Building a 60,000 square foot outdoor legal grow in Washington State HELP!

[Red1966]

I only attempted one large grow, which the local sheriff's dept. harvested for me. I have a thought. As outdoor grows become common, so will male pollen. I can see where in a few years, one will not be able to reliably maintain the extended flowering period so vital to quality product. I foresee it becoming necessary to seal your plants in a HEPA filtered atmosphere. This means commercial growers will need to move indoors or build greenhouses. Any thoughts on this?

 

[petert]

I only attempted one large grow, which the local sheriff's dept. harvested for me. I have a thought. As outdoor grows become common, so will male pollen. I can see where in a few years, one will not be able to reliably maintain the extended flowering period so vital to quality product. I foresee it becoming necessary to seal your plants in a HEPA filtered atmosphere. This means commercial growers will need to move indoors or build greenhouses. Any thoughts on this?

That's a huge concern to me now.. For any inexperienced growers in my area either doing a guerrilla grow or medical guys that aren't keeping a close eye on their crop. I'm hoping that even though I will have morning til night sun I am protected by gorge canyons. It's a risk, but then there are all kinds of risks in any venture.

 

[CouchlockOR]

Hey Buds! It's legal in Washington now and I am applying for 2 level three (up to 30k sq' each) producer licenses. I will also be applying for a processor license and I'll post another thread on that. I am working on my business plan and doing a ton of research and right now I'm working on how many plants I can grow. Keep in mind the 30k is canopy and does not include equipment or other storage. I've been considering many options, 30gal pots too expensive, tires too messy although I love tires for gardening, soil filled trenches waste of soil, black garbage bags with holes maybe, raised beds too expensive. I have come to the thought of digging holes 3' round and 3' deep into the ground. This will not impede the root system as the roots can grow into the natural soil, is cheap, and the holes can be filled with the medium of my choice. Now I am trying to figure how many plants I can grow with this arrangement. Considering a rectangle 100' x 300' I can place these holes in rows 3' apart but this only gives me 666 plants. I'll probably stagger them but is this enough room? I plan on growing almost exclusively this year G-13 strain and I expect a yield of 2lbs per plant. Any help is appreciated as I am building my business plan now to find funding. Thanks!

According to Washington State recreational marijuana laws a person can not legally be financially involved in more than one aspect of this business. So growers can not be processors or retailers and the same goes for the retailers being growers etc. So good luck getting the two licenses you need.

 

[Two Year Old Sasquatch]

According to Washington State recreational marijuana laws a person can not legally be financially involved in more than one aspect of this business. So growers can not be processors or retailers and the same goes for the retailers being growers etc. So good luck getting the two licenses you need.

Not true. A licensee may hold both a producer and a processor license simultaneously. The initiative does not allow a producer to also be a retailer or a processor to also be a retailer.

 

[Two Year Old Sasquatch]

I only attempted one large grow, which the local sheriff's dept. harvested for me. I have a thought. As outdoor grows become common, so will male pollen. I can see where in a few years, one will not be able to reliably maintain the extended flowering period so vital to quality product. I foresee it becoming necessary to seal your plants in a HEPA filtered atmosphere. This means commercial growers will need to move indoors or build greenhouses. Any thoughts on this?

Huge concern as pollen can travel for miles. One of the reasons for a taller fence and I am working on some other mitigation techniques.

 

[Two Year Old Sasquatch]

This is actually NOT good for us. If all available canopy space is taken up then there will be a shitload of product on the market and the price point will be driven way down. This is why we took out three 30k applications in hopes they would restrict. maybe I'm missing something in this??

I don't expect it to be all taken up the first year as most will still be trying to get started even though they are approving the producers first. If they go the other route they'll take 90% or so of our canopy away based on no empirical data, which doesn't make sense. One reason for our processor license as we can process our own.

 

[petert]

According to Washington State recreational marijuana laws a person can not legally be financially involved in more than one aspect of this business. So growers can not be processors or retailers and the same goes for the retailers being growers etc. So good luck getting the two licenses you need.[/QUOTE

Our application is in for both grower and processor on the same property. Processing can be done on the property it was grown on.

 

[CouchlockOR]

Very nice! Good Luck.