The how much money have you saved from not buying LP and growing your own thread

Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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HotWaterKarl said:
I was thinking about how I used to have to buy pot, and how the few times I bought LP weed I got raped so bad on price (and poisoned but this thread is about $$), since they don't cut deals like the BM for quantity etc.

I used to have to spend a lot of money on medicine and this thread is about how much we have all saved growing our own vs. buying at LP prices.

I'll start. This last grow run I saved myself 9,600.00$ if I had to buy it from LP's @ an average of 300$/oz inc tax. On top of that I saved the person I grow for 8,424$, if they had to purchase it. So that is 18k saved that LPs didn't earn, and that didn't make the sick even poorer and sicker having to earn it.

Overgrow corporate cannabis!
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ok,, what is an "LP"???
 
GroErr

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HotWaterKarl said:
I was thinking about how I used to have to buy pot, and how the few times I bought LP weed I got raped so bad on price (and poisoned but this thread is about $$), since they don't cut deals like the BM for quantity etc.

I used to have to spend a lot of money on medicine and this thread is about how much we have all saved growing our own vs. buying at LP prices.

I'll start. This last grow run I saved myself 9,600.00$ if I had to buy it from LP's @ an average of 300$/oz inc tax. On top of that I saved the person I grow for 8,424$, if they had to purchase it. So that is 18k saved that LPs didn't earn, and that didn't make the sick even poorer and sicker having to earn it.

Overgrow corporate cannabis!
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Funny, I was thinking about this yesterday as my GF was asking me how much it costs to run all my shit (indoor). Her GF spends $500/month with an LP just for smoking material, and we know what that's like quality-wise!! I have 32 sq. ft of flowering space, 32 sq. ft. of veg/clone/seedling space, 4 sq. ft. dedicated to breeding. 1,600w of LED lights, say 2000w total with fans and shit. All-in it costs me around $200/month total, or the equivalent of buying a little over 1/2 an ounce of LP schwagg per month. With my setup I have a never ending over-supply of ~20 strains (I pull and average of 1.5 lbs. per run depending on what I'm running like clones vs. from seed/pheno hunts, 6-7 times a year), make my own seeds/strains, make whatever type and amount I want/need of edibles like caps, tinctures, sift etc. I don't consider my capital as whatever I've spent on equipment is a) written down though my business so there's a tax benefit and b) I'll sell the odd qtr. to a close buddy to pay for upgrades.

So, if you're buying from LP's at their rates, invest <$2000 in a nice setup, another $100/month in operational costs and have as much as you want, whatever strain you want, no pesticides or irradiation, and pay for it within 6-12 months just on savings depending on how much you're buying from LP's today. Winner imo, besides the clear benefits, sticking it to the LP's and Trudy is a bonus.
 
Tim Fox

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VIANARCHRIS said:
Canada. We will be rec legal nationally in July 2018. No excitement for prohibition 2.0 here. We will have a 4 plant limit for home grows.
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i do the 4 plant rec grow here in Oregon,, it has supplied me with way more than i can use for the last 3 years now,,, love the 4 plant home grow set up ,,
 
since1991

since1991

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dienowk said:
If by flavors you mean the complete lack thereof, yes, but not top shelf by any means. Where I live, we will have no brick and mortar store, Ontario gets almost none of them so obtaining product outside of a few places is going to be difficult. They can not produce it cheap enough to sell it lower than my electricity usage for a grow.
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How long has Canada been legal???
 
GroErr

GroErr

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since1991 said:
How long has Canada been legal???
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Medical has been legal for many years, we're on a second program which was setup after a court battle (patients won!) with the government. Recreational is July 2018 officially but it's a shit show, no (legal) dispensaries initially, target of $10/gram for government approved weed, some provinces like Ontario will also control retail shops (no private dispensaries, only government run pot shops). About the only benefit of rec legal will be that everyone should be able to grow 4 plants at a time, but even that is not written in stone in every province, many have not announced their restrictions/policies on home grows yet.
 
CalyxCrusher

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Tim Fox said:
i do the 4 plant rec grow here in Oregon,, it has supplied me with way more than i can use for the last 3 years now,,, love the 4 plant home grow set up ,,
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Some provinces are looking to limit plant heights still i believe. They initially wanted a federal cap on all 4 plant rec grows at 3 feet
 
VIANARCHRIS

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The provinces are full of shit. The laws governing home cultivation are federal, nothing the provinces can do to change that. The feds backed off the height restriction because they realized it was unenforceable and likely unconstitutional.
 
since1991

since1991

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VIANARCHRIS said:
The provinces are full of shit. The laws governing home cultivation are federal, nothing the provinces can do to change that. The feds backed off the height restriction because they realized it was unenforceable and likely unconstitutional.
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Unconstitutional for the law to tell one how tall thier cannabis plants can be. I like the sound of that. Hell...I like the way that sentence just rolls off the tongue. About time!!! Thought the day would never come in my lifetime where I would read..type..or say that sentence. Free At Last. Thank God Almighty..Free At Last!!! Not quite for the U.S.A. but damn close. Just a matter of time.
 
GroErr

GroErr

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VIANARCHRIS said:
The provinces are full of shit. The laws governing home cultivation are federal, nothing the provinces can do to change that. The feds backed off the height restriction because they realized it was unenforceable and likely unconstitutional.
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While technically this is true, they can and will try things that would make it more difficult to grow your own. For example Alberta is trying to limit homegrown to indoor, no outdoor allowance (this I think could be challenged in court). While on the surface that may seem ok, it practically will cut out or make it more difficult to the point of not being feasible for some folks to grow. e.g. apartment dwellers, renters in general, e.g. a grow op inside a rental may not be allowed by the landlord agreement and if you sign off it trumps any other rights you have to grow. Municipalities could require registration and inspections which would turn some people off, like me as I wouldn't register for anything, it's supposed to be "legal". Some cases may be challenged in courts but some cases may be trumped by other factors if you sign off your rights. It won't be as easy and free as we'd all like to think.
 
CalyxCrusher

CalyxCrusher

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VIANARCHRIS said:
The provinces are full of shit. The laws governing home cultivation are federal, nothing the provinces can do to change that. The feds backed off the height restriction because they realized it was unenforceable and likely unconstitutional.
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Quebec just tabled their legislation. No home grows
 
ANC

ANC

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fuckem, we have all grown weed and had some bugs or shit come in there and felt the urge to spray them with some shit.
When big money is at stake it is not just going to be just an urge, fuck, they will spray preemptively.
The only clean weed you can get is the weed you grow yourself. This has been my attitude to just about every drug I am willing to take.
Make the effort to make your own, cutting no corners, and enjoy.
 
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