I am a lonely grower, my wife don’t consume and we have a 8 year old kid.
Appart from that I have my indoor stealth grow just for me and I don’t want anyone around my home taking care of my plants.
Also I don’t have any nerby friends so… Alone it is.
No regrets here but bigger grows need someone when the trimming time comes, one plant or 2 everytime is ok, more than that may become workout for our fingers.
Every time I am trimming the buds I think about that meme ‘prostitute- 50 bucks and I will do anything - How much experience trimming buds?’ every single harvest that comes to my mind…
I asked my wife about 4.5 years ago if she cared if I grew a few plants in the corner of the basement. She was cool with it, as she smokes as well. A month later that corner turned into a 5x5 tent, and then I added a 4x4 a month after that and now I’ve been running a perpetual no till set up for 4 years haha. She comes down on occasion and will help harvest or write labels for me. And if I’m in a pinch she will help trim. 99% of the time it’s just me though and I’m cool with it.
My wife tried some with me back in the day. Circa 1980’s
She said it made her paranoid and sick. Never wanted to do that again. She has never shown or said that it bothers her that I grow and smoke. She does take a microdose of medicated chocolates at night. She says it helps her sleep. 1. It’s like a half ounce spread over about 30 small chocolates. She eats one 2. She don’t need help sleeping.
I do pretty much as I please. (she don’t like me going to the nudie bar, but that’s about it )
I have a good woman. I told her I wanted to get back into the Canna-culture, she said go for it. Still at it several years later.
I really did not want to make the wife sound like she is not interested, she will jump in any time I ask.
When I ran would flower my whole undivided area, it would be 50 -60 hours of trim jail, and she would always help out.
If I want to go ride my scooter for week tour, through a few states, she would keep great care of them.
Right after we met, her cancer came back to her, and she expected me to walk away, we did not really know each other well yet.
But I knew I was comfortable around her, we are both canna beings, so fuck cancer, and we battled it, we have been together ever since, 24 years now.
With ya there…100%
Draig and I used to grow together, but then he had a stroke. The weed has always been for him…I do not partake for the same reasons you don’t.
My wife doesn’t partake, but said she would do concentrates if/when cancer shows up.
She is generally supportive, except for the stronger smelling strains. Even if the filter does its job well, the harvesting smell can really upset her.
Lone Grower -
But it gets complicated. The Mrs will smoke discreetly with me. If our grown (21 & 23yo) kids are around, it’s a dry & straight household. The kids do their own thing - I know they enjoy cannabis but we don’t smoke as a family - ever.
No interest in the cultivation part from the wife. Mild interest from my lads but at a distance.
All this sounds dysfunctional but it actually balances& works out pretty well.
My oldest didn’t take to learning, youngest doesn’t partake either. However, the middle child is a pothead… and is always turning heads when talking weed to friends. She gets the “how the fuck do ya know that” look…
Well I pretty much a lone grower wife. Hubby does all my tech work as needed. 3D printing. Runs water lines for outdoor grow. Puts up fences… but the growing, mixing of nutes, mixing soil, picking strains… all me . He does do trimming! Which I hate… he does not partake only CBD on occasion.
Totally supportive of my growing, Hash Bashes, pretty much anything I like to do.
He’s a great guy I wouldn’t trade for the world!
Lone grower and only one in the house who partakes.
Once upon a time I tried to get her involved to help while I was working out of town…had a plant full of big flowers I asked her to strip the larf off…sent me a picture of all the tops chopped off and nothing but larf left on the plant.
Now I only ask one thing of her, please keep the res full of RO water.
Swerving from the topic a bit, but Christmas 2022 I made the decision to just come out of the closet to my adult children. I pulled the bandaid off and gifted each of them several ozs each. I think they liked it.
We all enjoy cocktails together when we can, but not sure I’ll ever sit down to a smoke session with them. That 1970’s upbringing and the subsequent “war on drugs” twisted me in some ways unfortunately. Its nice you younger folks don’t have that baggage.
Nice topic Lady Z! Wife and I both partake. She helps me with the trimming and smoking, but that’s about it. I could leave them in her hands with minimal instruction if I needed to leave for awhile. She’s really good with plants and has tomatoes and peppers going in an aerogarden, she just leaves the cannabis to me. She’s a trimming master though. Usually we kind of assembly line it. I chop em down, she trims and I hang back up. Typically she does like 3/4 of the plant before I have a chance to even touch some trimming scissors. She’s way better at it than I am lol.
I am definitely a lone grower, wife doesnt partake, but is very supportive of my endeavours and my enthusiasm. While she was pregnant she helped me relocate my tent from the outbuilding to the basement. Lots of fun the two of us shuffling around carrying poles and trying to set up the tent in the basement.
Occasional quips about it smelling strong, but she is a saint. She was even down for me to add a new 2x4 to my existing 4x4 setup in the basement, and helps me with stringing up the light and tear down.
Here i do all the gardening stuff ( 4 crops / year indoor outdoor style / average yield 80g dry / Less than 10 hours Jail Trim sessions / Totaly illegal way )
he does not partake only CBD on occasion.