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420
Help LEGALIZE!
"Make the most you can of the Indian
Hemp seed and
sow it everywhere."
President George Washington, 1794
Welcome to one of the homepages
of Project GROW 420.
Our goal: to populate North
America with wildly growing
marijuana plants by the end of the year 2000.
Cannabis is a natural species
of plant that flourished on
this Earth long before we
humans came along. It is only
in the past century that
its free growth has been oppressed
in America by "the moral majority".
We believe that every
person of mature age should have
the right to grow and use
marijuana. We also believe that
it is our duty to restore
this natural resource to the soil of
America where it can grow and multiply
as it was meant to
do.
OUR PLAN:
We suggest that every marijuana smoker in the United States do the
following. Begin by saving
every seed from the marijuana that you smoke.
On April 20th, 1999 (4/20) plant all of your seeds. Simple. By about
September, 1999, the first
generation of free weed will be mature. The plants
will cross-pollenate and
their seeds will spread by the wind and by natural
predators--
the same way every other weed does. Once this happens, the
marijuana plant will begin
to take its place as North America's most popular
weed. The sheer quantity
of freely growing marijuana will have profound
effects on our culture.
Pot prices will plummet. Laws will change. Getting
buds to smoke will be as easy as taking a walk.
PLANTING:
We chose the date 4/20 for
two important reasons: (1) 420 is a police call for
"pot smoking in progress"
in certain parts of California. For many years
stoners everywhere have used
this number as a symbol of their rebellion and
smoked up extra heavily on
this date. (2) Marijuana grows best if planted in
temperatures over 70 degrees,
and by April 20th most of North America is at
the perfect
temperature to launch our mission. Of course, if April 20th
happens to be in the middle
of a frost where you live, use your common sense
and wait a few days.
Marijuana seeds
last just about forever. Only save the nice, round, dark
seeds. Throw away
any cracked, broken, or flaky ones. Pick your planting
spot carefully-- close to
home but away from prying eyes and noses. Between
1/2 to 2 miles from civilization
should do just fine. The best planting ground
is under partially shaded
forest areas-- it's also the hardest to spot. Maple or
oak trees produce good environments,
pine trees generally don't. Look for
trees with bushes,
grasses, mosses, and other small plants growing under
them because these are signs
of good moist ganja soil. Soil that is too wet or
too dry is bad for the plants. Avoid bogs, swamps, marshes, dry areas,
mountains, or very steep
areas. Fields or grassy areas will do if nothing else
is available. Plant only
one seed per hole. Make a hole 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep
into the ground with a pencil
or stick, drop the seed in, and cover by kicking
some dirt over it.
Any deeper or shallower and the yield will suffer. Don't
make even rows or
groups of plants... we don't want this looking like Old
McDonald's Weed Farm. Keep
the plants spaced at least 3-5 feet apart from
each other so they can grow nice big roots.
HARVESTING:
Your safest option is not to harvest at all. This ensures maximum
reproduction
of the plants without any legal risk to yourself. If you do
harvest, don't cut down more
than 1/4 of your plants so there will be enough
to multiply.
There are many ways to know when the plants are at "peak
potency" (see links) but
by September the first plants should be ready. Male
plants have less THC than
female plants but both are smokeable. The males
produce "balls" with pollen
and the females produce feelers that look like
two tiny white hairs at the branch points.
You can either cut individual
buds or cut the plant at the soil level and wrap
it in a cloth so as not to
lose any leaves. Take out any seeds by hand and save
them future
use. Throw away the stems and twigs. The remaining leaves
must be dried or "cured"
before smoking to ensure maximum potency. Place
them all on a cookie sheet or aluminum
foil and put them on the middle shelf
of the oven which is set
on "broil." In a few seconds, the leaves will smoke
and curl up. Stir them around
and give another ten seconds before you take
them out. That's it.
Roll up, smoke up, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
SPREAD THE WORD:
Project GROW
420 is an easily achievable reality. With the help of the
Internet we can reach
the thousands of Johnny Ganjaseeds necessary for
success. Here
is a conservative estimate. With 250 million people in the
United States it's reasonable
to estimate that 10% have smoked marijuana
(25 million). Half of these
people probably smoke regularly (12 million). If
we can get just 1
in 10 of these regular smokers to support our cause then
we'll have over ONE MILLION
seed planters. If each of these people plant
around
100 seeds then we'll have 100 MILLION seeds in the ground.
This is your
chance to be a part of the largest organized pro-marijuana
movement in
history. Tell everyone you know. Choose a logo below and
paste it on
your web page as a link to this site, or design your own!. Tell
other webmasters about
our site. Probably only 1 in 10 pot smokers have
internet access
so spread the word with posters, flyers, T-shirts, bumper
stickers, and rallies! Nothing
is copyrighted, feel free to use anything here.
Save your seeds
with pride and when 420 comes, plant them with care.
LEGALIZE!