Chapter 4

NOVEL GARDENS

Marijuana, which would grow so easily
on a windowsill or in a garden, must be
hidden from unfriendly eyes. Still, people
want to try their hand growing this plant
Human ingenuity is a wonderful thing. So is
cannabis’ ability to adapt to unusual
growing conditions. Here are some novel
ways that marijuana has been grown.

1. Training to a fence. Marijuana can be
   controlled so that it does not have
   much of a 3 dimensional shape by
   tying the branches to a fence. Here is a
   typical example. A gardener had a
   space which was 30" x 15" and 9 feet
   high between two shelves in a storage
   area. The walls were covered with
   aluminum foil. Chicken wire with two
   inch holes was stretched to a frame of
   1" x 2"s on one of the lengthwise wall.
   Six 8 foot fluorescents were placed
   vertically on the other side of the
   garden so that the light was coming to
   the plants from the side. Three shelves
   were built to hold two foot long window
   boxes.
   As the plants grew, their stems
   were gently spread and tied to the