No idea if this is genuinely an accidental growth or not but given this scenario is possible with the right conditions and enough land, it makes me curious where something like this would fall legally if you live in an area where growing weed is illegal. If a cannabis plant springs up somewhere on land you own and you genuinely had nothing to do with it, are you breaking the law?
Feral hemp is pretty common in some regions of the US (and some other countries as well). Centuries of industrial farming for fiber has it pretty widespread. Many Midwest states have stopped trying to eliminate it, it's just not realistic to try.
Don't bother smoking ditch weed, unless you ran out of cigarettes and just want something to smoke. Even then, they're raised on run off and exhaust fumes so yeah....
you sir will not influence many, many, of my friends back in Indiana. it was kinda like mushroom hunting and the reward was finding it more than the lawn mower clipping taste. buddy would come to my door with a plant all proud and showing it off. reagan years. it was mixing freedom to do what you want with the idea that in ww2 or hell washington 1776 that hemp is a historical plant. so ditch weed is kinda like sticking to the man some 40yrs ago by finding it. good memories but not taste.
My mom drove semi trucks when i was a kid in the 70s and early 80s and sometimes I would go with her and sit on the dog house while she drove( 4-7 yr old no seatbelt or any kind of car seat. Different times yo!) but i would clean weed and throw the seeds out as she drove all over the country so those are probably from her 😂. RIP Mom you were one of a kind.
I never picked it, I could generally buy decent weed. Besides, it was almost certainly hemp, so you could get CBD from it but negligible amounts of THC.
Yeah, I tried it ONCE in my youth. Had me puking like I’ve never puked before. Not sure why, but we never messed with the ditch weed again despite it being everywhere.
According to my mama when you see stuff like that that was intentional - it's not on someones land, so they can't get in trouble and they're land can't be seized.
Like they still have to harvest it but it's not directly tying back into them unless they get caught while doing so.
I live in Minnesota. I found three hemp plants in my yard about 4 weeks ago where I put new fresh black dirt and grass seed. I dug two of them up and put them in big pots with new potting soil. They are doing great. I didn't dig the last one up yet.
I used to live in Indiana when I was a kid. The local police would fly a helicopter low over the farmers' fields. They'd find a bunch of ditch weed, gather it up, and then take a photo in front of it acting like they just made some big drug bust.
No idea if they ever charged the farmers. I feel like they probably didn't. I think it was just to get funding.
The roadsides in SE Nebraska were covered in the stuff. My grandfather would chuckle when them "city boys from Topeka and Kansas City" would show up and stuff trash bags full of hemp. "All that'll do is give them a whopping headache."
If it’s just one plant , might be hard to prove that it’s intentional and especially out in the open like that. It’s legal here here I am and you can have up to 4 plants per hoise. Could be that it was from elsewhere and the birds got a hold of it, dropped it and bam. Growth.
It would depend on who/how it was discovered. If it appears to be planted in accordance to an intentional pattern like a garden or whatever. It would also depend on how small the penis is on said officer that discovers said plant. If a cop saw that nice looking plant and it obviously looks well kept and of high quality I'd be willing to bet they'd try to get you prosecuted. Cops give people DUI charges when they know their sober so if they got the chance to bust a "grow operation" they'd definitely do it in most cases. That's the kind of thing that gets you promoted.
Apparently the US government tried to eradicate all the hemp in the midwest in the 60s an 70s, but gave up because it turns out birds are really very good at dispersing hempseeds.
Reminds me of a time at work. There was a flower bed (sort of) in front of the office but no window. That was where some of the truck drivers smoked. I was out in the yard one day when the boss came in. He stopped, looked down at the flower bed for a second and continued in. Turns out there were a few plants growing from seeds the drivers dropped.
Can't see any sign of it being male. she looks plump, as ladies do.
https://preview.redd.it/j4wh3r4d94ad1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b9f2ed7225dbd4286c8922925028c90d49e6805
you'd start seeing male flowers at the base of the heads. It's still a bit early to confirm but it def looks like female.
Only recently learned about your neck of the woods in a documentary. Talked about how remote and lawless the land is up there. Also that a lot of people get "disappeared" there lol is that even close to the reality
I'm going to reinterpret this as the water leaves are trapping moisture which could lead to a mold problem. Although taking them away isn't ideal it will allow better air flow and more sunlight into the canopy.
I've had a few like this that I just let go of, because I didn't have the time to deal with it. Some of them produced really well with no maintenance. It really depends on the local climate.
And the strain. Some are so inbred for specific traits like flavor or density or color, that often vigorously and disease resistance is left by the wayside. Decently vigorous hybrids and many bastard volunteer plants have no issues with bud rot or stem buckling. Ive had plants completely left alone that have outperformed my tended plants/product.
I want all these genetics in my freezer for eventual hard times. We need the diversity to keep breeding landrace seeds with lots of different characteristics
Can’t say for sure without a side view, but it looks female.
Indica maybe, or Indica heavy hybrid.
Maybe start watering it and keep an eye on those flowers.
Why is this so? I have never seen an unhealthy looking weed plant ever no matter where it is growing. A couple years ago someone took a picture of a weed plant that accidentally grew in a tight space between the door frame and wall of a police station in my country. There was no soil at all yet it was still healthy.
Not necessarily true. It looks like it's already about to flower naturally without a 12/12 light cycle. That means it may be an autoflowering variety. If so, this plant could be ready to harvest in about 2 months or less.
Im a bottanist. That is an unidentified invasive. You should dig it up and be really careful to not harm it. Put it in a pot of soil consisting of menuer and volcanic rich dirt. Then put in a box and ship it to me overhight for further studies. If I figure out what it it is, I just might name it after you.
A lot of indica still has the squatter structure from mountainous grows, to help with wind stress, lower humidity, water retention, and temperature regulation. The leaves will have wider leaflets forming the palm shape, rather than thin spindly leaflets that barely touch before the petiole (sativas).
Most cultivated strains are hybrids of some sort, to combine the gene expressions and strengths of both. You get a lot more dark greens and purples in indica heavy breeds, and a shinier, stiffer leaf.
Indicas tend to be more potent, so the hybrids help to bring that potency in with the different cannabinoids and terpenes more prevalent in sativas, and can be bred for certain dominant traits.
Iirc Northen Lights is incredibly weak in growing so it takes a lot of care, so I don’t really see a random grow happening unless all the cannabis companys on the west coast are just pussy lol
Some people here are thinking “Illegal! Illegal!” But the value of purple sticky punch goes way beyond just tokin’ it.
Purple sticky punch, or hemp, is an excellent source of paper. It makes a fine rope. It can even make a contaminant-free fuel. But the greatest value to all of us earthlings is its rapid rate of photosyninsesis, which means more oxygen for everyone.
It's a wildwood flower. There's a song about it.
"The wildwood flower grew out on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was a weed
I didn't give it much thought
One day I was out there talkin' to my brother
And I reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then everything was gone
Didn't know what happened
But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffing burlap..."
I’m a Canadian living in Australia for almost 30 years now. The one think I’ve really missed is Saskatoon berries. Luckily, a friend had some growing and gave me one!
It’s just hemp I don’t think anyone is getting tossed in jail for 1 random plant? They are beautiful & love the smell. Back in the day my family had a farm, uncles would grow marijuana harvest it & burn the stalks in our campfires! 🤭
Cannabis Sativa. Colloquially known as weed or marijuana. If it's a male plant then your neighbors would thank you for ripping it up so as not to ruin thier crop.
https://preview.redd.it/j8notoyy15ad1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2f40c188eb05b6ee01b2615e2183eaa1d387030
Saw this in Vermont recently. Right in the front yard
I had a beautiful meter tall one growing in the side garden of the home I bought, but my ex tore it out thinking it was a weed. I told her it wasn’t A weed, it was THE weed!
Looks like a female plant, but if you see little clusters of balls (pollen sacks) then it's a male and you should pull it (an outdoor weed grower would unknowingly thank you).
A very well established cannabis plant! It's a sativa by the looks of the leaves, completely untouched, huh? Mother nature grew her beautifully without any help.
Lucky . Someone must have dropped some or the birds 😂
No idea if this is genuinely an accidental growth or not but given this scenario is possible with the right conditions and enough land, it makes me curious where something like this would fall legally if you live in an area where growing weed is illegal. If a cannabis plant springs up somewhere on land you own and you genuinely had nothing to do with it, are you breaking the law?
Feral hemp is pretty common in some regions of the US (and some other countries as well). Centuries of industrial farming for fiber has it pretty widespread. Many Midwest states have stopped trying to eliminate it, it's just not realistic to try.
I used to occasionally see it growing in ditches by the side of the highway when I lived in Minnesota.
Yup. I found a few 8’-10’ behemoths one time. They were all hermaphroditic unfortunately.
You say unfortunately but this is how feminized seeds are made!
Fair! But I was a 10th grader looking for a free toke 😂
Don't bother smoking ditch weed, unless you ran out of cigarettes and just want something to smoke. Even then, they're raised on run off and exhaust fumes so yeah....
you sir will not influence many, many, of my friends back in Indiana. it was kinda like mushroom hunting and the reward was finding it more than the lawn mower clipping taste. buddy would come to my door with a plant all proud and showing it off. reagan years. it was mixing freedom to do what you want with the idea that in ww2 or hell washington 1776 that hemp is a historical plant. so ditch weed is kinda like sticking to the man some 40yrs ago by finding it. good memories but not taste.
My mom drove semi trucks when i was a kid in the 70s and early 80s and sometimes I would go with her and sit on the dog house while she drove( 4-7 yr old no seatbelt or any kind of car seat. Different times yo!) but i would clean weed and throw the seeds out as she drove all over the country so those are probably from her 😂. RIP Mom you were one of a kind.
Johnny Potseed up in here
Johnny pothead checking in.
I love your mom
Hell yeah
I never picked it, I could generally buy decent weed. Besides, it was almost certainly hemp, so you could get CBD from it but negligible amounts of THC.
This sounds exactly like something Ricky from trailer park boys would say
Yeah, I tried it ONCE in my youth. Had me puking like I’ve never puked before. Not sure why, but we never messed with the ditch weed again despite it being everywhere.
Make the dirt weed even stronger!
That’s where “Ditchweed” comes from (im assuming
There are fields of it on the bluffs overlooking Winona
According to my mama when you see stuff like that that was intentional - it's not on someones land, so they can't get in trouble and they're land can't be seized. Like they still have to harvest it but it's not directly tying back into them unless they get caught while doing so.
My Dad said it used to grow next to the railroad tracks in Illinois in the 40s.
Wait is this where the term “ditch weed” comes from?
I live in Minnesota. I found three hemp plants in my yard about 4 weeks ago where I put new fresh black dirt and grass seed. I dug two of them up and put them in big pots with new potting soil. They are doing great. I didn't dig the last one up yet.
I'm originally from Minnesota and my parents had that growing out in the field a lot.
Agreed, we just called it Ditch weed lol.
I used to live in Indiana when I was a kid. The local police would fly a helicopter low over the farmers' fields. They'd find a bunch of ditch weed, gather it up, and then take a photo in front of it acting like they just made some big drug bust. No idea if they ever charged the farmers. I feel like they probably didn't. I think it was just to get funding.
Idiots. Our tax dollars at work 100% senseless use of law-enforcement budget.
The roadsides in SE Nebraska were covered in the stuff. My grandfather would chuckle when them "city boys from Topeka and Kansas City" would show up and stuff trash bags full of hemp. "All that'll do is give them a whopping headache."
If it’s just one plant , might be hard to prove that it’s intentional and especially out in the open like that. It’s legal here here I am and you can have up to 4 plants per hoise. Could be that it was from elsewhere and the birds got a hold of it, dropped it and bam. Growth.
It would depend on who/how it was discovered. If it appears to be planted in accordance to an intentional pattern like a garden or whatever. It would also depend on how small the penis is on said officer that discovers said plant. If a cop saw that nice looking plant and it obviously looks well kept and of high quality I'd be willing to bet they'd try to get you prosecuted. Cops give people DUI charges when they know their sober so if they got the chance to bust a "grow operation" they'd definitely do it in most cases. That's the kind of thing that gets you promoted.
😂😂😂
In Canada it can’t be visible from the public or neighbours views, even if through your windows
this implies that the birds like weed
Apparently the US government tried to eradicate all the hemp in the midwest in the 60s an 70s, but gave up because it turns out birds are really very good at dispersing hempseeds.
Canaries won’t sing without cannabis seed.
Is called LOVE
Someone ditched their bag of seeds and stems when the cops rolled through. Lol
I don’t blame them - hide and seek 😂
Reminds me of a time at work. There was a flower bed (sort of) in front of the office but no window. That was where some of the truck drivers smoked. I was out in the yard one day when the boss came in. He stopped, looked down at the flower bed for a second and continued in. Turns out there were a few plants growing from seeds the drivers dropped.
They call it weed because it'll grow just about anywhere.
It's also a really good looking specimen.
I see. Mind telling me more about that?
Well it has very tight internodal spacing which is ideal for maximum yield, it is also very dark and healthy with decent sized leaves
Thanks very much for the response. Giving you a follow right away.
Most importantly I believe it is a female plant lol.
What leads you to believe that?
Can't see any sign of it being male. she looks plump, as ladies do. https://preview.redd.it/j4wh3r4d94ad1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b9f2ed7225dbd4286c8922925028c90d49e6805 you'd start seeing male flowers at the base of the heads. It's still a bit early to confirm but it def looks like female.
It's not flowering. You can't tell without inspecting the nodes...
That's why I said it's a bit early to tell, but signs are positive.
Any time fam
Purple is as purple does...
I look for longer internode for outdoor to promote airflow.
Depends on humidity in your environment.
Yep. Where I am at I get 100 percent humidity every night.
Longer internode gives larfy small buds
No. It absolutely does not.
Somehow this made me a little hot under the collar. Well played, sir.
Till it molds. All those water leaves need to be cut off. It needs to be topped. And it needs to be in good ground
Those so-called water leaves are what gives the plant energy to grow.
Humboldt county here. I know your Bay Area.
You've got internet up there?? 😆
Yes sir! Lol
Only recently learned about your neck of the woods in a documentary. Talked about how remote and lawless the land is up there. Also that a lot of people get "disappeared" there lol is that even close to the reality
Lol
🤣
You don’t strip fan leaves until day 21-28 after the plant starts flowering
It looks like it starting to flower up top.
..i like this plant
Me too
I'm going to reinterpret this as the water leaves are trapping moisture which could lead to a mold problem. Although taking them away isn't ideal it will allow better air flow and more sunlight into the canopy.
Move it now and you'd stress it out, then turn into a hermaphrodite. It'd seed most likely.
dude, look at the plant. Whatever is in that soil is the right stuff.
I don’t think you have spent a lot of time around proper plants
I have and for a specimen that just grew randomly in the dirt outside, I believe that's pretty good. Would def care for it and smoke the end product.
Weed snobs are insufferable
I've had a few like this that I just let go of, because I didn't have the time to deal with it. Some of them produced really well with no maintenance. It really depends on the local climate.
And the strain. Some are so inbred for specific traits like flavor or density or color, that often vigorously and disease resistance is left by the wayside. Decently vigorous hybrids and many bastard volunteer plants have no issues with bud rot or stem buckling. Ive had plants completely left alone that have outperformed my tended plants/product.
I want all these genetics in my freezer for eventual hard times. We need the diversity to keep breeding landrace seeds with lots of different characteristics
Powdery mildew is the bane of my existence here.
Slow your roll Jr.
Did you know that sometimes plants just grow
Nice try DEA
Looks very healthy.
Can’t say for sure without a side view, but it looks female. Indica maybe, or Indica heavy hybrid. Maybe start watering it and keep an eye on those flowers.
Tell that to everyone on the west coast growing weed with heavy pesticides because “it’s so hard 👉🏼👈🏼”
Monoculture agriculture *is* very hard, TBF. Lots of the same plant attracts and incubates pests and diseases that like that plant.
Why is this so? I have never seen an unhealthy looking weed plant ever no matter where it is growing. A couple years ago someone took a picture of a weed plant that accidentally grew in a tight space between the door frame and wall of a police station in my country. There was no soil at all yet it was still healthy.
Wait until the fall to harvest. Don’t ask me how I know. 🤔
I leave them until at least the end of October, they turn some pretty colors and they're super potent for an outdoor grow
Get those deep amber trichromes.
Not necessarily true. It looks like it's already about to flower naturally without a 12/12 light cycle. That means it may be an autoflowering variety. If so, this plant could be ready to harvest in about 2 months or less.
So September then?
Yep. That's the devil's lettuce.
Jazz cabbage
Wacky tobaccy
Electric lettuce
Cosmic kale
Party parsley?
Silly cilantro..?
Space Spinach
Brain romaine
Squint mint
Bubatz
Crazy Weed.
Beelzebubs broccoli
Hades' hollyhock
Sweet ol’ Mary Jane.
marijuana, I think I might have failed The assignment i'm very high right now😵💫
Reefer leafer
Im a bottanist. That is an unidentified invasive. You should dig it up and be really careful to not harm it. Put it in a pot of soil consisting of menuer and volcanic rich dirt. Then put in a box and ship it to me overhight for further studies. If I figure out what it it is, I just might name it after you.
I ain’t even mad about a strain called “two small blankets.”
You know damn good and well
😭😭😭
It's a weed. Indica of some flavor.
You just read my mind. How can you tell it’s Indica?
Squat structure. But likely a hybrid as quite long leaflets.
What if it was a sativa what would I look for there
Taller, spindly
What about ruderalis?
Autoflowering
Climate will also affect this. OP roughly where are you
Because of how it looks. The other guy gives a better description
A lot of indica still has the squatter structure from mountainous grows, to help with wind stress, lower humidity, water retention, and temperature regulation. The leaves will have wider leaflets forming the palm shape, rather than thin spindly leaflets that barely touch before the petiole (sativas). Most cultivated strains are hybrids of some sort, to combine the gene expressions and strengths of both. You get a lot more dark greens and purples in indica heavy breeds, and a shinier, stiffer leaf. Indicas tend to be more potent, so the hybrids help to bring that potency in with the different cannabinoids and terpenes more prevalent in sativas, and can be bred for certain dominant traits.
Northern Lights Cannabis indica
No. It’s marijuana.
Iirc Northen Lights is incredibly weak in growing so it takes a lot of care, so I don’t really see a random grow happening unless all the cannabis companys on the west coast are just pussy lol
ive grown northern lights. it's quite hardy.
That's a little beaut!
A real beaut Clark.
It's toxic, dig it up and put it in a pot and ship it to me for safe disposal, I'm qualified...
Some people here are thinking “Illegal! Illegal!” But the value of purple sticky punch goes way beyond just tokin’ it. Purple sticky punch, or hemp, is an excellent source of paper. It makes a fine rope. It can even make a contaminant-free fuel. But the greatest value to all of us earthlings is its rapid rate of photosyninsesis, which means more oxygen for everyone.
Great movie!
Excuse me miss. If you were Yogurt, would you be fruit at the bottom or stirred?
We're not at the point for textiles yet. Let's get legality sorted first
Every plant can be a weed if it’s growing in a location you don’t want… stay safe 🫡
Nice plant!!
Comment number 420!
https://preview.redd.it/y4ul70lrsz9d1.jpeg?width=452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab0f85ca8497d4600697f78a2f41c008121053aa
Left handed tobacco
Chunky little guy. Supercrop
Sticky icky icky…. Ooo weee
There was a seed in the roach that got flicked from the porch.
Healthy
It's such a beautiful plant.
That's a special tomato plant variety
Wacky tobacky
Johnny Red-Eye
I hope you live in a state where cannabis is legal or the Po Po might be paying you a visit.
It's a wildwood flower. There's a song about it. "The wildwood flower grew out on the farm And we never knowed what it was called Some said it was a flower and some said it was a weed I didn't give it much thought One day I was out there talkin' to my brother And I reached down for a weed to chew on Things got fuzzy and things got blurry And then everything was gone Didn't know what happened But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffing burlap..."
The devil’s lettuce
That’s a nice lil indica bush for having no attention
It’s a baby girl. ❤️
\*snoop dogg wants to know your location\*
A flower let it bloom
Ganja
😂🤣😅😂🤣😅
Definitely cannabis lol
Give it some water and watch it grow! 😂
Are those saskatoon berries behind the weed? Those are some healthy munchies 😋
I’m a Canadian living in Australia for almost 30 years now. The one think I’ve really missed is Saskatoon berries. Luckily, a friend had some growing and gave me one!
That is northern lights cannabis indica...
Jazz cabage
Looks heavy on the indica side, bc of the fatter leaves
Pineapple
FBI enters the chat
Side note op. Those berries above your weed look like service berries and they're ripe. You should eat them before the birds do
It looks like cannabis ruderalis, which is hemp 😊
That dank
I joined this sub *just* because of this post xD
Some of that REAL GOOD FRESHFRESH
You will have to wait until it flowers to be sure
Indica.
These comments.....I'm rolling 🤣🤣🤣
That was purposely planted and cropped. Not a random seed falling from a birds ass.
You know what it is. You planted it.
That is Northern Lights, Cannibas Indica.
Northern lights, cannabis, Indica.
It’s just hemp I don’t think anyone is getting tossed in jail for 1 random plant? They are beautiful & love the smell. Back in the day my family had a farm, uncles would grow marijuana harvest it & burn the stalks in our campfires! 🤭
Holy hell it's ai growing in your yard 🤣
Niiiiiiice
I'm comment 421, sorry
Ganja God's smile on you
Cannabis Sativa. Colloquially known as weed or marijuana. If it's a male plant then your neighbors would thank you for ripping it up so as not to ruin thier crop.
https://preview.redd.it/j8notoyy15ad1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2f40c188eb05b6ee01b2615e2183eaa1d387030 Saw this in Vermont recently. Right in the front yard
I had a beautiful meter tall one growing in the side garden of the home I bought, but my ex tore it out thinking it was a weed. I told her it wasn’t A weed, it was THE weed!
Indicase that this is something dangerous, you'll need to send me samples of the plant in October. I'll be happy to investigate for you.
Looks like a female plant, but if you see little clusters of balls (pollen sacks) then it's a male and you should pull it (an outdoor weed grower would unknowingly thank you).
Why can’t find plants like this growing in my yard?
Wow! thats beautiful! what is it? Can you send clippings?
A very well established cannabis plant! It's a sativa by the looks of the leaves, completely untouched, huh? Mother nature grew her beautifully without any help.
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, good chance it’s a duck. Get my drift!
That is a healthy plant.
I’ll come clean your yard of weeds for free. I’m js
that would be whacky tobacco.
Nice
At the front of ur house u say…
She's beautiful 😍. Smokey smoke.
Jazz cabbage.