It's a hardy plant and requires very little maintenance.
It's always seemed pretty fragile to me, when I've seen people growing it.
Although this is in a rather bipolar climate, so the sudden shift from cold and windy to scorching, sunny heat probably doesn't help.
But wrist-thick compact buds, like most thouroughbred Dutch weed varieties...
Jesus Hemp Christ.
* Yoink boggles.
Also, here's an admirable-but-unrealistic stance on the subject, presented in the form of song by possibly the best non-metal band in the country:
The Bennies.
Most of the time, though, here in Australia the cops don't really care about weed, even in Queensland where the relevant laws are rather backwards. At least, that's been my experience and that of others I've spoken to about it. Hell, a lot of cops smoke the stuff themselves when they aren't busy hassling the little guy and spreading violence in the name of the Government. Crazy, really.
I guess busting someone for a paltry weed offence is just a whole bunch of meaningless effort and paperwork when there are tonnes of meth dealers around to be caught, and unless the cop in question is especially evil (or has a grudge against whatever pothead they've caught with weed) they'd rather not bother with all the hassle.
Of course, pretty much anyone still gets paranoid as hell about being caught with the stuff after a few tokes anyway, haha.