Hey folks - thanks for the warm welcome!
I've been anonymously cruising the 420forums for years and been a member for a couple of months now, during which time I've read all of Sweet Sue's first 2 journals and the cannabis oil threads, heaps of the HB journals, including a lot of the Q&A, and many other random journals that looked good to me - meaning organic with good discussions and great photos!
And congratulations CannaM on leaving cigarettes/tobacco behind you.
I did it about 2005 and haven't looked back. I preferred to think it as not so much giving up or quitting, but rather I took up breathing oxygen. I didn't want to feel like there was a 'lack' of anything when life without tobacco actually gave me so much (time, energy, health, money, better skin etc). So kudos - keep it up... hey, keep it green, as they say here
Indeed, my relationship to weed got better too once tobacco was out of the picture - I became much more connected to the taste and smell as well as the effect, once the weed was pure (I grew up in a culture that mixed weed w tobacco all the time, so glad I left that behind!)
Someone very close to me has just come through a lung cancer surgery. She was a super heavy tobacco smoker until we both stopped together. The cancer found recently was found early, was small and contained and removed cleanly - she has a clear bill of health and no chemo required
This, we feel, is testament to the fact that it's never to late to stop.
If I could buy the DBHB kit here I probably would (budget allowing) but I sense having it sent across the pacific would not be an option. I'm going to try DB's advice about osmocote+ in some store bought organic soil mix in a GeoPot and see how I go inside. Planning some outdoor grows for the summer coming up.
Looking forward to following your growing adventures