I had my first taste of pot when I was in Junior High School back in 1967. As everyone here probably remembers, or knows about, back in those days you bought a joint for a quarter and a "lid" for ten bucks. If you were lucky it would be mostly leaf with only a small amount of seeds and stems LOL. Well, over the years I've gone on long dry spells, where I didn't smoke for years at a time. As I got older, the feeling I got from smoking dope changed and it was no longer as much fun. Kind of made me feel anxious and paranoid. Hard to explain. I completely quit smoking for over 15 years. Well, a couple years ago, I had this problem with insomnia and a friend of mine told me to take a few hits of some killer weed he had. I did it, and lo and behold, it put me into a deep uninterrupted sleep and I felt like a million bucks when I woke the next morning. Since then I've been using it to help me when I get insomnia and it does the trick. Anyway, to make a long story short...I got a doctors recommendation (legal in CA) and decided to do a grow this year. During the last few weeks my plants were badly battered by the rain storms that blew through here and I was forced to take in some of the bud on the broken branches. Yesterday afternoon, I decided to taste some of it.....It basically put me on the couch for the rest of the day. I'm not sure if this is unusual, but I'd say I've got a pretty good crop here. Just hope one of the strains yet to harvest isn't quite so debilitating. I couldn't even take care of my normal chores yesterday. The shit layed me out like a sleepy dog.
Sorry for the long story. Just a little background from a "newbie" grower. Next year is going to be a whole new adventure thanks to many of your posts and advice. I'm looking forward to it!