Shame on Marc, he is trying to sell this notion that you can grow Cannabis for $12.50 per ounce at home - no experience needed. So correct me if I'm wrong in my calculated estimate. When I was living in California, I was paying approximately 0.42 cent per Kilowatt hour. A 1000W bulb burning 18 hours for 30 days is 540kWh/month in VEG, and 360kWh/month in FLOWER. Marc states you can yield a 1.0 LBS / 10 weeks. So I assume 2 weeks in VEG and 8 weeks in FLOWER. This comes out to be 990kWh / grow or $415.80 / grow in electricity. Already we are looking at $2079 in electricity per year for only a 1000W bulb burning. Then in a 5x5 space you can only fit 5 plants optimally, and you can't have a mom/clone room, so your buying genetics from the club at $15.00 - $20.00 / clone. Well here is what I came up with:
Electricity: $2100.00 / year
Water: $300.00 / year
Soil: $120.00 / year
Fungicide: $100.00 / year
Insecticide: $150.00 / year
Nutrients: $600.00 / year
Genetics: $400.00 / year
Buckets/trays: $30.00 / year
Misc harvest Equip: $250.00 / year.
Grow Tent: $250.00 / year. (one time buy hopefully)
I approximated about $4300.00 per year is spent for a 5x5 1000W grow space with no CO2/Humidity/Temp Control. Now how much do you think we will yield off of a two week VEG (1 week of transplant shock, no growth), no CO2, no Temp/Humidity Control, in a grow tent. My guess is 1.5 - 2 ounces at best per plant for the novice grower. That's 7.5 - 10 ounces per grow. That is 37.5 - 50 ounces per year. Let's split the difference and say 43.75 ounces per year. That comes out to be approximately $100.00/ ounce. Oh, but wait, I forgot to put in the cost for the growers blood/sweat/time and tears. So let's double it, and say $200.00 / ounce. Well paying $240.00 / ounce in the clubs doesn't seem so bad. $200.00 to the grower (which is only making $100.00), and $40.00 goes to the club for distribution charges.
Marc, you should know better, shame on you. Or maybe that's the true reason your seeds suck!! You only give them $12.50 worth of attention.
BR