First grow

CannaMochi

CannaMochi

Active Member
Hi!
I'm new to growing cannabis and looking for help. I started using 3 years ago with a medical user license for migraine, arthritis, and insomnia. Weed is crazy expensive here and I thought that it was time I started growing my own. I've been a general organic home gardener (vegetables, flowers, etc) my whole life. I figured it couldn't be that complicated. Turns out it is. I've learned a lot and it's made me a better gardener in general. I've never thought about pH when growing my veggies. I do now.

I started my first plant back in April. It's possibly a Nuken strain but not 100% certain. I got the seed from a friend who was going to throw them out as he doesn't grow out seed from his own plants. I figured it would be a good learning opportunity.

Started out with just a cheap grow light for veg and an IKEA lamp shade. A few weeks ago I invested in a grow tent because she was getting to be too pungent. I now have a 2 x 2.5 Gorilla tent, 300W Mars Hydro full-spectrum LED lights, and a 179cfm fan attached to a carbon filter.

Thanks in advance for any and all help you guys provide!
 
Welcome CannaMochi to 420 magazine.
Do you have any pics of the problem?
 
:welcome: Throw a few pictures up when you have a problem and you'll get answer lickety split.
 
Welcome! I'm a newbie too and these folks are so helpful. I too am an organic gardener for veggies and fruit for my family. I think that growing our own though is not necessarily less expensive...at first. LOL The initial investment certainly adds up quickly! Best of luck on your grow.
 
Thank you. Weed is crazy expensive here - between $28 and $35 per 1/4 ounce depending on seller. And that's not even medical weed, which sells for even more - $8-15 per gram! The $500 I spent on the nutrients, tent, lights, fan, and charcoal filter will be gravy after the 2nd grow I figure. And I know exactly what's in it and on it. That's the most important part.
 
Sounds like it was high time you got to growing! Welcome
 
CannaMochi said:
Thank you. Weed is crazy expensive here - between $28 and $35 per 1/4 ounce depending on seller. And that's not even medical weed, which sells for even more - $8-15 per gram! The $500 I spent on the nutrients, tent, lights, fan, and charcoal filter will be gravy after the 2nd grow I figure. And I know exactly what's in it and on it. That's the most important part.
Click to expand...
That brought me here for my wife's meds. If I go to the store without a card it 420$ an ounce in MA. Haven't yet! We grow much better than the stores sell in my experience. Cleaner, tastier, more soul to it.
 
Yup! It will pay for itself in no time! I was fortunate enough to have purchased a large amount of meds in the recent past. I was able to make a lot of infusions with only a portion of it. I still quite a bit which is nice. Offers me a buffer so to speak while I grow my own. Thankfully it came from a trusted organic farmer BUT as you said, growing it yourself means there is zero doubt what is in it. I think the positive experience of caring for our girls will lead to a better result when we get to enjoy her goodies.
 
Cost is the main reason we grow.
 
CannaMochi said:
I posted the pictures and some grow info to the bud/flower forum.
Click to expand...
I couldn’t find the pics , search engine took me elsewhere! Below you can attach files (pics) from your library of pics and choose full image !
 
I agree. I had no idea what went into commercial growing. I took a course (online, no hands-on classroom time) on it from a local university. It has become a commercial enterprise, with the many pitfalls of commercialization. The soul of it is gone, in my opinion, and it has become just another cash crop. Here in Canada the supply is spotty. With recent updates to the regulations and licensing, only large-scale operations can afford to get into the game. The existing micro-growers and craft-growers will be swallowed up by the large operations.
 
Alafornia said:
Cost is the main reason we grow.
Click to expand...

For most, I'd agree with Alafornia. Just representing, yeah cost is up there for me. Number 1 is the therapy the growing experience provides. I think of all the stupid shit I'd be stressed out about if I didn't have growing to keep me in check. Something about the lessons growing teaches, specifically you can't rush the things in life that are entirely organic, that has me addicted to the growing experience more than the actual end product.

Just another point of view on it, not shooting down the money aspect or acting like I'm rich (I am not).
 
CannaMochi said:
It has become a commercial enterprise, with the many pitfalls of commercialization. The soul of it is gone, in my opinion, and it has become just another cash crop. Here in Canada the supply is spotty. With recent updates to the regulations and licensing, only large-scale operations can afford to get into the game. The existing micro-growers and craft-growers will be swallowed up by the large operations.
Click to expand...

Totally agree. Its turning into the fast food era for cannabis. Who can turn it around the fastest, regardless of quality.

The only thing that gives me just a little bit of hope, are the ways that the latest states to legalize are writing their laws. My state specifically put into the laws that a significant portion of the licenses have to go to people who have suffered from the anti-cannabis rules. They also have a proportion that must be "Small Batch" vs. corporate licenses. In addition, a decent portion of the 23% tax collected on rec pot goes to communities that were hit hard by the cannabis laws from the past, to fund educatoin on how to get into the cannabis industry, including legal help, accounting help, etc, small business type stuff. I know I probably shouldn't have as much hope, but I must, for some reason.
 
Welcome!

:passitleft:
 
I wish Canada was that progressive. None of the money from the taxes being collected is being channeled into productive programs. No one knows where the money goes. New licensing application regulations that came out in May take many of the micro and craft growers out of the market place - the ones who were growing the best quality weed. A prospective licensee MUST have their entire facility fully built and outfitted before it can be inspected! And there is no guarantee that a license will be granted! The process from beginning to end, assuming a license is granted, takes 24 months, and longer in some cases. That's not financially viable, except for the most well-funded, large-scale operations. And we see what happens to some of those - CannTrust is the perfect example of Canadian over-regulation and high demand market pressure leading them to snuff regulations and potentially losing their license.
 

Similar threads

A
New - Toking since 1975 - Growing since 2006 - You'd think I'd have more
Replies
3
Views
827
AinWA
A
Carloke
Taken the plunge - Kind of
Replies
5
Views
2K
Amadeus Forzin
Amadeus Forzin
D
Getting my ducks in a row for my first photo grow
Replies
2
Views
1K
Rifleman
Rifleman
N
Hi! So glad I found you
Replies
8
Views
617
StoneOtter
StoneOtter
J
A new face, and a new grow!
Replies
1
Views
809
CA215
CA215
Back
Top Bottom