BBC Host Explains How To Grow Marijuana On The Air

[matcom]

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THE host of a British radio gardening program apologised yesterday for unwittingly giving a caller advice on how to grow marijuana.

Frieda Morrison, who co-hosts Beechgrove Potting Shed on the BBC's Radio Scotland, said she had thought the caller was discussing cabbages.

Morrison and fellow host Jim McColl spent more than three minutes explaining which compost to use and how to water the plant, which the caller referred to as Northern Lights - a very strong variety of marijuana that shares a name with a variety of cabbage.

Speaking on BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland program yesterday, Morrison apologised for the error.

"We thought the caller had said cabbages and if you look it up on the Internet there is a variety called the Northern Lights," she said.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8580740%255E13762,00.html

[GOPisEvil]

1. LOL!!!! Ahh...those crazy pot-heads!

:D

[BiggJawn]

2. Calling Lord Hutton....

Your expertise is needed again, M'Lord.....At least the caller wsn't asking how to raise Pierced Boobies.....

[gulfcoastliberal]

3. Cool!

Anything to do with MaryJane is always good. :hippie: Unless it is people going to jail. :(

[Drifter]

4. Oh crap ...

I've been smoking cabbage all of these years. No wonder why it was so cheap.

Cheers
Drifter

[SnowGoose]

5. I'll bet it was... (pause for effect)

Skunk Cabbage!

[4morewars]

10. punch out and go home !

[frylock]

6. i've heard of hydro..

but how do you grow weed on the air?! :shrug:

[TrogL]

7. Damn you beat me to it

I was in a grammar-Nazi mood today and you spoiled everything

:spank:

[frylock]

8. if i had been working at home today..

it might have taken me a few minutes more to compose this post.. if ya know what I mean!! :smoke:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

9. How about an opposing view....

I read the article, and they even said that there is a "Northern Lights" variety of cabbage. And last I heard, growing cabbage is completely legit. Here's a pic:



So, how do we know that the caller wasnt talking about cabbages. There's nothing in the article to say otherwise. Are we supposed to just take BBC's word for it?

Just playing devil's advocate folks. Anyone who posts on marijuana topics is aware of my feelings about pot. Its just that I refuse to read more into a potentially innocent interrogative than may have been intended by the caller. Folks are looking for ammo against pot, and this just stinks of anti-pot propoganda.

Foamdad.

[truthspeaker]

11. if he thought they were cabbages his advice was probably wrong

because they're very different plants so there's nothing to apologize for. Not that there was anyway.

For real instructions on how to grow marijuana, click here: http://www.skunked.co.uk/articles/growing-marijuana.htm