harvest in his backyard; before legalization, they would always be stolen, but now apparently nobody bothers.
I stopped smoking decades ago because I didn’t like how I felt paranoid getting caught. In Michigan, both medical and rec. weed were made legal several years ago. But thanks to a lifetime of inertia, I still have trouble thinking of weed as not being an illegal narcotic and the feds are still just waiting for the right moment to bust down the door.
I probably would, just because we’re gardeners to begin with, so there’s not a whole lot more overhead with planting a few more plants of a different kind. Of course, I’d try it first, and see if I even wanted to use it before I’d plant anything.
Assuming I would enjoy it, I imagine we’d set up some pots or a little garden bed and just grow it outside along with the rest of the produce. During the winter, I’d just use the grow-lights we already have for starting seedlings, since they’re technically weed grow-lights anyway. (one’s even got a pot-leaf logo cut into the housing!).
You might really enjoy it if you could dispel the lingering paranoia. What I would try would be just a couple of single micro hits spaced out while sinking into some good music.
At my company, we get periodic reminders that we are a federal contractor and it is still illegal federally, so growing, selling, or using is a ticket out of the company.
However, a good part of my family lives up un the Emerald Triangle of Northern California, and as far as I can tell, the only thing that has changed is the appearance of a lot of greenhouses at local farms. Even before legalization, the local sheriff had a registry of local growers so he could know where to send patrols and where to have extra patrols during harvest. The feds once demanded a copy of his list and he refused (states rights!).
I dont grow anymore, but always had something in the yard over the years. Mostly easy to grow sativas as the coast where I live has fog issues that seem to cause endless mold.
My close relatives in Northern Cal did quite well before legalization, they really cared for their plants, organically grown, no poisoning of animals etc. Quite a premium was paid for that sort of attention.
After full legalization, they stopped as price is too low now.
Seed types and strains have changed over the years, favoring a short season, more indica dominant type of plant. Cultivators of the old land race strains such as African, Thai or Mexican are involved in efforts to save these strains from being lost. Many of the land race strains are very tough, mold and cold resistant, and dont require the super attention the new strains do. The newer strains are almost required to be grown indoors, a complex endeavor.
All this said, if I could ever find some authentic Chocolate Thai seeds, I would try and grow again. (I have strong opinions about how horrible the new strains make a person feel…YMMV)
Because of record demand, KCTV5 reported tonight that weed prices are going to go up 50% in MO. Largely because of non-legal bordering states. Can’t find that particular segment yet, but this corroborates the story.
I think it was earlier in this thread where I noted that seven of the eight states bordering Missouri did not have legal recreational weed and that’s why I thought it was a big “get” for legalization advocates.
Missouri wasted little time in getting its regulatory structure in place in contrast to several eastern states who are moving much more deliberately.
From way upthread.
My, how things have changed.
Where I grew up we could get very mild very pleasant weed. Contrast this to alcohol: you typically don’t want to neck a tall glass of neat vodka, but rather drink a pleasant beer. Gets you slightly tipsy and very enjoyable.
All of the weed I saw for sale in Seattle is like rocket fuel. Pointlessly overpowered.
If I lived in a place where I could only buy moonshine, I would want to brew my own beer. For a similar reason, I would want to grow my own weed, using a seed from the Durban region of South Africa.
Ps: the reference to moonshine is intentional. Apparently alcohol prohibition led to the production of spirits since it is more profitable to move stronger stuff. Similarly the prohibition of weed led to stronger stuff. Hopefully growers will start to relax on this front.
The “Gold Rush” days are over. So many people tried to get in on the legal pot market that it lost its profit margin. There is a glut of legal pot that is bleeding over into the not-yet legal states.
And still, there is too much. This may seem odd to people who still live in prohibited states.
I can legally grow 4 plants, last year only one made it to maturity. I gave a lot away in jars to freinds. Still wasn’t enough. At some point it is like trying to give away zucchini, your friends can only use so much.
I think I still have a couple of gallon size ZipLoc bags left. And the last average day of frost in my area is in a couple of weeks. I will plant again this year.
I know I can Google this, but I’d rather ask here…
Where do people that grow their own get seeds? Or can they/you get sprouted seedlings in pots?
How long before we can pick up a 6" plant at the Walmart garden center?
Back in the day I ordered seeds from companies in Europe/UK. They came in packets just like Burpee.
I had 5 or 6 successful orders. Worst case scenario if they were “discovered” you would get a letter stating that contraband sent to you was intercepted. If you wanted you could claim your mail, but of course nobody ever did.
As for California, since it was legalized in 2016, you can buy “clones”, that is, seedlings, in little pots just like you can tomatoes from a nursery. The first dispensary I visited sold them right in the sales room. Admittedly, that’s the only place I’ve seen that sells clones, but then again, this dispensary had their own grow rooms right on the premises.
The ones I bought were healthy and vigorous, and all survived to budhood. Like Dallas_Jones, I ended up with way too much flower and there’s still a lot in jars in the closet. The stuff had started giving me panic attacks, so I had to give it up, and now that supply will probably last Mr. brown for years.
Nice. Thanks! That’s bookmarked for when I retire. Or at least get out of .gov contracting.
re: Excess inventory. I’d likely use that to infuse butter or oil for edibles.