New hydro shop owner in town. What to say i grow??!!

Just tell him you grow plants and say nothing more lol

Yea... But if they are cool and ok with a lil personal grow op, I want them to kinda get the hint and realize Im cool too ha...

Oh well, ill be in there plenty enough, im off to see the wizard wish me luck riu!!

If you're cool they'll know. If you aren't then they will know that too.

There once was a little thing called Operation Green Merchant back in 2005. And most store owners still are a bit frightened by it. Your best bet is to speak no evil. I would just get a bottle of Dyna Grow and call it good.....

Don't be sketchy. Dont be coy or rude. It is a retail business. Their goal is to make a profit by selling goods and to keep customers coming by providing good service. If they were to report everyone who bought a HPS bulb to the police, they would be out of business REAL quick. Not to mention, patronizing a hydroponic store is not grounds for any kind of warrant, wire tap, or investigation.

And every hydro shop "wants that rep" regardless of what they claim. It isn't rose gardeners or tomato farmers that buy all those HPS ballasts, grow tents, carbon filters and expensive nutrients.

Have you ever bought duct tape at a hardware store? Do the clerks think your buying it to tape up the hooker in your trunk? If you go in there covered in blood, sweating, dodgy and nervous, they might say "Hey, that guy looks like he's got a half dead hooker in his trunk" So don't go into the hydro store covered in blood....wait. There is a moral in there somewhere.

Just be cool. Its no big deal. Nobody knows unless you tell them.

And to answer your question:

You don't have to tell them anything. If they ask, say you maintain a small vegetable garden for the coming apocalypse. Start talking about zombies and obamacare and the 2nd amendment. That should scare off any sane person quickly.

Oh ya, you rally dont want to listen too them anyways. They are out to make money and uninformed growers are an easy mark for a big sale. Your best bet is to do some research and educate yourself. Know what you want/need before even stepping into the store....flashy labels and snappy names do not grow good plants. Good growers do......

Thanks for your opinions.

I might have stated my thoughts in poor words. Tend to do that quite often..
anyway, I am not scared or stupid or a nervous "liar" or truth hider.

I can handle myself, done it before. But what i ment was I wanna see if a long term relationship is to be had, and doing so by testing the owners wits. Im going to basically walk in there and tell them I grow but in a very indirect way. If they catch on then they are intelligent enough to deal with, if not then, shit ill still deal with them but with caution. I just wanted a plant to talk about that is similar to weeds, as for the rest of the convo, I dont need help with...

Overthinking, yes I know. I like to be in control of conversations that may lead to my demise, no matter how unlikely..

Like in "Get him to the Greek", "im mindfuckin you right now, Can you feel my dick fuckin your mind?"

THanks all!! on the way to pretend to be a sea cucumber farmer... That makes sense right

Go enough times that they count you as a loyal customer. Relationships are built on loyalty and people sending others by word-of-mouth. Not by them knowing you grow pot. Hell 99% of their customers do.

CIDavid said:

Watch Me Shag Me Own Mum!

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Old news, Leroy.

Alexander Supertramp said:

Oh ya, you rally dont want to listen too them anyways. They are out to make money and uninformed growers are an easy mark for a big sale. Your best bet is to do some research and educate yourself. Know what you want/need before even stepping into the store....flashy labels and snappy names do not grow good plants. Good growers do......

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Exactly, If they do they will be able to tell just from the items your purchasing. Most owners want you back. most sales people are only concerned with the sale, not the process. You will be able to tell real quick if you are dealing with a sales person or a grower.

DO NOT tell them you grow marijuana no matter how "cool" they seem. Every person that knows exponentially raises your chance of getting busted. EVERY PERSON.

People will offer up information on "this guy from the hydro store" to get out of a parking ticket.

You can build a good relationship, trust and even a friendship with them without telling them what you grow. If they really are "cool" they will know what you are doing and NOT ask any specifics.

i have yet to meet a hydro store clerk or store owner who doesnt grow themselves. its the easiest way to have anything u need at ur finger tips to run a large scale operation without drawing attention. ask for any samples they may have as u like to experiment. the reps out here give a ton of shit away. i got a full sugar peak line and nice size bottle of benificials by earth juice. only 16oz bottles but enough for a 9 plant tent grow for sure. just be cool and read alot about things on ur own and quiz them a bit.

I would recommend using tomatoes as a reference, as they require pretty much the same nutrients as marijuana. Also when discussing actual bud growth and formation I like to refer to that as flowers, but if you're not in an advanced medical marijuana state or legal state I would use as little reference as possible...

MYOB said:

Not to mention, patronizing a hydroponic store is not grounds for any kind of warrant, wire tap, or investigation.

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Disagree, to an extent. Some local law enforcement have been known to log the automobile plate number at hydroponic shops, track the individual, and go through their trash as once its put out for a garbage truck, a warrant is no longer needed... Then, whatever "evidence" is gathered in your trash can be used to secure a warrant.

Does this happen very often? No - but it does happen :/

The tomato reference is what I use due to their growing verbiage of "vegging & flowering".

Alexander Supertramp said:

There once was a little thing called Operation Green Merchant back in 2005. And most store owners still are a bit frightened by it. Your best bet is to speak no evil. I would just get a bottle of Dyna Grow and call it good.....

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Operation Green Merchant took down a grower in Mi a few years back .. Safe to assume to the program is alive yet !

I was going to say, but it's already been mentioned, don't ask their suggestions anyway.
Do your research before you go there and don't ask questions.
They open their doors to sell stuff, not to make your grow more productive.

bicoastal said:

I would recommend using tomatoes as a reference, as they require pretty much the same nutrients as marijuana. Also when discussing actual bud growth and formation I like to refer to that as flowers, but if you're not in an advanced medical marijuana state or legal state I would use as little reference as possible...

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Thank you bicoastal, thats what i was looking for.

But alas, I just got back from the store.. It went great the new hydro shop here was pretty decent but kinda small... I thought a older, very prudent lady owned the shop when I did my first drive my recon mission... But I just learned that she owns the shop next to it...

the boys working there might actually have been higher than me when I walked in... like no joke, they could barely even recall NPK, and not what each letter ment, they had trouble even remembering the acronym... ha geez, i should get a job there.