Diary of a Hydro Raid

New beginnings. Peace GS

Nice new beginning man. Good luck and stay safe.
Jubei

You guys should go buy a lottery ticket, you are wayyy over do for some good luck.

Way to keep on truckin.

Aight its on. Thanks again to all that helped. GS takes a low profile .Peace GS

Celebration joints with Marihuanaman. First is OG Kush then Timewarp. Peace GS

Got to the grow this afternoon to find my partner working away. I went to the veg room to see if I had any thirsty girls that needed immediate attention. While I am touring about my partner comes in to tell me the cops and an inspector are at the door. He answered, told them to wait and came and got me. I opened the door and invited them in. It seems they knew we were building and wanted to "Check our permits". I offered to show them to the grow, but the inspector asked to be taken too the panel. I took him there. He looks at me all puzzled "There's nothing going on here." I told him we were just getting started. He asked how many lights I had and I told him 3.


He asked to see the veg room. I took him there. He looked in "There's only 3 lights". I said that's what I told you. He looks, "They are all plugged into the wall. I said ya and he replied "Ok I am done here. It's hot in here, alright if I leave?". He looks at the cops. They tell him ok. He tells me not to forget to apply for electrical permits. I told him no problem I want to do it right and off he goes.

This leaves the 4 cops. One of the lady cops was kinda grumpy. She looks in veg and asks, "How many do you have in there?" I said about twice as many as the permit says. She argued she could have me hack down 1/2. I told her the license says in production. I also let her know that the vegging plants were not medicine till they were flowered and therefore were not production. She denied the word production was present. She said she had spoken with HC and they told her it was up to the discetion of the cops, as to if the numbers were culled or not. I said the fact that the grey area existed showed it would not be prudent to cut them down. I told them in any other farm situation the farmers plant 10 times more than they need, to pick the choice plants to harvest. I was only doing twice the necessary amount. Not all cannabis plants are good enough to be medicine. Only the choicest would be used. They re iterated their position and told me they would be back to make sure I was compliant. I told them I would speak with a lawyer first and see what he thought before removing anything, then escorted them to the door.

All in all they were quite tolerant. I gave them my cell number so no more cop knock. We will be setting up appointments from now on.

On another funnier note one of them asked me if I had had another grow in Vancouver. I said not that I was aware of. One of them mentioned the last house I was in. Another says oh ya you were the guy with all the different strains and then they were all like oh ya that was you. Oh that house I smiled and winked.

All is well and safe. Slowly we move onward. Peace GS

ps. I will be hearing back from one of the lady cops next month. I will let her know that the grumpy lady was wrong and in fact the word production is used in the same paragraph as the plant count at least twice

Here is the lawyers reply:

You have some 5-0 mojo brother. Lots of guys get arrested in that situation. Almost all get hacked down to the number. I can tell you HC doesn't agree with your view of what production means and will tell the cops that if asked. So they could probably easily get a warrant and come back to bust you if they want to. So be aware. My advice (which is conservative as it should and must be in this circumstance) is to be at numbers at all times including cuts, veg and flower. Or to be ready to fight.

As you say, onward.

Peace GS

Well as per the lawyer I have decided to trim back. A funny coincidence has made this easy for me. First I had a tray of cuts, maybe 15 left that were counted. I already had one of each strain planted, so I tossed the tray. Next was the funny coincidence. I had been giving about 20 Congo's priority in the room. Buddy messaged me and told me he had mixed the Congo and Seedman's Haze, so from 9 weeks flower too 12. Even funnier was the fact the veg room was just at the point where I was gonna need another room. Culling 20 Seedman's Hazes was perfect. I can manage for a little longer till I need to expand.

35 plants less should be less hassles. They did say they were coming back. Peace GS

Keeps reading intently.....

i read with amazement, take care GS
cheers mozz

Thanks for looking Mozz. So, we passed the electrical inspection. Peace GS

Be 2 years since the raid in a little over a week. Thought I deserved a treat, so this came out of storage today. Peace GS

You cant just show us the box. Whats in it....I must know of this heaven you speak of!

Marihuanaman and Alchemist will be going through the box on pottv's next From Under the Influence on Wednesday at 4 pm pst. Peace GS

Nother box from storage. This one is hash. Peace GS

My last run in 09. It goes 45, 73, 90, 120. Peace GS

ps. ya I see the hair, just too lazy to retake. Same with the missing pic of 45

Couldn't sleep last night, knowing today I would start digging into the jars. 2 years today. Celebrate with a Willie Nelson from over 2 years ago. This one is gone. Sure would like to get her back. Peace GS

So I sent in for my renewal third week of January and about 7 weeks later I have it. It came with a new piece of paper. See, they have been doing something in the last year LOL. Peace GS

At this point I would suggest to any licensee that, when you renew you should apply for an increase. You have gone a year trying what they have recommended. Time to try something new. Things may fall and you may be grandfathered in with what you have. You may not need it now, but you are not sure you won't in the future. Peace GS

I heard Health Canada is on the island checking plant counts. Just a heads up.

Asked the lawyer if they can just show up surprise stylee and ask to see. His reply is below. Peace GS

Yes they can but you are perfectly entitled to say you need to talk to the ATP and/or counsel. That's what I'd recommend unless you have no problem letting them in.

ps. he added this after:

Somewhat different rules also apply if grow is in a residence. I will try to write more on this later.

Some Romulain't and 15 week Columbian Black I puffed with Marihuanaman and Jodie Emery yesterday to celebrate the increase we received for my med garden. Peace GS

The new rules for HC. Peace GS

Got my license with an increase today. It came with a new paper the license last month did not have. Peace GS

epic thread man, loved that hall of champions, whatd they yield like a lb ea?

Thanks man. I think they ranged from 1/2 to 3/4 of an lb. each. Peace GS

very nice and glad to hear you came out of all that with your sanity btw.

Counted veg today. Up to 33 strains. Slow and steady and all that. Peace GS

One year today since I got the cop knock at my med grow. Peace GS

No tours since? Coolio.

Aight so I got signed by my doc today. One more step closer to completing this thread. Peace GS

Celebration joint of Congolese with Congo scissor hash. Peace GS