Just thought I would stop in with a bit of our progress:-) Soooo much to do and so very little time! Budget is now $65,000. Hopefully it won't go much higher than that but who knows at this point. Luckily we have that much and it is not a hardship for us to manage it at this level thanks to my wonderful partners. Our plans are for just over 2100 sq ft of canopy in SOG to start with in the building with another 200 sq ft for mother/clone room, 70 sq foot quarantine room, 408 sq ft space for drying and packaging, about 300 sq ft for lounge/office and 100' x 100' for outdoor in the summer time(where we will be growing huge ass trees!!!!). I could not be happier:-) We are on track to manage our 8500 healthy clones start up with about 50 different strains for our opening which will be sometime between 2/15 - 3/1 depending on when we get scheduled for an inspection by the liquor control board. I am starting a growers association here in the county we live in and it is great to be able to talk with other people first hand that have the same dream and passion. Not that there have not been issues.....had to fork out $15,000 to rewire much of the building after it took one electrician over a week to figure out the estimate but time is getting crucial so I had to go with a different company that could do the work faster.....the rewiring made the cheap ballasts that I had ordered not a viable option but luckily I was able to cancel the order in time and order digital ballasts for not much more and they will adjust to the 208V power supply that is being rewired just where I need them.......the county commissioners were not going to let us grow outside but we got them to change their decision which is huge for us, 100' x 100' huge.........thought the landlord was going to jack us for more rent for the outside area but he agreed to just let us pay his property tax for the first year in lieu of rent which is a huge plus for us.......now we have to put up an 8ft tall sight blocking fence that will cost over $5000 just for materials....but even with the unknowns it is really coming along and I am beginning to think I might just see light at the end of the tunnel. For our $65,000 investment (and every waking moment of my life for a few months) we expect to see around $200,000 on our first indoor harvest......have to pay 25% off the top to the state for taxes though...leaving us with around $150,000 which will pay back the original investment of $65,000 and still leave us in the black moving forward. That is only the first crop and we expect to have 4 indoor harvests per year for many of our strains and 3 per year indoor of the rest. Then factor in the outdoor grow....we should be able to grow at least 100 plants...even at 7 lbs per plant that is 7000 lbs and with the hot summer weather we have here that is absolutely doable. I know it is not done yet...I know more issues will arise but I think we are on track with a very viable plan and I still am pinching myself every so often because it all just seems too good to be true:-) As we put it all together I will post some before and after pictures of our space. If anyone makes it to a retail shop in WA state after they open them in late May or early June look for our WOW Weed label:-)
