What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?

3 years ago by plactagonic to c/asklemmy

Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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MyDogLovesMe 90 points 3 years ago

Growing cannabis (legal here in Canada)

…anyone can grow weed. Growing GOOD weed is an art.

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plactagonic 42 points 3 years ago

I unintentionally grow weed because I made some tincture for grandma.

Now it just grows on my garden and I can't get rid of it.

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azimir 28 points 3 years ago

One of it's many nicknames is ditchweed for a reason. It's a weed like any other. The US spends millions per year burning it out of ditches on the side of the road all around the country.

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MaggiWuerze 5 points 3 years ago

In Germany we will be allowed to grow some for private use come next year. I have no idea what to get yet, but I will just plant it in a planter in the garden and hope that it works I guess :D

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MyDogLovesMe 2 points 3 years ago

Thats growing weed.

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Riyria 2 points 3 years ago

I hope you’ll be able to get seeds and strains imported from the US and Canada. I smoked weed in Germany while I was living there in 2015 a few times and it was the worst weed I’ve ever smoked. It tasted weird, smelled bad, and didn’t even get me high. When I asked someone about it they were just like “weed isn’t as strong here as it is in the U.S.”

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Zippy 4 points 3 years ago

2000 into my fully automated hydroponic weed factory. Another 500 to make my nutrient solutions from scratch. Mind you that 500 dollars when making from scratch likely last 20 years of crops. It does make a good 1.5 pounds of dry weed every 3 to 4 months with the for legal plants allowed in Canada. I barely smoke so give nearly all away.

Three year prior, harvested a crop down right before going to Mexico for three month trip. Was still some shoots barely growing so for shits and giggles I turn the lights back to 22 hours per day to see if they would go back to the veg state. Have camera so can watch it remotely. Shit starts fully growing like a new plant. Anyhow COVID puts a wrinkle in my return. Ended up in Mexico for 18 months. Over that time, thing kept growing like nuts. Automation on water replacement and nutrient injection along with pH monitoring. Became sort of a how long can this thing go with near zero human intervention. Had only to send my brother in law in three times to cut it down and refill my nutrient injectors from solutions I made before leaving.

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MyDogLovesMe 2 points 3 years ago

Right? When you grow, you really get an appreciation for what an amazing, and resilient plant it is.

I used to grow, but never smoked except to taste my harvest. My spouse smoked daily and heavily. I didn’t, but I LOVED coming home from work to my grow room. It was so therapeutic! Still is, but I miss my old HPS & MH lights.

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