Oddbean new post about login | logout What is your primary purpose of cultivation? Just smoke? Edibles? Topicals? Rosin extraction (my personal fav)?
It's my yearly smoking allotment. I try to grow enough to last me throughout the year and lately I've been doing a pretty good job of that. I can give out as much as I want, press as much rosin as I feel like I need, and smoke as many joints as I want, and I still have shit left over from the last harvest.
This is what I want to get to absolutely love it To me, when used appropriately, cannabis should be apart of everyone's diet. So many health benefits in the right conditions.
If you had to do a rough estimate off the top for your head, whats the rough electric cost for lights, fans, filters and maybe even cost of fertilization you think you put in per harvest? You grow quick (8-12 week total grow tine) or you let that plant get Uge (3 mo. veg, 3 mo. Flowering)?
I do one outdoor harvest a year, so my total cost is soil and seeds and nutrients. I'll probably spend less than $500 a year.
GTFO that's it?! MF I gotta start ASAP then holy F that's cheap Outdoor is the way for obvious reasons. How long is your flowering stage? Traditiona lharvest season?
Your initial grow might vary. I have a lot of bleed over from my last grow so I usually have some nutrients left over and I'm reusing pots from previous years and it does cost a little bit more if I need to buy new pots but still I don't really think it goes much over the $500 mark. Yeah, it's traditional harvest season. I'm in the Pacific Northwest, so a plant around Mother's Day and the harvest is late into October as I can. I would have pushed it longer because we actually have nicer weather right now, but some little cunt decided to gank one of my plants, so I'm harvesting everything now, so I don't have to worry about it.
There are, of course, problems with outdoor things like powdery mildew and mold from rain. And for some reason, at least in the Pacific Northwest, I've always had problems with caterpillars for some fucking reason. Those little bastards love my plants. So, it takes a little bit more management and your environment is less controlled than indoor, but I personally think it's easier. And I still grow so much that kind of doesn't matter if I lose a little bit to mold and bugs.
This is amazing thank you for sharing a part of your process. I've always known outdoor is the way but you must have the room to do so (and a friendly neighborhood too) Fascinating that caterpillars cause problems; always grow more than you need to cover potential crop loss 🔥 Growing has been the one single thing I havent done yet for myself. You give me tremendous motivation & confidence to do this now.