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British_Bulldog
So you wanna be a commercial grower?
Making the transition from personal to commercial grower is an ambitious progression in a person's growing career. This guide is as much about dissuading people from commercial growing, as it is about educating those interested in doing it.
It can be sweet, but also sour, so knowing what you're getting into is an important factor in making the change.
Of course, the laws vary around the world, but for the purpose of this international guide, we'll assume that personal growing means you probably won't go to prison if you're caught, but a commercial bust is likely to end up with you locked up.
People often talk about 'having the balls' to take on a venture like this, but the old saying bears true: "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime". If you really can't imagine yourself in a prison environment, sometimes having to be ruthlessly violent to survive, and coping with isolation from the outside, then stop reading here, and give up on the idea...period.
However, if you think you can cope with that, and being jailed is an acceptable occupational hazard, then read on, and ask yourself some more questions.
The next objective is to decide whether you can live in fear? That is, the fear of being busted and jailed by the police.
It's human nature to want to break the rules, and society's rule of "no commercial growing of mariuana" is a tempting rule to break if you want some easy money. Well I say easy money, because compared to many other crimes, like robbing a bank, or dealing hard drugs, it's can be quite a lucrative business, with a relatively low risk.....if you know what you're doing.
If you do it for a while, the risk becomes 'normalised', and smoking copious amounts of your product always helps to combat stress, but stress is a big factor in commercial growing, and eventually your nerves will become shot with the stress of it.
This is an important consideration, as it affects your quality of life, and if you can't mentally or physically handle stress, then being a commercial grower is not for you.
However, some people perform better under stress, and although it's not particularly good for the health, being under pressure, making a person more acutely aware, can actually help in being successful.
Show me the money: as you're more than likely aware, the value of seized marijuana crops is always greatly exaggerated in the media, and the actual value is much lower, i.e. there's not as much money in growing as you might think. Commercial growing is hard work, and the pay reward at the end of it is not going to earn you a fortune. However, it will pay for a comfortable life if done correctly.
Even if you do do everything right, there are factors determining how much reward you're going to get from it, which leads us onto the risk vs. reward ratio. That is, the balance between how much risk you're going to take and what you're going to get paid for it, as well as the reward of having a large constant supply of high quality weed and homemade hash to smoke to your heart's content.
Often, people build up slowly from a few plants to a whole house full, but that transisiton can be gradual or fast, depending on your needs, time constraints and overall objective(s).
If you're the type of person who like to get used to things slowly, then increasing your harvests gradually is probably the best way for you. For others, going from a closet grow to an all out commercial set-up is an acceptable jump up, but either way, it's important to know about and understand all the factors involved.
There are many variables and decisions to be made, but the main considerations are as follows:
- Do you have access to a rented house?
- Are you able to grow in secret without telling anyone, and without anyone finding out?
- Do you have enough funds to finance the initial start-up costs of equipment?
- Can you sell the product when it's finished?
- Do you have access to a vehicle to get grow supplies, dispose of the grow waste and move the finished product?
- Can you launder the money, if it's a sufficient amount to warrant that?
- Can you lie? (as you'll need to do this to loved ones, the police, and anyone else who may potentially be involved with your situation)
- And of course - do you have a greenfinger?
If the answer to all of the above questions is yes, then you're in the right situation to be growing commercial, and have every chance of being a success.
If not, then those factors need to be ironed out first, before starting out.
To grow commercially, hydro/aero-ponics are often used, as they're automated and less labour intensive, but it's also possible to hand water a whole house full of plants in soil or coco, if you've got enough time on your hands and you're not completely lazy!
Proven high yielding clones are the way to go with any financially successful harvest, but it's also important to have a good amount of potency too, which will mean your product is always saleable.
Having one good customer you can trust to a very high level, and not hedging your bets, is also important, as it cuts the chances of being ratted out or robbed by a customer dramatically, although it does mean you will receive less money for the product, as it's bulked up and economies of scale kick in when dealing with big weights of course.
Price: you should decide a price which is fair and at the market value, so don't undersell your product, or be too greedy and ask for too much.
Feedback: ask for and listen to feedback from your customer. If he doesn't like something about the way you grow, listen to them and change it. Maybe they don't like something about it, and customer satisfaction is important in any business, so respect your buyer and make changes as necessary.
Dealing with the police is a tricky area, but you must be prepared for this, and I highly recommend reading the "Security & Legal issues" forum here at ICMag for a detailed run down of all the angles.
Ok, that's where I'm upto so far with this guide, and I welcome any input and/or criticism.
Peace
Making the transition from personal to commercial grower is an ambitious progression in a person's growing career. This guide is as much about dissuading people from commercial growing, as it is about educating those interested in doing it.
It can be sweet, but also sour, so knowing what you're getting into is an important factor in making the change.
Of course, the laws vary around the world, but for the purpose of this international guide, we'll assume that personal growing means you probably won't go to prison if you're caught, but a commercial bust is likely to end up with you locked up.
People often talk about 'having the balls' to take on a venture like this, but the old saying bears true: "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime". If you really can't imagine yourself in a prison environment, sometimes having to be ruthlessly violent to survive, and coping with isolation from the outside, then stop reading here, and give up on the idea...period.
However, if you think you can cope with that, and being jailed is an acceptable occupational hazard, then read on, and ask yourself some more questions.
The next objective is to decide whether you can live in fear? That is, the fear of being busted and jailed by the police.
It's human nature to want to break the rules, and society's rule of "no commercial growing of mariuana" is a tempting rule to break if you want some easy money. Well I say easy money, because compared to many other crimes, like robbing a bank, or dealing hard drugs, it's can be quite a lucrative business, with a relatively low risk.....if you know what you're doing.
If you do it for a while, the risk becomes 'normalised', and smoking copious amounts of your product always helps to combat stress, but stress is a big factor in commercial growing, and eventually your nerves will become shot with the stress of it.
This is an important consideration, as it affects your quality of life, and if you can't mentally or physically handle stress, then being a commercial grower is not for you.
However, some people perform better under stress, and although it's not particularly good for the health, being under pressure, making a person more acutely aware, can actually help in being successful.
Show me the money: as you're more than likely aware, the value of seized marijuana crops is always greatly exaggerated in the media, and the actual value is much lower, i.e. there's not as much money in growing as you might think. Commercial growing is hard work, and the pay reward at the end of it is not going to earn you a fortune. However, it will pay for a comfortable life if done correctly.
Even if you do do everything right, there are factors determining how much reward you're going to get from it, which leads us onto the risk vs. reward ratio. That is, the balance between how much risk you're going to take and what you're going to get paid for it, as well as the reward of having a large constant supply of high quality weed and homemade hash to smoke to your heart's content.
Often, people build up slowly from a few plants to a whole house full, but that transisiton can be gradual or fast, depending on your needs, time constraints and overall objective(s).
If you're the type of person who like to get used to things slowly, then increasing your harvests gradually is probably the best way for you. For others, going from a closet grow to an all out commercial set-up is an acceptable jump up, but either way, it's important to know about and understand all the factors involved.
There are many variables and decisions to be made, but the main considerations are as follows:
- Do you have access to a rented house?
- Are you able to grow in secret without telling anyone, and without anyone finding out?
- Do you have enough funds to finance the initial start-up costs of equipment?
- Can you sell the product when it's finished?
- Do you have access to a vehicle to get grow supplies, dispose of the grow waste and move the finished product?
- Can you launder the money, if it's a sufficient amount to warrant that?
- Can you lie? (as you'll need to do this to loved ones, the police, and anyone else who may potentially be involved with your situation)
- And of course - do you have a greenfinger?
If the answer to all of the above questions is yes, then you're in the right situation to be growing commercial, and have every chance of being a success.
If not, then those factors need to be ironed out first, before starting out.
To grow commercially, hydro/aero-ponics are often used, as they're automated and less labour intensive, but it's also possible to hand water a whole house full of plants in soil or coco, if you've got enough time on your hands and you're not completely lazy!
Proven high yielding clones are the way to go with any financially successful harvest, but it's also important to have a good amount of potency too, which will mean your product is always saleable.
Having one good customer you can trust to a very high level, and not hedging your bets, is also important, as it cuts the chances of being ratted out or robbed by a customer dramatically, although it does mean you will receive less money for the product, as it's bulked up and economies of scale kick in when dealing with big weights of course.
Price: you should decide a price which is fair and at the market value, so don't undersell your product, or be too greedy and ask for too much.
Feedback: ask for and listen to feedback from your customer. If he doesn't like something about the way you grow, listen to them and change it. Maybe they don't like something about it, and customer satisfaction is important in any business, so respect your buyer and make changes as necessary.
Dealing with the police is a tricky area, but you must be prepared for this, and I highly recommend reading the "Security & Legal issues" forum here at ICMag for a detailed run down of all the angles.
Ok, that's where I'm upto so far with this guide, and I welcome any input and/or criticism.
Peace
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