Have These Teeney Tiny Black Bugs On My Outdoor Potted Plants. Help

If you smell marijuana being smoked by a neighbor in their backyard, should you notify the police?

Wow.  Who died and made you the evil cop?   Smoking marijuana used to be legal for thousands of years until someone thought of a bigger scheme to support a prison system that did nothing but made US the laughing stock on earth with the highest prisoners count on planet earth.  Like they say, good fences made good neighbors, if the fence wouldn't block out the smell then walk inside.  Your neighbors are smoking in the privacy of their backyard and you should respect that.  That's the law defining property lines so people can enjoy a private life as long as they are not cooking up meth or made their houses into drug factories.  Also, please take in consideration that USA is changing its views about marijuana.  Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, Washington has legalized the use of cannabis and they are being followed by many others.  California has long allowing medical marijuana as a pain relieve medicine for cancer patients.  Please spare the law enforcement and personal embarrassment calling the police.  Personally, I know of a few friends in the law enforcement who smoke regularly to relieve job stress.  I have been around people who are smokers for several decades and never once I see them hurting anybody.  It's time to get the record straight that smoking marijuana is not a real crime but a scapegoat of the so called "War on drugs" that has done more harm than good for the society.  Scandinavians were smart of never banning marijuana.  Now that's what I called a developed country with developed minds.

I accidentally left a big pot of turkey meatballs and red sauce out overnight. Is it safe to eat?

First my credentials - I am a National Restaurant Association Serve Safe (R) certified instructor, and am a FSMA and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Quality Control consultant on an international level.Now let's analyze the risk: Not all foods are potentially hazardous. We leave butter, oil, fruit, vegetables, dry foods, canned foods, cooked bacon, etc at room temperature. There are milks that are shelf stable, hams that don't need to be refrigerated, all because either the pH/water activity isn't suitable for bacterial growth. So the fact of being at room temperature isn't sufficient to determine the risk.Turkey is poultry and is a pre-cooked item so is potentially hazardous due to salmonella (poultry) and Listeria (cooked Meats). Presuming the meatballs were heated last night to at least 165 degrees for at least 5 seconds at or above that temperature, the bacteria that would have existed on the meatballs or sauce would have been killed. That is IF it reached that temperature to the center of the meatball (salmonella is ON THE SURFACE of raw turkey, but becomes mixed to the core when ground).If you are unsure if it reached that temp, the risk is that there could be contamination, and, at between 43 degrees and 140 degrees F, bacteria grows (temperature danger zone). The longer it is in that zone, the greater the growth. If you killed 98% of the bacteria last night, and it sat out for 8 hours in the danger zone, then that 2% would definitely grow.If you bought the meatballs pre-cooked from the grocer, then it is a good presumption that they killed all bacteria in the plant before freezing. Unless anyone in your house handled the meatballs without washing hands, introducing cross-contamination, there is very little risk that the meatballs are unsafe to eat.But, unless they're so amazing and you can't bear the thought of tossing them, I'd dump them. But if you choose not to, the chances are very slim they'll make you sick.

What should I do to my little brother so he won't get bored?

First of all, my sympathy for your situation.  You are a hero for caring for your brother and trying to help him.  Even if you can't solve the problem, every effort you make matters more than you know.  He needs human interaction as much as possible.  I know that studying is your priority and that is quite right.  But see if you can find at least some "special time" that you promise him on a regular basis, where you'll play with him and do what he wants.  This will encourage his play, give him some sense of empowerment, and develop connection.  Playing games of "let's pretend" develop imagination.  If you have toys, one can be an animal trapped in a tree while the other is the rescue team racing to save it.  Or maybe he likes puzzles, and you can both work on a puzzle together.  Even simple physical tussles, like thumb wrestling (done gently of course) can work.  If he has a favorite show, or song, or game he wants to talk about with you or show you, let him.  Once again:  the fact that you have noticed this and that you care makes you a wonderful brother and an admirable human being.  Do what you can.  And you know what?  The more that you can interact with him and bring him some joy, the better your own studying and life will be.  I don't know exactly why this works, but it does.  Good luck, and keep us informed.  We care.

How long does it take to fully grow a marijuana plant?

It will depend on a lot of factors, but to make it fairly short and simple...If you start with a seed you will first have to wait for that seed to sprout, then wait for the plant to grow in size (vegetative state) and last you would have to wait for the plant to flower and produce THC (and other active components of the plant)How long this takes overall will depend on mainly four thingswhat particular strain of cannabis you're usingthe light and nutrients provided for the planthow large you desire the plant to grow (a photoperiod controlled plant will remain in the vegetative state essentially forever if it’s provided with light for 18+ hours a day)how long time you let the plant flower before you harvest itgrowing conditions in general (outdoor, indoor, fertilizer, light, growing medium etc.)This whole process could be anywhere from around 3 to 6 months, or even shorter using auto-flowering (as opposed to photoperiod where light controls when the plant will begin to flower.)Outdoor growing will usually take the most time as sunlight will be limited in comparison to the light you can provide indoors. When growing indoors you supply the plants with artificial light which allows for maybe 20 or even 24 hours of light per day during the vegetative state, making the plant reach its desired size in less time. This will speed up the process if they're properly supplied with nutrition.The fastest grow time would be achieved by using "high tech" growing methods such as hydroponics or aeroponics, where the plants don't grow in soil but instead have water containing nutrition directly supplied to the roots, and the lack of soil increases oxygen at the root level - plants need oxygen for their roots, that’s why overwatering is an easy way to kill a plant!If you skip the step of using seeds and instead make clones of an already existing mother plant, you can reduce the overall time it takes to grow the plant, and possibly harvest every 2 - 2½ months or so. That is the fastest its likely to get.You can't take clones from auto-flowering plants, only photoperiod ones.After harvest, drying it will take a few weeks if done properly (can be speed up at the expense of quality) and afterwards you can spend months curing it (like wine, it can improve).