Damn Snype....500 a zip.....You're the man!!
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Plummeting Marijuana Prices for Growers
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OrganicOzarks
I can't see any clubs having the best anything. Except the best way to waste your money. 
It's all about knowing the right people. I'm in the Midwest and can get top shelf anywhere from $180-$400 an oz, and can even get lbs. for as little as $2,000 from the growers of course. I know for a fact that you can get top shelf in Cali for $1600 a lb outside of the dispensaries, if you know the right people. So...as I already mentioned, it's all about knowing the right people. Granted that some buds going around as "top shelf" only appear to be so.
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OrganicOzarks
Being in Denver now, "top shelf" is a wildly varying opinion. I have yet to see top shelf cannabis. It is all mids at best. It may have the look, the smell, and be frosty, but then you smoke it, and it is far form top shelf. It is under whelming at best.
Truely organic, top shelf, grade AAA bud will never be mass produced no matter how legal. It will be impossible for them to deliver this level of quality, grown without tons of chemicals and carefully handled and hand trimmed. Regardless of all the toxins they will have to use, just the machine trimming alone will degrade the bud to a grade b or c. There will always be a niche for the small grower who can do it organically and with the utmost care and the best genetics.
That's how I feel and why I'm starting to grow certain crops organically and hope to get a superior product that can get more per oz or pound. I'm only thinking of 4,000 watts of organic and put a lot of care and focus into it and dial all the stains accordingly. I'm wondering even in Cali or Colorado if if have the right cut and it's conneseur grade, if you can still get 4-500 an oz. That grade is so hard to reach and it's very hard to find consistently. There's just no way warehouse grown or even 10,000 watt hydro grown will be able to compete that organic on a quality level. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with my RDWC hydro and to most it's top of the line on most runs but there's just something else to organics that's different. In the end it is still about finding the customer who wants to pay for organic. Most people I know would rather buy the cheaper product and get more of it.
lemonskunk
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youre talking about a grower:space/quantity ratio that is optimal for producing quality product. So all the warehouse has to do is hire more growers to take care of less plants and they will have BETTER organic marijuana than you because they can afford elaborate environmental control systems.
If you are still getting 500/o in the north east you are either not in a med state, or are dealing with someone who cares only about quality, has no real connections, and has money to blow. I'll get 400/o here and there for og's and cookies, but the med scene killed old prices. Get em while you can boys because that won't last forever.
Valid points, but I think it can be done. Truly organic AAA buds can be grown on a commercial level very easy...It's all about money, and hiring enough help to do it right. Its simple..Hand trimmers hired by the bundle for an XXX amount of pay is very easy to accomplish. People would be standing in line trying to get that job for profit, and excitement of knowing they work in the "medical marijuana trade" or whatever it is in that state. If it becomes legal, there's gonna be some quality bud around...It'll just cost more...simple...This is america...Gotta pay for the good stuff
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Word from my old corner of the emerald triangle news is of a continuing s h I t s h o w . Glad I got out when I did, although one cannot replace the ocean, the freshest air available, or the general beauty. And, oh the edible mushrooms.
If ya hadn't already socked away six figures, it wasn't happening. I was a couple years too late, only enjoyed 2 relative boom years. Followed by several rather soulful, but financially depleting years. And was only able to do so much, as a sole proprietor, when times were good. I worked hard. It was awesome. The northern part of my present state Is loaded with beauty, as well. Working my way up there, one can afford a nice piece....
Peace...
If ya hadn't already socked away six figures, it wasn't happening. I was a couple years too late, only enjoyed 2 relative boom years. Followed by several rather soulful, but financially depleting years. And was only able to do so much, as a sole proprietor, when times were good. I worked hard. It was awesome. The northern part of my present state Is loaded with beauty, as well. Working my way up there, one can afford a nice piece....
Peace...
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sorry. dbl post. good news is that I did find some concrete options.. But, I had to leave my Beloved NorCal to find 'em. Without question, I miss the geography, wildlife, and the Ocean MUCH more than the Human dynamic, though. Lovin' (most of) the interactions here, and the real friends, who exhibit real acts of friendship. Not like pulling teeth.
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dontchakno
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Funny how u guys talk about prices. soon enough it will be in shelves at the corner store at $10 bucks a pack. I sure hope this dont happen but thats what it looks like. For me its been no more then 24 for high grAde og to plat cookies and teens for good grade purples and etc thats how its been for the past 2 years. Now everyone is sitting on 20 to 100lbs indoor because of last years outdoor season. I know of folks that harvest 3 times this past year at the same grow spot. Mayb it was u
Funny how u guys talk about prices. soon enough it will be in shelves at the corner store at $10 bucks a pack. I sure hope this dont happen but thats what it looks like. For me its been no more then 24 for high grAde og to plat cookies and teens for good grade purples and etc thats how its been for the past 2 years. Now everyone is sitting on 20 to 100lbs indoor because of last years outdoor season. I know of folks that harvest 3 times this past year at the same grow spot. Mayb it was u
Damn teens for purples! High teens or?
So true! You don't like the prices, move to a state where it is not legal. Still 5k a P for high grade in many east coast places. I can still move O's of my high grade for 500. My usual indoor is still low 4's a P. I would hate to be out west.
South texas here n indoor goes for 2700-3200 for the shoreline , green crack n romulan.............3800 tops for dome real deal purps r, huckleberry kush etc. the mexican brick everyone talks bout gets sent out of town for most parts but here ourselves keep the better of the bunch. Im not talking killer knock out type but for 300 a lb n u get popcorn type buds. I dont complain.......peace n chicken grease
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johnhinkleyjr
there is less than three years of closet/garage grows (<1200 sqft canopy)being a viable way of making a living at owning your own grow scene. after that indoor will disappear as a means of producing weed, as it should.it will be strictly an endeavor of genetics research if at all and seen as a relic of prohibition. people think theres this niche market for this stuff that will support them and every other unemployed pot grower. how big do they think this market is and how many individuals can be a part of it. get it while you can because if you aint rich and already connected to state level politics you arent part of the show. when supply and demand stablizes the only people still growing for income will be large commercial grows. noone will buy weed that exspensive when it drops in price. your weed is stronger you say? well not as strong as thiers is cheap. when every 30 plants has its own ceo it costs a bit more than every 1 billion. labor is cheap and ag tasks are teachable. no one needs 30% thc when they can just smoke two joints instead for a few pennies on the the doller for yours. maybe whiz but i dont think he smokes enough for all the people i hear talking about the nich market thay will be part of.lol oh and if you dont think a team of plant geneticists and horticulturalists armed with a budget r and d ag engineers and a work force cant produce the same level of quality at this scale at optimum climate and nutrient light levels than you.you are high.
