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F45 v3.0 "Ricky's Dope Farm"

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
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:yeahthats Making me want to step up my professionalism.......
It was born of necessity. There are hundreds of stores within 30 miles of me. In order to break their fucked up "closed loop" operations, you have to raise some pulses.
After I get the display cases sourced, I will be dropping off cases that will sell themselves. Get a rental car for a week, drop off the cases all the way down the coast, then come back for payment and more orders...
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
Happy Hoho Day to All!

Happy Hoho Day to All!

Not a big fan of holidays, but I hope you are all enjoying time with family, or in my case your garden :)
I am working on my business plan currently in preparation for my follow up meeting with the retiring collective owner. He wants to see bank statements, stacks of cash, or a plan to prove solvency.
I will be bringing him my harvest reports, and the summaries showing my improvements over the last year. I will also be showing my diversification plans with the tinctures. He really liked what I showed him last week, and I am sure it will be a slam dunk when I show him the rest. Between the 6-7 units curing, and the hundreds of bottles of tincture, I feel pretty comfortable.
After my first meeting, I realized that I was going to need to form a crew. The property owner does not want anything to do with my operation, and is willing to let me run the show. Running two 12k rooms will be at least a 3 man operation, plus with a greenhouse ready to fill.
My helper, who has ran my nursery, as well as Charlie, is on board. He is a good kid, and I have developed a familial like relationship with him. I am old enough to be his father, but don't treat him like a kid. Both him and my youngest are dyslexic, and get along great. My father is dyslexic, but luckily I am not, but working with my helper has given me insight into the struggles my son is going to go through. Luckily, dyslexia is not a learning disorder, and there are some amazingly brilliant dyslexic people in history.
The third member of my crew is a local grower that used to be a vendor to Harborside before it became a joke. We have collaborated over the last year. Trading cuts, brokering each others flowers, etc... His lease is up soon, and we were talking about sharing a warehouse already. His gear is solid, and between the three of us, I think we have a good core to build on.
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
Arminius:

The labels showed up yesterday, but I have to cut them down a little, since 2" high was the smallest label. I need 1.75" height for the 1 oz bottles, so I may have to find another printer.
I have them bagged up in groups of 5, and will be dropping them off throughout the Bay Area in the next weeks or so.

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I have two very important meetings this week. The most important is a meeting with the collective owner and his wife to work out the details of the new site. In the meantime, I am working on a presentation to prove my solvency, which should be no problem


Hi, Arminius.

Nice work!

We were going to ask what exactly you were embedding into the QR on the label. We subsequently found this:


(medicinebowlcollective)

When you find the time, could you be so kind as to you post (or PM) the QR code / image? And, perhaps your co.`s url / the url on the label?

Good luck with your venture!

Best,
/SRGB/
Here is the QR code currently on the label. It was the mixture I intended on using for the 2 oz bottles, so the info on the test result is misleading. I plan on having it edited to reflect the product name.
 

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whatthe215

Active member
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yeah those bottles look legit.

WiFi Alien looks sticky, i still haven't ever seen any white strains in person. got a wifi mom vegging along now.

you've got a lot of moms... do you ever consider removing some from the list?
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
yeah those bottles look legit.

WiFi Alien looks sticky, i still haven't ever seen any white strains in person. got a wifi mom vegging along now.

you've got a lot of moms... do you ever consider removing some from the list?
I do remove them. I killed my Fire OG, even with the Raskal background, it was a spent strain. I had to take my run with her to 76 days before I saw enough pistols dying. Supposed to be a 63-65 day strain. The smoke is good, but buds were too airy.
My SSOG is up for evaluation. Going to run her once outside before I make that call.
I have to be fluid in my line up. I have GG#4 coming from more than one source, and a high CBD strain for my tinctures. After my move, I expect to end up at 20. If the new site works out, they have 15-20 strains already in an established nursery. I don't know what strains yet, but I expect them to be keepers either way.
 

packerfan79

Active member
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Arminius I have read you start to finish and I must say I'm blown away at what you have accomplished. I thought I saw you run jacks do you attribute that to your massive yeilds? Im running. 2k very room I m
Running a bunch of botanicare nutes and I get top shelf bud but can't get more than 2.5 # out of 2k. I tried a stadium approach with.24 plants I tried 2 donuts. 12 plants apiece this time. I got 25 days left till the chop so Mabey that will. Change this time. I want to get away from using so many supplement and I thing. Jack's maybe the way. To go.I have. Been hesitant to change anything drastic because I depend on my garden and can't lose a crop but I need to make a nutrient change. Any Input would. Be greatly appreciated. And keep up the show you are an inspiration to me atleast.
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
Arminius I have read you start to finish and I must say I'm blown away at what you have accomplished. I thought I saw you run jacks do you attribute that to your massive yeilds? Im running. 2k very room I m
Running a bunch of botanicare nutes and I get top shelf bud but can't get more than 2.5 # out of 2k. I tried a stadium approach with.24 plants I tried 2 donuts. 12 plants apiece this time. I got 25 days left till the chop so Mabey that will. Change this time. I want to get away from using so many supplement and I thing. Jack's maybe the way. To go.I have. Been hesitant to change anything drastic because I depend on my garden and can't lose a crop but I need to make a nutrient change. Any Input would. Be greatly appreciated. And keep up the show you are an inspiration to me atleast.
I absolutely attribute the weight to a dialed nutrient program. Having the nutes in the ideal ratios reduce lockouts, and optimal growth.
Everything is running on Jack's at the same ratio and strength, from start to finish. No boosters, no fluctuating ratios, or magic snake oil...
 

packerfan79

Active member
Veteran
So from grow throughout flower one ratio one strength. Do you think. Jacks would work in soil. I use fox farms. Happy frog I will probably switch to handwatered coco in the next. Few round. Not waisting money on 5 supplements plus a grow bloom and. ripe sounds awesome.I think I'm. Running to many. Plants. I
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
JR Peters has many products, and they should have whatever you need. In soil you may just get their 20-20-20 and feed once a week.
They are very helpful, and will answer MMJ questions. Tell them your medium, and I am sure they can get you the right product.
 

pmoney

Member
Well, you never can tell what the possibilities will be in a very few years. 2014, or 2016 could be the tipping point where the Feds raise their arms in defeat...

deafeat? i wouldnt say that..
The profit drip from it being illegal is too strong, from the insane influence of BigPharma, private prisons, them just legally busting down doors and straight robbing people of their crops and cash. i am not as optimistic
http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...lement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213

the bottles look great! i need some! how is it?
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
deafeat? i wouldnt say that..
The profit drip from it being illegal is too strong, from the insane influence of BigPharma, private prisons, them just legally busting down doors and straight robbing people of their crops and cash. i am not as optimistic
http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...lement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213

the bottles look great! i need some! how is it?
Like alcohol prohibition, there will be a breaking point. When we have more states going recreational, the writing will be on the wall. They simply don't have the resources to enforce.
I am going to try to make it over the hill tomorrow after my meeting at 1 pm, and will hook up with you. Look for a text later...
 

pmoney

Member
Like alcohol prohibition, there will be a breaking point. When we have more states going recreational, the writing will be on the wall. They simply don't have the resources to enforce.
I am going to try to make it over the hill tomorrow after my meeting at 1 pm, and will hook up with you. Look for a text later...

SWEET cant wait for the fresh batch.


we have had 'legal' weed in CA since the 90s thanks to prop 215... doctors prescribing medicine to patients. Two decades later, the feds still have it listed as SCHEDULE ONE - No Medical VALUE! wtf government ?
 

Mister_D

Active member
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It was born of necessity. There are hundreds of stores within 30 miles of me. In order to break their fucked up "closed loop" operations, you have to raise some pulses.
After I get the display cases sourced, I will be dropping off cases that will sell themselves. Get a rental car for a week, drop off the cases all the way down the coast, then come back for payment and more orders...

Having similar issues here in CO. Tons of stores, most selling what I would consider "work" as their top shelf meds. Yet I have only found two stores willing to buy my product in bulk (Every owner seems to either want me to be their new headies hook up :laughing:, or they don't believe I really produce this level of quality in volume, consistantly). Due in part to the closed loop mentality you speak of, but also because I refuse to take the same price for real top shelf as they are giving for work weed. Kind of sad to me, that most people would rather save 40-50 bucks a zip only to get product that requires you smoke twice as much for a lesser effect (which as I TRY to explain to them actually costs more money over the long term). Guess it's like vert, some people get it, others don't. Herb production is becoming old hat though. There is an emerging hash market here however, and I'd like to cut out my piece of the pie. Been watching the market, you, and few others very closely while formulating my plan of ingress.
 

whatthe215

Active member
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yeah i'm about to do some tincture testing a la Arm. wax goes for <30/g, but these capsules can stretch that gram into ~$80. (if i remember arm correctly)

i love the QR codes with verified testing. that's awesome and easy for patients to check out.

Arm, what are your thoughts on using different strains for the oil? Could it produce inconsistency in the effects, or is it all the same once processed into the decarbed oil?
 

DamnUglyDogE

Learning the rules well,so as to break them effect
ICMag Donor
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Having similar issues here in CO. ~~Guess it's like vert, some people get it, others don't. Herb production is becoming old hat though. There is an emerging hash market here however, and I'd like to cut out my piece of the pie. Been watching the market, you, and few others very closely while formulating my plan of ingress.

:yeahthats


In the same boat all over California...

The Semi~legal bud market shriveled away a good 2 years ago and I doubt there's even much of a high end A+++ bud market worth trying to get into with less than 12K of lights flying and an inside connection to a shop.

These are the days of $70 -$100 ounces and it's coming
to any state that allows medical or recreational laws pass...

We really IMO need federal decriminalization ASAP so at least we will all be using the same rule book... lol

Upsides have downsides...

Ya need a new niche to fly very far around hear...

Concentrates are huge (hash - oils) but oils (BHO) can carry heavy repercussions on a federal level and that scares me...

Hash & Kief seems a little safer but can you make a living on hash only with under 4K in lights... IDK... Maybe...lol

Im hoping a seed market emerges as a viable option but I think that will really depend on either volume or the ability to ship from and withing the U.S. Of course genetics will determine a leader in the field and whether or not you last...

Almost thinking it would be easier to build KP all in one system and sell them on EBAY... lol Shipping a KP cost $175... Ouch...

Interesting days we live in...:bandit::2cents:
 
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Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
yeah i'm about to do some tincture testing a la Arm. wax goes for <30/g, but these capsules can stretch that gram into ~$80. (if i remember arm correctly)

i love the QR codes with verified testing. that's awesome and easy for patients to check out.

Arm, what are your thoughts on using different strains for the oil? Could it produce inconsistency in the effects, or is it all the same once processed into the decarbed oil?
Most strains currently grown by most, will be typically THC dominant. I plan on growing a 1:1 ratio strain, and a 20:1 CBD/THC strain. They will be grown just for the tincture.
 

frankenstein2

Astronaut Status
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Most strains currently grown by most, will be typically THC dominant. I plan on growing a 1:1 ratio strain, and a 20:1 CBD/THC strain. They will be grown just for the tincture.

What's this 20:1 strain you speak of ? I have a canatonic going now per request of my old man who suffers from pain 24/7 and refuses to get on pain med's. I have a few strains now that help with his pain, but we are thinking a really high cbd strain will help him more.
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
Sour Tsunami is the strain I have my eyes on for the CBD dominant strain.
 

Arminius

"I'm not a pezzamist, I am an optometrist"
Veteran
Pussy Weed Being Taken Down!...

Pussy Weed Being Taken Down!...

I am in disbelief! These are the chunkiest OGHC yet! The resin content is off the charts, and the terpenes are cup winning quality according to my assistant. I have had 4 different people, without prompting, identify the smell as guava! If all pussy tasted like guava, I would chow down 7 days a week...
I need to get one more plant done before my father picks me up for my birthday dinner. I am a New Year's Eve baby, so I tend to have birthday parties anytime between Christmas and New Years. But, I will be posting shots tonight or tomorrow at the latest.
If this is the same cut that I suspect it is, it has tested at 34% before, and I wouldn't be surprised if this run is close to 30!
 
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