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kpete

(71,995 posts)
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 01:34 PM Oct 2012

Elderly Brits Accidentally Grow Huge Pot Plant THEY BOUGHT IT AS A SMALL SHRUB AT A SALE



(NEWSER) – Who needs grow lights? A couple in Bedfordshire, England, picked up a cute little plant at market and lovingly tended it as it grew into a lush plant in the garden, reports CNN. That's when it drew the attention of police, who tweeted a photo of it with the caption, "Elderly couple bought shrub at car boot sale ... biggest cannabis plant we had seen!!" Police seized the pot plant and won't press charges. An elderly farmer in Germany had a similar experience recently.

http://www.newser.com/story/155514/elderly-brits-accidentally-grow-huge-pot-plant.html
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Elderly Brits Accidentally Grow Huge Pot Plant THEY BOUGHT IT AS A SMALL SHRUB AT A SALE (Original Post) kpete Oct 2012 OP
Looks pretty healthy BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #1
suurrrre flamingdem Oct 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author highprincipleswork Oct 2012 #3
What a shame. highprincipleswork Oct 2012 #4
Some people just have green thumbs. Lovely plant. leveymg Oct 2012 #5
What you grow in your garden should be your own business exboyfil Oct 2012 #6
lol. my grandfather's cousin, an milw cop. was involved in children education on drugs. pansypoo53219 Oct 2012 #7
It's such a pretty plant. nt bemildred Oct 2012 #8
Add one more use to the versatile pot plant felix_numinous Oct 2012 #9
... FirstLight Oct 2012 #10
And so it was done. freshwest Oct 2012 #11
that part finally makes sense to me now eShirl Oct 2012 #12
That isn't really too big, we are just not used to seeing outdoor grown slampoet Oct 2012 #13
They can be lovely plants. Look at the cover of High Times NickB79 Oct 2012 #14
very pretty! Skittles Oct 2012 #15

Response to kpete (Original post)

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
6. What you grow in your garden should be your own business
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 01:51 PM
Oct 2012

Growing pot plants or making beer (or even whiskey) should be nobody else's business except your own. I would even extend that to meth etc. if safety precautions are in place so neighbors aren't blown up.

Now selling it - that is another thing.

pansypoo53219

(20,978 posts)
7. lol. my grandfather's cousin, an milw cop. was involved in children education on drugs.
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:35 PM
Oct 2012

so, charlie gumm grew a little pot plant in his back yard. after he changed depts, he tried to kill said pot plant, which came back for several years.

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
9. Add one more use to the versatile pot plant
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:54 PM
Oct 2012

--it makes for magnificent shrubbery!! That is one beautiful plant--it's funny and sad at the same time that this was grown in complete innocence.

NickB79

(19,247 posts)
14. They can be lovely plants. Look at the cover of High Times
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:09 PM
Oct 2012

And you can see so many variations in color, leaf form, height, width, etc.

A shame they can't be used for landscaping, because they're nearly indestructible as well.

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