I lived in Monmouth for a year. (89 to 90 - served my apprenticeship there) Outdoor growing totally sucked that year. From Roseville to Alexis, Galesburg to Oquawka, there were huge swaths of land that the US Navy used for commercial hemp growing for rope during WWII. I never forget driving through the country fresh out of college. Miles and miles of hemp growing between the corn and bean fields. Somewhere long lost, I took pictures of it. 10 to 15 foot plants. From about Peoria to where you are at, it is almost impossible to grow sinsemilla outdoors. You have to be a little careful indoors too especially later in the fall. Gangbangers from all over would get busted hauling that stuff out and back to where they came from. Close to me between Springfield and Decatur there is a small patch over by Illiopolis where they grew it too that still grows between the fields. That pollen in those concentrations travels for miles. It's too bad because there were some awesome places where someone could have put guerrilla patches. No way to avoid seeds from the hemp. One of many reasons I left and moved back towards home. Worked on North Main just South of McDonalds. Nice place and people though. Fishing at the time was great at Lake Warren. Wyatt Earps birthplace, and I worked at a place that was initially owned by descendants of Doc Holliday. To us country hicks you are considered Western or North Western Illinois. My first purchase was a Phototron and I think back then it took my whole entire paycheck. $400.00+ bucks.
