POT KIT MARKETED

Ex-'Pegger Designs, Sells Unit To Grow Medicinal Weed Easily

Growing marijuana just got easier.

A portable greenhouse designed by ex-Winnipegger Curtis Woloshen is being
marketed as a simple way to grow medicinal marijuana.

Woloshen, and partners Jason Blueler and Nick Brusatore, have designed the
Power Grow System for people without green thumbs to grow marijuana and
tropical plants.

New Federal Law

"We are the first ones in Canada to use the word marijuana legally in an
advertisement," Woloshen, 26, said during an interview from Vancouver,
where he now lives.

Power Grow System Ltd. has been making the units since July 30 when a new
federal law came into effect allowing people suffering from chronic
illnesses to legally possess, grow and smoke marijuana.

The Canadian Standards Association approved unit is two metres high and
little more than one metre wide. It is made out of two aluminum boxes
containing three compartments for different plant stages and has timers
which control the florescent lights, food and water. It uses a standard 110
volt plug.

The company has sold 320 systems for $4,300, but none in Manitoba. Woloshen
was in Winnipeg last weekend talking to people about opening a franchise
here to distribute the units.

Local hydroponic store operators said the system appears to be the first in
Canada to be marketed specifically for marijuana.

It takes between six and nine weeks to grow up to two pounds of marijuana
with a THC content of up to 20%, depending on the type of clone or seed the
customer is working with, Woloshen said.

THC is the active ingredient in marijuana.

"Once you get into hydroponics that's the best marijuana you can possibly
grow," said Woloshen, a Sturgeon Creek Collegiate grad.

The federal government is growing marijuana with THC levels of 6% in an
underground mine in Flin Flon. The plants will be harvested and distributed
in January, said Andrew Swift, Health Canada spokesman.

Since the new regulations came into effect, 38 people have been authorized
to legally possess and smoke marijuana, while 521 had prior exemptions.