Career in growing? PLEASE HELP
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hyroot
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Socal pound price is 1500-2500. The best strains going for 2500 don't yield shit.
Since this is your first grow. It will probably be crap. And you won't be able to move it.
You need to learn your at strains. Learn what they need. Learn how to read a plant. They need to adapt to their environment. You need to learn about building soil. It will take years. You won't get rich unless you arw growing thousands of plants and ship them out of state.
The problem with the market is there's all these newbies with million dollar facilities that can't grow for shit. They produce b.c.sters. Can't move it. So they drop the price so low that it becomes the standard regardless of quality. They're selling pounds at schwag prices.
With being a vendor to a dispensary , that won't happen unless you know someone and have an established relationship with that dispensary. Or you produce quality better than 90% of what's out there.
I've been doing it since the 90's and it's tough. Luckily I'm one of the very few in socal who grow true living organics and produce top quality and make some of the best Hash. It took me years to get to this point.
Since this is your first grow. It will probably be crap. And you won't be able to move it.
You need to learn your at strains. Learn what they need. Learn how to read a plant. They need to adapt to their environment. You need to learn about building soil. It will take years. You won't get rich unless you arw growing thousands of plants and ship them out of state.
The problem with the market is there's all these newbies with million dollar facilities that can't grow for shit. They produce b.c.sters. Can't move it. So they drop the price so low that it becomes the standard regardless of quality. They're selling pounds at schwag prices.
With being a vendor to a dispensary , that won't happen unless you know someone and have an established relationship with that dispensary. Or you produce quality better than 90% of what's out there.
I've been doing it since the 90's and it's tough. Luckily I'm one of the very few in socal who grow true living organics and produce top quality and make some of the best Hash. It took me years to get to this point.
Option40
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It pays me enough to buy the equipment to grow weed.
Greenhouse;save
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Have you fkn considered EXACTLY wot it takes to grow a mj plant......from start to finish here's some pics to give you an idea.......
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Option40
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Have you considered spelling classes?
Cobnobuler
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If you have no growing experience at all, it will be quite some time, and quite some trail and error before your selling anything to a dispensary.
It's great to dream big though. I wouldnt ever want to discourage that, but you have to be realistic too. IMHO, learn the craft and see if along the way like many of us, you fall in love with it.
Get a couple of plants to run from start to finish and then revisit your plans. It will never happen over nite and like the guys here mention, theres a long line of hopeful providers ahead of you and chances are, they know a lot more about what its going to take, and what they're up against.
It's great to dream big though. I wouldnt ever want to discourage that, but you have to be realistic too. IMHO, learn the craft and see if along the way like many of us, you fall in love with it.
Get a couple of plants to run from start to finish and then revisit your plans. It will never happen over nite and like the guys here mention, theres a long line of hopeful providers ahead of you and chances are, they know a lot more about what its going to take, and what they're up against.
Greenhouse;save
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Fuck you you arrogant little prick.........let's see how making your millions progresses.Is that clear enuff for you.......
Cobnobuler
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Well now its just right ignorant of you to roll in here as a newbie and insult one of our members like that don't ya think ?
Option40
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sorry, I couldn't understand what you were saying. There seems to be a few typos in your post
Option40
Member
Is it ignorant that a "member" can go in and insult a new member of the forums? You don't think that's a deterrence to any new members that wish to join this forum; if the members look down upon the new ones?
Option40
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Thank you!
Greenhouse;save
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Calm down .....but when a newbie comes on talking about making millions from growing mj......inevitably your definitely going to be brought back down to EARTH with a BANG....yes....and can you tell me how you have a JOB and a medical card at the same time??'?'?
Option40
Member
By not being a dumbass and getting a job that has never drug tested me (Tillys)
Greenhouse;save
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Sorry I forgot to mention........welcome to RIU........
Option40
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And thank you for explaining why you were being mean to me, I thought you were just being a jerk just to be one
Greenhouse;save
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Well what can I say to that.....
at least you have the savy to outwit the government.....
at least you have the savy to outwit the government.....
taGyo
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But you didn't buy any equipment and you bought a single clone.
And you're CONSIDERING adding more, not even definitely going to do it. You also don't have a tent, you just used aluminum foil which is vastly inferior to mylar.
I just told you I dropped 2.5k on my first grow set up and guess what, I have MORE I need/want to buy. I have two 1ks, for 400 plants you will be looking at A LOT of 1k watts, don't even waste your time on 600s, you need the penetration.
There's so much more to this that I can't even begin to explain it.
Don't think we're just being the bearers of bad news bro, we're just trying to ground you. Selling in SoCal should be a hobby/side project because it will not make you rich. Calculating millions of dollars in MJ money is like hitting the lottery bro. A 400 plant op will pull MASSIVE power, your bill will be EXTREME. Operating expenses, lease/mortgage, etc.
I'm a real estate agent and I will tell you that mortgage and taxes haven't been factored in. Also in order to GET a mortgage you have to show legit income unless you plan on renting and in that case paying your landlord to keep quiet.
The people who trim your weed will get jealous and snitch on you. Do the work yourself. There are seven of you, you don't need to hire anyone and if you do it's like a brother or a cousin that hasn't been to jail before. You're inviting potential thieves into your op.
Like I said, I can tell you're not making that much money at a skate shop lol. My job doesn't drug test me either, I'm a real estate agent and I make great money, I'm in the process of buying my first house.
No one is being "mean" to you it's part of the learning curve.
And you're CONSIDERING adding more, not even definitely going to do it. You also don't have a tent, you just used aluminum foil which is vastly inferior to mylar.
I just told you I dropped 2.5k on my first grow set up and guess what, I have MORE I need/want to buy. I have two 1ks, for 400 plants you will be looking at A LOT of 1k watts, don't even waste your time on 600s, you need the penetration.
There's so much more to this that I can't even begin to explain it.
Don't think we're just being the bearers of bad news bro, we're just trying to ground you. Selling in SoCal should be a hobby/side project because it will not make you rich. Calculating millions of dollars in MJ money is like hitting the lottery bro. A 400 plant op will pull MASSIVE power, your bill will be EXTREME. Operating expenses, lease/mortgage, etc.
I'm a real estate agent and I will tell you that mortgage and taxes haven't been factored in. Also in order to GET a mortgage you have to show legit income unless you plan on renting and in that case paying your landlord to keep quiet.
The people who trim your weed will get jealous and snitch on you. Do the work yourself. There are seven of you, you don't need to hire anyone and if you do it's like a brother or a cousin that hasn't been to jail before. You're inviting potential thieves into your op.
Like I said, I can tell you're not making that much money at a skate shop lol. My job doesn't drug test me either, I'm a real estate agent and I make great money, I'm in the process of buying my first house.
No one is being "mean" to you it's part of the learning curve.
Option40
Member
Thank you for the long message and giving me the time of day. were growing on a completely solar farm.