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If it was legalized tomorrow I think farmers and companies could have enough of the details worked out to really have the industry chugging along in....2-3 years, depending on margins and capital availability.

Growing marijuana is distinctly different than growing other crops. Traditional farming models aren't going to work. Grow operations are quite difficult to scale.

source: grow marijuana as a hobby. It isn't that hard to grown, but it ain't growing tomatoes. So much can go wrong.

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Posted by Ron Cheramie

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Posted on 4/19/18 at 4:15 pm to brian_wilson

Where'd you learn all that?

Drug school?!!!

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Posted by Decisions

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Posted on 4/19/18 at 5:07 pm to brian_wilson

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Growing marijuana is distinctly different than growing other crops. Traditional farming models aren't going to work.

What's different about it? I'm genuinely curious.

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Grow operations are quite difficult to scale.

So are vegetables, tobacco, and several other specialty crops. You'd be shocked at the scale some farmers are growing these crops on, though.

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So much can go wrong.

That's farming, alright.

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Posted by oklahogjr

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Posted on 4/19/18 at 5:22 pm to brian_wilson

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Grow operations are quite difficult to scale.

what kind of setup are you running? a few grand and I can have you pumping out 8 plants in a closet mostly automated. will require once a day maintenance most likely though....or rather my friends could as i wouldn't do anything illegal

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