becoming a clone supplier?

[one Q]

please dont flame for asking such a loose question.

How possible is it to move out west and become a clone supplier? Having a convo here and want to know what's realistic.

Here's a hypothetical situation...
Say the grower has most of the equipment already and would just need to find a place to set up shop. A strain that would sell. A place to sell the clones to.

How hard would it be for this person to

Find a good reliable cut of something that is in demand?
Find a good reliable place to sell the cuttings to?

This grower would have NO interest in flowering plants to sell flowers.

Could you recommend an area where this would be plausible.

 

[Lazyman]

My brother is trying to do this, but it's not super profitable even at large volumes.

The further north you go the cheaper clones are. He has to sell most trays at $5 per clone, sometimes $7 if they're pretty big. Factor in your time, power, nutes, plugs, cloning gel, etc to do this, and $250 per tray isn't making a lot of money. Finding good cuts isn't that hard, but keeping the moms up and healthy and constantly hunting for fresh genetics gets old fast.

 

[Lazyman]

oh, also keep in mind that this will always be illegal, you will never be able to remain under plant counts for your given county with even a couple trays of clones (plus moms.)

 

[emerald city]

If it were legal,I'd take that work all day long'
My interpatation of Maine law is-Mother plant and 98 cuttings in vegitative state dont count as plants..In Maine a plant is=a female mj plant in flower more then 12"x12"hxw.
so you could concievably produce 98 every 2 weeks to be gotten rid of...Problem in Maine,one cant sell marijuana plants.Legally only trade or give away.
What happened to the 25$ cuts??

 

[one Q]

My brother is trying to do this, but it's not super profitable even at large volumes.

The further north you go the cheaper clones are. He has to sell most trays at $5 per clone, sometimes $7 if they're pretty big. Factor in your time, power, nutes, plugs, cloning gel, etc to do this, and $250 per tray isn't making a lot of money. Finding good cuts isn't that hard, but keeping the moms up and healthy and constantly hunting for fresh genetics gets old fast.

I figured that clones would sell for $5-7 that's no surprise. By "hunting for fresh genetics" do you mean "searching for what's the FAD cut or strain?"

oh, also keep in mind that this will always be illegal, you will never be able to remain under plant counts for your given county with even a couple trays of clones (plus moms.)

Could one be a caregiver for a dozen or so ppl and prove the need for so many young plants for them?

If it were legal,I'd take that work all day long'
My interpatation of Maine law is-Mother plant and 98 cuttings in vegitative state dont count as plants..In Maine a plant is=a female mj plant in flower more then 12"x12"hxw.
so you could concievably produce 98 every 2 weeks to be gotten rid of...Problem in Maine,one cant sell marijuana plants.Legally only trade or give away.
What happened to the 25$ cuts??

Im sure the cuts sell for $25 but wholesale is still $5-7 cause of BUSINESS.

also, can one accept "donations" for the cuts? Can one trade for goods and services? What are the restrictions there?
Mane sounds like a good spot for this. But all the WINTER SNOW! What are some good cuts from Mane to look into, are they all about the Kush too?

 

[statusquo]

I figured that clones would sell for $5-7 that's no surprise. By "hunting for fresh genetics" do you mean "searching for what's the FAD cut or strain?"

Yes that's what he means. A clone vendor can't have the same 5 strains for a year - especially if there's competition. I take that back...I guess 5 would be possible depending on market conditions and your location however it's not likely. All the clone only vendors I know have ~20-40 strains available to them in bulk at any given time. This doesn't mean they have 40 mothers but they have a good amount, are rotating frequently and probably have another location or two where there are mothers.

Could one be a caregiver for a dozen or so ppl and prove the need for so many young plants for them?

I'd assume so but, except for Maine apparently, anything with roots = a plant. Also, regardless of your state, if you go over 99 plants (Feds definitely count anything with roots as a plant) you are looking at a 5 year minimum in federal prison...

I figured that clones would sell for $5-7 that's no surprise. By "hunting for fresh genetics" do you mean "searching for what's the FAD cut or strain?"

Yes that's what he means. A clone vendor can't have the same 5 strains for a year - especially if there's competition.

Im sure the cuts sell for $25 but wholesale is still $5-7 cause of BUSINESS.

$7 at least in CA is pushing it. I've seen individual clones go from $10-20 depending on the location/strain/market prices.

I figured that clones would sell for $5-7 that's no surprise. By "hunting for fresh genetics" do you mean "searching for what's the FAD cut or strain?"

Yes that's what he means. A clone vendor can't have the same 5 strains for a year - especially if there's competition.

What are some good cuts from Mane to look into, are they all about the Kush too?

Everyone is about the Kush. I would look for commercial crops (indica dominant) that have aesthetics and smell - stone is often secondary when dealing with the average grower =/ Also remember to take into consideration the fact that name means A LOT regardless of where you are.

 

[krunchbubble]

please dont flame for asking such a loose question.

How possible is it to move out west and become a clone supplier? Having a convo here and want to know what's realistic.

Here's a hypothetical situation...
Say the grower has most of the equipment already and would just need to find a place to set up shop. A strain that would sell. A place to sell the clones to.

How hard would it be for this person to

Find a good reliable cut of something that is in demand?
Find a good reliable place to sell the cuttings to?

This grower would have NO interest in flowering plants to sell flowers.

Could you recommend an area where this would be plausible.

check out craigslist or *********......

you will be the 468,884th person to be currently selling clones.....

i used to sell clones but the time it takes and plant count is bullshit....

it can be profitable if you have several big time buyers, other then that its a crap shoot. clone some plants, try to sell them, you are having a hard time selling them, now the clones are starting to go to shit, now you have to throw them away......

 

[bushmasta]

I also had been wondering about this good info! If only you could be the supplier and retailer at the same time... that would make things much more profitable and worth it. There are some out there doing it I'm sure.

 

[statusquo]

I also had been wondering about this good info! If only you could be the supplier and retailer at the same time... that would make things much more profitable and worth it. There are some out there doing it I'm sure.

I would think most people go this route. Either they own a storefront and are a clone-only collective/dispensary or they just sell directly from craigslist. Curious to know how many are self hemployed though ^_^

 

[emerald city]

Curious to know how many are self hemployed though ^_^

When the whole U.S economy crashed and almost took down the world banking system[06-08],the only postive engine still creating wealth was the domestic marijuana market....Truely the last of the free supply and demand ,cash based economics....

 

[rick shaw]

It can be done. You will have to have several strains going. It has to be top notch,thick healthy cuts with thick,white roots. Where? lol,that's the ten thousand dollar question. Lets say you have several strains, A-1 quality some clubs will take them on consignment for $5 max. You can try to put your own clone distribution network together. You will have to compete with clubs and others so quality will be a must and to get business low prices would be a business plan. You have to be consistent with availibility.No,"Oh I'll have that in two weeks" So bottom line,if you want to be in the clone industry. Quality,variety,consistency. Since your prices will be low you will have to pump out numbers. Now you have the fun job of advertising,lol. Most of the people I know go to great lengths for stealth.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

do it in a nonmed state you will do better

you gotta know the right people...sellin on CL and to clubs is BS. i know certain clone suppliers getting up to 50 per teenage plant selling to large scale commercial growers....i pay around 10 dollars a clone for good strains like OG kush and that goes up into the 50 count....when you grow and visit ICmag yo realize the clone game is weak...gamblin your grow on unproven genetics....im always in doubt during flowering if my shits gonna really be what was advertised....thank god for seedbay..

alot of growers are too lazy or cant set up veg rooms, so they rely soly on clones. there will always be some newbs on Craiglist paying 8 dollar a clone for whatever to fill their first room before they realize about genetics.....so there is always money in it.... but reputation gets spread around quick...some guy was selling BS clones on b-trader and got called out quick....unfortunately my roomate already bought a 50 clone pack off him that turned out to be some ugly hermie BS with no frost...

When the whole U.S economy crashed and almost took down the world banking system[06-08],the only postive engine still creating wealth was the domestic marijuana market....Truely the last of the free supply and demand ,cash based economics....

shit this is so true...everybody and their moms is trying to make money off marijuana....even rich people who already have money and jobs....shits crazy right now. thank god for non-med states or there would be zero demand in the underground..

 

[one Q]

good info.

I figured there are so many ppl out there doing clones and what not...

all good perspectives.