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If the beans show up, I am planning on running 4-6 outside the greenhouse as gamble strains. They were bred in rainy shitty climates to resist/finish hella fast, so be a fun test. Worst case scenario, some hash.
Have you kept close track of what you spend to operate this? I'd be interested in knowing what you spend on electricity compared to fertilizer or other consumables.
Yea, I log all my purchases per run, and keep it all sorted out, recipients saved, etc. Starting out with new soil from scratch can get pricey in bulk, but my soil now is all built up, and I just re-amend and reuse my soil every cycle.
This cycle is really hard to say for sure on power, as the veg time and the first half of flower I had a family of 4 living in a trailer in my backyard, which was plugged in. He also blew glass and ran a kiln quite a bit, so those bills were all just shy of 680 a month.
I just got my first power bill with just my household, no one else living here, with all their stuff on it. and It was just over 400 bucks. I have 6k watts flowering on 12/12 2000 watts of HID vegging 18/6, a 8 bulb 4 foot t5 setup running 24/0, 2 large dehumidifiers, assorted fans, plus my usual household stuff IE tv, xbox, lights oven washer and dryer etc.
I think you touched on it earlier, but you're limited by plant count, right? How much do you typically harvest per plant? And have you worked out approximate costs per plant or per ounce harvested? Have you seen much variance in your harvests? What are your typical seed to harvest times?
I ask because I am interested in data. :) I'll even count your numbers for you if you'd be willing to share. I don't know if you are legally allowed to share detailed numbers though.
Hey papapayne, we haven't formally met but ive seen your work and was recently asked to help a local vet group, i was wondering if you had any advice for someone getting into the volunteer business. Perhaps challenges you have faced, any advice on strains that do well for the people you are helping, anything would be great. Not new to grow just new to providing medicine specifically. Im an organic grower in ammended soil as well. Would love to hear your .02 sorry if this post is unwelcome here.
You mentioned that you are basically maxed out on credit cards. Are you making money? And have you looked into ways to improve your bottom line instead of just improving your yields?
Huh? I am maxed out on patient cards - as in I am full on patients, at my max limit.
no worries :)I feel like an idiot for misreading that when you said it. :D