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...Greenthumb, Johnny Appleseed and Mel Brooks (not their real names) are part of a select Harvard circle: students who grow their own marijuana. Hidden inside their closets (their real closets), the plants offer them a relaxing, educational hobby and a good high...
...addition, Tom says homegrown pot is fresher than commercial pot. "In homegrown, less of the THC has converted to CBNs," he says. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is what creates the mild psychedelic effect of marijuana. CBNs, or cannabidiolic acids, produce effects such as drowsiness and red eyes...
Though not a botanist by trade, Tom has learned much about dealing with flora (Part of this education has been supplied by Harvard, which boasts several books on marijuana-growing in its libraries). Tom's remaining 15 plants--he originally began with 50--were raised from four different types of seeds that he took from pot he bought: two types of sativa, one indica from West Virginia and one hybrid...
...taken a different route to his pot-growing. That is, he hasn't been successful. Inspired by the success of Tom and Johnny and a recent cover story in the New York Times Magazine about the technology of growing marijuana, Mel started his first crop in February. The plants wilted and died one by one. "I think I overwatered them," Mel says. Nevertheless, he smoked their remains...
...Johnny. They have no qualms about inorganic chemicals; they both use MiracleGro. Johnny's room has a pleasant pot aroma, but he says the smell doesn't give him away. "I don't think there's too many people who know what growing marijuana smells like...