Newbie to growing and New grow facility-need advice

HydroKid239

HydroKid239

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Friendly_Grower said:
Everybody is different.

Friend could be seeing most of us as hard-core growers of the "Jar-Head Clan." <- Points for that movie reference.

I was thinking perhaps today's foolish one is tomorrow's Kind Of Cannabis. You never know. Look at Elon Musk and Twitter. Who saw that coming.

The other thing to suggest is to tell him (they) to Watch a lot of YouTube videos. Not everything is worthy of an award but it will give folks a wider general education on what people do.
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Telling ppl to so find info on youtube is the worst advice to give in a place like this.
Sure there are some useful videos there... but the majority of them will have you bouncing all over the place.
If the info on this sight isn't clicking.. have it read to you (Whomever it concerns)
Lastly.. I'm sticking to my original comment. There's work to be done in the OP's situation. They are going to find a hard time researching this subject like this.

Best bet is to become buddies with someone who has buddies in the game. Offer to help out in exchange for a little guidance & pick up some experience while you're at it. First hand info... not the internet where you will find information at X, as well as info at Y on the same subject that conflicts the other.

Pop a few seeds at home asap. Get acquainted with the plant. Good luck.
 
Friendly_Grower

Friendly_Grower

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I think we are all on the page of "you can't get there from here with RIU or YouTube."
However, there is something to take away from every situation.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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600 sq ft was more than enough to send me in a tailspin without ever doing it before. I had never even grown indoors before. I couldn't imagine taking on 2K without starting smaller. It's just too overwhelming. It takes a lot of trial and error, blood, sweat, and tears. Wanna get into a fight with your wife?... open a grow op. A fight is guaranteed, or I'll give you your money back!
But seriously, it's way more than people "imagine" it is in thier heads. All the little details and hurdles you have to go through are nerve racking. First, you gonna make sure you can grow something,"What the fuck is this yellowing?", "Is that a bug??", "How many times can I flood this Goddamn room?" then there's drying "Am I doing it right??!?!?!",,.. curing, then labs. However, once you go through all the paces and mistakes, and earn some grow time, it does get easier..... It's still not easy, just easier.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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King Avitas said:
I am considering starting a micro grow in Canada. For me it has been a life long dream. 2000sq.ft. is pretty close to the 200m² limit for micro grows in Canada. So I am assuming you are in Canada. I have been reading through Health Canada's regulations (multiple times) and it scares the hell out of me......and I know cannabis and what is required to grow it on a large scale.

I have grown commercial in the past and with what I know from my experience and what I am required to do to satisfy Health Canada's current requirements for a micro grow as well as local municipal bylaws, local police and fire requirements, licencing and start up costs including equipment, building, genetics and operating expenses such as power, rent, wages, security, insurance, marketing, packaging....... I am looking at $750k to a cool million to start up what I and Health Canada would consider a viable micro grow in Canada. And yes if Health Canada thinks you will fail they will not license you.

All that said if you are coming to an online forum for suggestions for equipment or growing ideas, you're already screwed and well on the way to certain failure. Sorry but those are the facts.
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If you have to ask online then you are not ready. Just like any business.


Are you saying I can't start a bakery if I don't know how to make bread?
 
King Avitas

King Avitas

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xtsho said:
Are you saying I can't start a bakery if I don't know how to make bread?
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I am not saying anything, just repeating what Health Canada stated in their regulations. Health Canada requires three positions (master grower, security person and quality assurance person) be people with experience. Health Canada (not me) state that these people being experienced will help ensure that the business follows government regulations while growing weed that is safe for sale to the public. Bakeries do not fall under this level of government scrutiny, anyone can start a bakery as long as they have the cash to start it.
 
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