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edisonzmedicine

Greetings Friends,

I've been preparing to relocate to CA for the past few months. My spouse is in LA caring for our son and her elderly mother. I've been an arborist for nearly two decades and the trees in So Cal are miniature compared to what we have here in the south. So, I'm considering Santa Cruz for two reasons; the first being no plant limit, possess three pounds of dried bud, and 100 sq ft of canopy space to grow in. The second reason is the size and number of trees in comparison, and I might already have a job waiting for me there.

Unfortunately, I have bigger dilemma. I've been working on a mobile, secure, and stealth grow module that's designed to use natural and supplemental lighting in conjunction with a unique low cost cooling/exhaust system. I'm extremely focused on concepts that lower the amount of money that must be given to power companies, and the use of simple technologies. My sixth sense tingles, and tells me So Cal is the place where my design is needed most. Empirical observation tells me there's many city and county govs that wish to take away a patients right to grow all together. I believe those of us that wish to stay within, or grow outside the states minimum threshold should use stealth, and think of ways to lower energy expenses.

I fore-see more problems in the future. If one steps back and looks at world events, and the state of our economy, it's clear that there is a force working against us. I once considered gold mining; dredging for gold in California's rivers and tributaries is now a distant memory. The moratorium signed by the Terminator in 09 makes it illegal to dredge in Cali's active waterways. Entire towns
that relied on the annual revenues brought in by the miners have gone under.

I understand a lot of OG's are frustrated with the green rush, and the problems of dealing with so much competition. Well, consider living in a time when a new Ferrari is only worth a plate of food. This is the reality I wake up to every day. Ignorance is bliss, until the snare closes up tight on your ass, and it's too late. I guess the advice I'm asking for is this; should I go where there are lots of trees and the grow/possession limits are high, or should I go to LA and focus on finding a financier for my stealth grow modules? I understand there are about 350K millionaires in LA and Orange counties. My greatest wish is to quickly get my product into the hands of those that need it. Is it even possible to find an honest investor? Should I try working in Santa Cruz and going solo with my designs? Any helpful advice will be greatly appreciated. I hope I didn't offend anyone, my adderall kicks in during early am hrs.
 

megayields

Grower of Connoisseur herb's.
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Please don't come to SC, it's a mess here, no jobs, SUPER expensive cost of living and you will get BOTTOM dollar for ur meds, oh and the competition around here has been growing for over 25+ years....so bring ur "A" game or no one will pay for "mids-grades".

I've addressed this issue NUMEROUS times so feel free to view my previous posts that go into the specifics much more deeply. btw Ii have been in the scene WAY before it was legal locally, I ll be some of that competition I just mentioned so full disclosure etc.......and I grow dank ass buDs........good luck brother southern cal actually is a better choice IMHO!
 
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darlin

I lived in Northern Cal from 74-85 It was great back in the day, up in Auburn, on hwy 49 is where Sutter Mill I used to take kids up there to pan for gold, came away with no gold, but a lot of pretty rocks Doubt if you find enough gold to get any money, but you might find as nugget or two happy hunting
 
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MummyCat

I'd rather cut my neck than live in SoCal.


Your grow trailers will sell wherever, everyone hates the power companies.
 
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edisonzmedicine

There's beauty in the simplicity of my design; it can be mobile, but it's definitely not a trailer. I read the article somewhere on here about the $50K grow trailer getting stolen at a hemp fest; the thieves drove right through the front gate with guards looking on. I guess that's the way to do it, drive it like you own it with no fear. But I hate fucking thieves; since I've been a self employed arborist, I've lost about $12K in equipment to thieves.

My intentions in So Cal wouldn't be to earn by growing, but rather solicit help from one of the hundreds of thousands of millionaires to get my project on wheels. I love to grow, but its more of a hobby, a way to relax. I enjoy the experience of observing and learning things that most Americans aren't interested in; mostly the ways and means of becoming self sufficient in all aspects of life. I'm well on my way to achieving that goal. I've even learned a unique and affordable method to encapsulate photovoltaic cells for a 25 year solar panel; it works on the same principles used by the big outfits without the need of their super expensive machines. It's possible to make solar panels producing 3-4 kilowatts for the price of 1 kilowatt retail.

I have a pdf chart that has a lot of information on the temps, solar angle, candle feet, and other things related to LA and surrounding areas, but the file is too large to upload. This information helped reinforce my ideas and effort to design something that allows growers to keep more of what they earn. I read a older thread somewhere about a guy in Nor Cal that spent $30k-$40k annually on electricity. I began to realize how much money big energy earns by robbing growers. By virtue of it's ability to conserve electricity, I believe it's possible that my design would pay for itself within a year.

Again, the dilemma I face is whether to go to the central coast, or try and work the investor scene in the south. I'm 1800 miles away, so, whatever the choice, it's no cake walk.
 
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MummyCat

Your mentality and trade is much more suited for the Jefferson state area. You will have no problem finding a grower with enough capital to set you on your way after you build him a couple of your contraptions. I'v seen a few people do this with steel shipping containers already, call it what you want, it's fucking cool.

A lot of people up here thought it was gonna be super awesome to buy diesel generators and run rooms off grid with the pipe dream that they could make enough bio-diesel to power them. Come save their day, plenty of work for an arborist in these parts, I'd love to know a good one myself.

Whatever you do, good luck man :ying:
 

supermanlives

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sounds good . lots of sun in so cal for them panels.i like all the competition here in so cal. it keeps the quality up there with anywhere in the world IMHO
 
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edisonzmedicine

I lived in Northern Cal from 74-85 It was great back in the day, up in Auburn, on hwy 49 is where Sutter Mill I used to take kids up there to pan for gold, came away with no gold, but a lot of pretty rocks Doubt if you find enough gold to get any money, but you might find as nugget or two happy hunting

I've been a hippie/long hair since I was 13, and If I'd been born in a different era I would've mined for gold and grown the green gold too. I have some maps with the locations of tertiary/dead rivers; some run a similar course, but they're a little north or south of the living rivers there today. There are places where tertiary rivers cross modern rivers; the old timers mining near these locations learned the secret by climbing the terraces where they found cemented gravel from the ancient rivers. When the Earth's land mass was one super continent, Pangaea, your compass would've pointed south, and those old rivers flowed from the south. If you take notice of the baja peninsula, imagine dragging it south and east; you'll see the area where it fits, where it once was. There once was a tertiary river where the sea of Cortez is, and it was this river that deposited much of the wealth found in the mother lode region.

I would imagine the Sutters Mill area has been a tourist attraction for over a century and a half. The best places to pan, or nugget shoot for gold are claimed up. The new 49er's is a club in Happy Camp that has 60 miles of federal mining claims along the Klamath river. In 09, before the moratorium, an experienced two man team could dredge 100-200 ounces in a month on their claims.
 
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