good indoor - 3k + a lb
good outdoor - lucky to get 2 k
gee I wonder what is better
Lucky to get? I disagree. $2K/lb is easy to get.
But, let's really take a closer look at return on investment here. Because indoor is so much more intensive in just about every way that I can think of, and then there's just the cost of electricity to grow it. So I'm just gonna average out my costs, irrespective of equipment (since it can be reused).
I'm cheap about nutes, so I don't think I've ever spent more than $50/mth (give or take) on nutrients for my indoor grows.
Average rate using PG&Evil's tiered plan I end up paying from $150-$200/mth for the power. Multiply that by a
minimum of three (but I've run a few strong Sativas that needed their full hundred days bloom time for best results), but again, this isn't including that veg time.
It's costing me from $200-$250/mth
just for power and nutrients to grow indoors. That was before I installed my big 10" EcoPlus fan. (I didn't run the fan long enough to get a good idea of how it would change the bill.)
In the meantime, the sun ain't costing me a dime. The soil? Keeps feeding them. I have to water and supplement and I spend an average of $10/mth on the nutrients necessary for the outdoor grow. The air moves on its own outside, too, so no need to be concerned with ventilation.
Both grows need water, though simply due to scale the indoor growing needs perhaps a third of what the outdoor does. How about my time? Indoor growing I MUST be checking, feeding, whatever, daily. Outdoors? I can leave them for a weekend or a week to few ill effects.
The cost difference in electricity and nutrients between indoor and outdoor growing is
20x-25x! $2K/lb is more than fair for that oh-so-easy-to-grow outdoor that's just as potent. In fact, I just put two dicks in the dirt yesterday with my impotent outdoor weed. :giggle (Poor guys, I thought one of 'em was gonna have to spend the night.)
Yes, I know that lots of people are all about the indoor, but I feel that a lot of that is based on ignorance or availability of top shelf OUTDOOR grown meds.
However, the original question was which was more potent. I'd love to get a chance to experience another grower's weed that's been grown indoors and out. I don't think that sentence made sense, but I can't think of how to clarify what I mean. Someone who did/does what I do!
Aw... nuts. Still not making sense.