On May 1, I gently dropped four “feminized” cannabis seeds into some marijuana-friendly soil that sells for $19 per 1.5 cubic foot bag. Since then I’ve gently moistened that dirt and kept an eagle’s eye for anything green.
Then last week, three of those babies popped. I now have a trio of varieties growing on my south-facing deck in Grandin Court: They are Gorilla Glue #4, Dos Si Dos, and Skywalker. The fourth (and so far unsprung) seed is also a Gorilla Glue variety. And I planted two more of those late last week.
Because last year’s grow — with plants named after politicians from the Roanoke and New River valleys — was such great fun, I asked for suggestions about 2023 monikers.
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Below, we’ll run down the reader proposals and request more, because it appears my solicitation was too vague.
Some (but not all) of the reader ideas touched on national and international public figures. I prefer plants named after local people, things or institutions in this region, although I could be persuaded to stretch it as broadly as anyone or anywhere in the commonwealth.
Here are the suggestions we’ve culled so far.
First out of the gate was Cathy Greenberg of Roanoke, a…
