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safeinOhio

(34,076 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 07:25 AM Feb 2021

There's a weed drought in Jamaica

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/theres-a-weed-drought-in-jamaica/Content?oid=26488707




Reggae music made Jamaica an emblem for marijuana around the world when it hit back in the late 1960s. Rastafarians such as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh helped cause tourists to flock to the beaches of the island and to try a lot of the local herbal crops. That reputation has lasted until today.

So it comes as a surprise that the nation of Jamaica is suffering a marijuana shortage — and it's not because tourists showed up and smoked it up.




Heavy, destructive rains during hurricane season followed by a drought and compounded by strict COVID-19 curfews that kept farmers from working late added up to a disastrous growing season. On top of that — similar to our own situation here — many small farmers have been forced out of business because they can't afford government licensing fees for legal grows.

Our culture owes Jamaica, so where can we donate
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There's a weed drought in Jamaica (Original Post) safeinOhio Feb 2021 OP
Thankfully this. Old snap will be over soon... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2021 #1
I looked it up yesterday and safeinOhio Feb 2021 #2
Growing the only thing about cannabis that's addictive...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2021 #3

N_E_1 for Tennis

(10,783 posts)
1. Thankfully this. Old snap will be over soon...
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 08:01 AM
Feb 2021

Never seems to fail, future forecasts seemingly predict an early spring get everything ready, and start to germinate the seeds...boom cold as crap weather.

Grow room is the garage not only cannabis but our future side dishes and salads. It’s heated with a gas wall heater and it’s insulated but the cold still creeps in. Peppers and pot don’t like cold.
We can handle the cold pretty well but something was different about this snap it seemed to permeate faster and deeper than others. IDKY.

Ahh, well. Hope all is well with ya, safe, have a wonderful weekend.

safeinOhio

(34,076 posts)
2. I looked it up yesterday and
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 08:06 AM
Feb 2021

even the Farmer's Almanac got it wrong..

Lately, I've been more into growing than smoking.


thanks

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