By just a confluence of events all happening at the same time. First off I live in an apt building in a nice are of SF CA. My apft is on the bottome floor at the back of the bldg looking out onto our backyard area. Nice area out there with some potted plants and a good sized patio area. This backyard gets some great sunshine , that is when the sun does shine in the city by the bay. For most of the time nobody really avails of this area of the building.
So I had two plants in veg that were doing great under the summer sun. Then the landlord and his son , who just happens to be our next door neighbor, decide to do some tree trimming at the back area. He straight away notices the two young plants out side my window, actually close to the fire escape area, very convenient for me as I could take them in and out easily , and after a little pleading etc. he suggests I leave them down in the patio area. I thanked him and told I would be discreet with them from now on .
All was cool and in the mean time I decided to start another grow indoors. So, now two separate grows and one that the landlords son knows about. Bear in mind also that he is father with two young kids and is the family man type.
Now things tricky. I being a pot and also light ciggie smoker had taken to having my ciggies in the bathroom . I know a big no no as there was another neighbors window within a few feet of my own. I even devised a plan to mask the smell by turning on the shower and putting some fragrance in with the steamy water. Well, my neighbor must have copped on and told her landlord who just happens to be a good friend my mine . One day after finishing my ciggie and doing my clean up routine, I was putting on my contact lens and heard voices from the neighbors window. Their landlord and our landlords son were obviously checking something out and I knew something was up.
A few days later , while leaving out the trash, the landlords son meets me and asks me if I am smoking in the apt. I give excuses and then we reach a agreement to only smoke outside my backdoor or partio area. He asks me about the plants I had out the back and I say that I would be discreet with them. He meanders on about taking care nobody steals them and some other advice largely in response to my compliant tone throughout our chat.
Now comes the kicker. The first day of smoking a ciggie in the patio area, I hear my neighbor on the phone . She was clearly talking of smoke and blowing over my way etc.... Man was I pissed .......
As I am more than 20 feet from her window. My intution tells me that she phoned her landlord and he will inform mine of her displeasure. Now bear in mind my landlords brother in law also smokes and lives close to my apt. So, if there is a total smoke ban in the bldg , he will also have to comply with the rule. I know as well that there was nothing on the lease indicating the bldg was a non smoking apt bldg.
So, in the interests of safety and also security ...I am about to just scuttle my seedlings and just focus on the two flowering plants that I brought inside. Maybe its just cutting my losses as this stage as things are heating up around me and better to have one good grow that I can finish than two grows that could cause problems in the coming months. I am also a newly reformed light smoker of herb. Maybe a bag or two per month . And all told my present grow should yield about 2 to 3 ozs. In theory enough for the next year.
Anyways thanks for the read and I just had to share this tale with my fellow growers out there.
So I had two plants in veg that were doing great under the summer sun. Then the landlord and his son , who just happens to be our next door neighbor, decide to do some tree trimming at the back area. He straight away notices the two young plants out side my window, actually close to the fire escape area, very convenient for me as I could take them in and out easily , and after a little pleading etc. he suggests I leave them down in the patio area. I thanked him and told I would be discreet with them from now on .
All was cool and in the mean time I decided to start another grow indoors. So, now two separate grows and one that the landlords son knows about. Bear in mind also that he is father with two young kids and is the family man type.
Now things tricky. I being a pot and also light ciggie smoker had taken to having my ciggies in the bathroom . I know a big no no as there was another neighbors window within a few feet of my own. I even devised a plan to mask the smell by turning on the shower and putting some fragrance in with the steamy water. Well, my neighbor must have copped on and told her landlord who just happens to be a good friend my mine . One day after finishing my ciggie and doing my clean up routine, I was putting on my contact lens and heard voices from the neighbors window. Their landlord and our landlords son were obviously checking something out and I knew something was up.
A few days later , while leaving out the trash, the landlords son meets me and asks me if I am smoking in the apt. I give excuses and then we reach a agreement to only smoke outside my backdoor or partio area. He asks me about the plants I had out the back and I say that I would be discreet with them. He meanders on about taking care nobody steals them and some other advice largely in response to my compliant tone throughout our chat.
Now comes the kicker. The first day of smoking a ciggie in the patio area, I hear my neighbor on the phone . She was clearly talking of smoke and blowing over my way etc.... Man was I pissed .......
As I am more than 20 feet from her window. My intution tells me that she phoned her landlord and he will inform mine of her displeasure. Now bear in mind my landlords brother in law also smokes and lives close to my apt. So, if there is a total smoke ban in the bldg , he will also have to comply with the rule. I know as well that there was nothing on the lease indicating the bldg was a non smoking apt bldg.
So, in the interests of safety and also security ...I am about to just scuttle my seedlings and just focus on the two flowering plants that I brought inside. Maybe its just cutting my losses as this stage as things are heating up around me and better to have one good grow that I can finish than two grows that could cause problems in the coming months. I am also a newly reformed light smoker of herb. Maybe a bag or two per month . And all told my present grow should yield about 2 to 3 ozs. In theory enough for the next year.
Anyways thanks for the read and I just had to share this tale with my fellow growers out there.
