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re: OT agronomists, is the Louisiana Delta amenable to growing high grade weed?
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:55 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:55 am to Jim Rockford
If it happens and the regulations are anything like Washington State you will have to grow indoors to limit the environmental factors (bugs, fungus, etc.) that can affect the product.
I worked for a guy in Seattle that had an indoor facility and his first crop had some kind of fungus that made it not eligible for smoking so it had to be converted to oil. He still made some money but not the expected profit had it been smoke-able.
FTR I'm not an expert on marijuana nor did I have anything to do with the growth and production. I just helped get the facility built. It was not cheap. The lights alone cost several hundred thousand dollars and the HVAC system was also very pricey. You will need more than just dirt and a few good ole boys that can grow to pull it off successfully.
I worked for a guy in Seattle that had an indoor facility and his first crop had some kind of fungus that made it not eligible for smoking so it had to be converted to oil. He still made some money but not the expected profit had it been smoke-able.
FTR I'm not an expert on marijuana nor did I have anything to do with the growth and production. I just helped get the facility built. It was not cheap. The lights alone cost several hundred thousand dollars and the HVAC system was also very pricey. You will need more than just dirt and a few good ole boys that can grow to pull it off successfully.
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:59 am to Capital Cajun
Oh yea he also spent a fortune on access control and security and hired Bill Gates former head of security to manage it as well as the transportation of product and profits.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:05 am to Napoleon
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We are less than a decade away from full legalization. The floodgates are opening.
The country really is going down the drain.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:06 am to Capital Cajun
If it is widespread legal, not just medical weed and legal in one state with restrictions, but actually as legal as tobacco, then it will not be grown indoors. It would be too expensive. You can spray pesticides and fungicides. If you're only doing a 2 acre section, yeah you can probably throw a building over it. But if you have a weed farm the size of a tobacco farm, it's easier to deal with the other stuff than to try an put it all in a building. Although, if there is an age limit, then there may be an issue with accessibility.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:10 am to Capital Cajun
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You will need more than just dirt and a few good ole boys that can grow to pull it off successfully.
Yeah, it can be a major operation.
This is why big tobacco has already bought up so many patents around marijuana production. They are going to dominate once its fully legal.
My sister lives in Oregon and they grow a few personal plants in their vegetable garden. She's an architect and her husband is a biology professor, so they aren't some useless hippies. The personal grow stuff isn't super potent, but its free and pretty neat to walk outside and cultivate your own weed as your cultivate cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. as well.
They have a monthly neighborhood party at someone's house and they routinely bring their fresh herb and a bottle of wine for the host.
People in the South need to realize its not the Devil's Lettuce. Its just a fricking plant that isn't addictive, isn't lethal, and isn't really bad for you.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:13 am to Jim Rockford
I've told you before that you will be better off growing indoors in LA.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:24 am to TheCaterpillar
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isn't really bad for you
I mean, it isn't really good for you either. I'd say it's as bad as smoking tobacco. Just that pot smokers probably aren't smoking a whole pack of joints a day.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:29 am to KG6
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I mean, it isn't really good for you either. I'd say it's as bad as smoking tobacco. Just that pot smokers probably aren't smoking a whole pack of joints a day.
Yeah man its just like smoking tobacco. All that nicotine in marijuana man, super addictive.
All those people that eat tobacco products too, they know whats up.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:44 am to KG6
I have to talk about this more, because I feel responsible for informing you about this.
Smoking weed is probably not good for you, unless you have a certain ailment it helps like nausea, seizures, pain, insomnia, etc.
I'd say you are woefully misinformed. Smoking a pack of joints is NOT CLOSE to as bad for you as a pack of cigarettes. Sure, smoke in your lungs isn't natural, but cigarettes contain addictive nicotine and a host of other carcinogenic chemicals that are not present in Marijuana. You can smoke 10 packs of joints and not approach the level of toxicity in your body that one pack of cigarettes would cause.
The two things aren't even comparable.
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I mean, it isn't really good for you either.
Smoking weed is probably not good for you, unless you have a certain ailment it helps like nausea, seizures, pain, insomnia, etc.
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I'd say it's as bad as smoking tobacco. Just that pot smokers probably aren't smoking a whole pack of joints a day.
I'd say you are woefully misinformed. Smoking a pack of joints is NOT CLOSE to as bad for you as a pack of cigarettes. Sure, smoke in your lungs isn't natural, but cigarettes contain addictive nicotine and a host of other carcinogenic chemicals that are not present in Marijuana. You can smoke 10 packs of joints and not approach the level of toxicity in your body that one pack of cigarettes would cause.
The two things aren't even comparable.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:46 am to TheCaterpillar
Not saying it's just like smoking tobacco. Not saying it's addictive. But smoking anything is not good for you. It's going to affect your lungs. Standing next to a fire and inhaling the smoke from burning wood is going to have adverse affects on your health. I'm just saying that it's not like smoking weed is a completely safe alternative compared to cigs and alcohol.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:47 am to KG6
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I'm just saying that it's not like smoking weed is a completely safe alternative compared to cigs and alcohol
That's why you vape and eat edibles.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:52 am to Jim Rockford
If Phillip Morris hasn't made you an offer yet, your property/operation will not be needed in the marijuana economy.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 9:53 am to KG6
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I'm just saying that it's not like smoking weed is a completely safe alternative compared to cigs and alcohol.
Its not completely safe.
But its WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY safer than cigarettes. WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy safer.
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