Can I Start Growing In Colorado?

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hey guys, bear with me, I've got a few basic questions and wondering if you can help. I currently live in California but am looking to move to Colorado. I left the corporate world recently, needed to shed the chains, and am much more focused on sustainable living, aquaponics and just a generally simpler life. I'm in Colorado for an aquaponics workshop this weekend. I have cash to buy a piece of land and to set up one or two of those 96 ft long greenhouses...again, main idea was to get into organic, aquaponics farming (veggies and fruits) but was wondering the viability of starting out as veggies and after my two years residency, switch to growing buds on a decent scale. Could I rent a greenhouse out to an existing grower legally? If I've got 35 acres, would anyone come hassle me to see what's growing? Should I wait two years for residence and then apply for the legit grower's licensing? Sorry if I'm being a bit broad in my questioning. I'm just wondering if I can go be a farmer and make enough money to live or if I need to sell my soul to corporations again. Would love to believe the former is true. For a bit more color, I was looking at land in the hills in Boulder, evergreen, Pine...lets assume I can grow above average bud and I have saved enough cash to buy land and set everything up no problem. Can I make it? Any pointers or questions to further the conversation is appreciated. Thanks
 
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Just as a heads up, land in those areas is very very expensive.

In theory yes that is a reasonable approach. Personally I would look more at doing traditional veggies and such, you could probably find decent demand as there are lots of places around the denver metro doing the farm to table thing. The retail mj business seems quite a bit different than what exists in CA. It is driven more by price than quality, most retail weed is not of that high of quality. I think you may have an issue unloading the harvests at a price you can be happy with. Good luck to you and I am by no means an expert so take my observations with a grain of salt.
 
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xavier7995 said:
Just as a heads up, land in those areas is very very expensive.

In theory yes that is a reasonable approach. Personally I would look more at doing traditional veggies and such, you could probably find decent demand as there are lots of places around the denver metro doing the farm to table thing. The retail mj business seems quite a bit different than what exists in CA. It is driven more by price than quality, most retail weed is not of that high of quality. I think you may have an issue unloading the harvests at a price you can be happy with. Good luck to you and I am by no means an expert so take my observations with a grain of salt.
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I appreciate the feedback, thanks for the note!
 
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BlueMonk10

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IMG 7530
My current vehicle hasn't been converted to sustainable yet
 
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BlueMonk10

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I bet, haha thx it's a fun ride for sure. Just finished a northwest road trip with my little bro..,about a month long. Awesome part of the country. A Washington state cop did pull me over because he said he glanced in the rrearview and said those tires (with no mud flaps/coverage are def illegal...but laughed and let us go ✌️️
 
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BlueMonk10 said:
I bet, haha thx it's a fun ride for sure. Just finished a northwest road trip with my little bro..,about a month long. Awesome part of the country. A Washington state cop did pull me over because he said he glanced in the rrearview and said those tires (with no mud flaps/coverage are def illegal...but laughed and let us go ✌️️
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My tires were wider as well, which helped motivate drivers who thought it was smart to tailgate me to maybe back off since those tires could kick up debris and holy shit they just cracked their windshield what a surprise.

My gripe with my '95 was that I could either take people or things but not both. I'm glad they made them bigger.
 
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Dammit I want a jeep...someday...someday...

Edit: just thought of it, you may want to include the Blackhawk area into your search. It is a reasonably good value and fairly close to denver, but that value is because it's a town based on casinos. If one happens to like to party a lot, could be a good place but not really great if you have kids. Near Longmont would also be viable but I saw something in the news about how it's becoming a fairly pricey market due to spillover from boulder.
 
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guymandude

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dont you have to be a colorado resident for a year or 2 before applying for your licensing?
 
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xavier7995 said:
Dammit I want a jeep...someday...someday...

Edit: just thought of it, you may want to include the Blackhawk area into your search. It is a reasonably good value and fairly close to denver, but that value is because it's a town based on casinos. If one happens to like to party a lot, could be a good place but not really great if you have kids. Near Longmont would also be viable but I saw something in the news about how it's becoming a fairly pricey market due to spillover from boulder.
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I appreciate that! Thanks for the help
 
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BlueMonk10 said:
I bet, haha thx it's a fun ride for sure. Just finished a northwest road trip with my little bro..,about a month long. Awesome part of the country. A Washington state cop did pull me over because he said he glanced in the rrearview and said those tires (with no mud flaps/coverage are def illegal...but laughed and let us go ✌️️
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This might help narrow your options.
DenverJudgementalmap
 
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Ha!! That is classic, thanks. Sometimes these types of things are pretty accurate and helpful!
 
xavier7995

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That map cracks me up every time. Curse you cabbie neighborhood.
 
NightsWatch

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Why bother moving to Colorado anyways move in the triangle area Mendo, Oakland, Santa cruz, even Redding
Hardly any grow in colorado compares to them trees grows in California

TBH Colorado has a very short grow season and that is what kills them
 
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