Go growers...what do you think....

[puntacometa]

..........about the $2500.00 per lb. grow contracts being proposed by some dispensaries? I'm not naming names, but this seems to be the first attempt at price fixing.

So I'm wondering......does this mean that I load my crop up in a panel van, drive it to the dispensary, unload it, we cut the plant off at the base of the stalk, weigh it and then I am paid $2500.00 per lb based on 1/4 the wet weight of the entire plant, I get paid on the spot while the revenue agent with a gun watches and the dispensary becomes responsible for hanging/trimming/drying and curing?

puntacometa Reviewed by puntacometa on 06-08-2010. Go growers...what do you think.... ..........about the $2500.00 per lb. grow contracts being proposed by some dispensaries? I'm not naming names, but this seems to be the first attempt at price fixing. So I'm wondering......does this mean that I load my crop up in a panel van, drive it to the dispensary, unload it, we cut the plant off at the base of the stalk, weigh it and then I am paid $2500.00 per lb based on 1/4 the wet weight of the entire plant, I get paid on the spot while the revenue agent with a gun watches and the Rating: 5

[copobo]

just say no. new revenue streams will soon open up for you, with much less red tape.

[puntacometa]

just say no. new revenue streams will soon open up for you, with much less red tape.

It only makes sense at these prices if the dispensary...errr......make that the "center", buys the whole plant and they are responsible for processing the entire thing into it's various kinds of products.....bud, kief/hash, oils, botanicals made from the leaves, etc. This processing is time consuming and expensive for a grower. This should be the domain of the "center" not the grower....especially at prices anywhere below $3600.00 per lb.

[COzigzag]

..........about the $2500.00 per lb. grow contracts being proposed by some dispensaries? I'm not naming names, but this seems to be the first attempt at price fixing.

So I'm wondering......does this mean that I load my crop up in a panel van, drive it to the dispensary, unload it, we cut the plant off at the base of the stalk, weigh it and then I am paid $2500.00 per lb based on 1/4 the wet weight of the entire plant, I get paid on the spot while the revenue agent with a gun watches and the dispensary becomes responsible for hanging/trimming/drying and curing?

It's odd you posted this because I had a discussion about this very thing with another grower/caregiver about a month ago. We were discussing whether this would be legal or not. We were just kicking around ideas.

[puntacometa]

It's odd you posted this because I had a discussion about this very thing with another grower/caregiver about a month ago. We were discussing whether this would be legal or not. We were just kicking around ideas.

I grow for over 20 patients. I have to pay a crew to process my bud right now. Will these costs be covered by the "center"? I hope to hell that this law is challenged in court and a judge shitcans the whole thing. It's totally asinine and impractical.

[donnadanko]

I grow for over 20 patients. I have to pay a crew to process my bud right now. Will these costs be covered by the "center"? I hope to hell that this law is challenged in court and a judge shitcans the whole thing. It's totally asinine and impractical.

So you're keeping all your patients?

Whats happens if someone gets caught over the limit, I heard of people getting fined and going to jail for a while?

[puntacometa]

So you're keeping all your patients?

Whats happens if someone gets caught over the limit, I heard of people getting fined and going to jail for a while?

No. I've got until July 1. I've already notified my patients of the imminent changes. I'm just trying to decide whether or not to work my ass off for nothing, pay a bunch of exhorbitant fees, have the Dept. of Revenue looking up my arse with a laser scope or to scale things way back and just grow for a select few patients who will appreciate my efforts at providing them the best possible medicine that my efforts can produce. If you're a grower with over 30 flowering plants, you already know how much work it is, especially if you're a dirt grower and you're humping water heavy 25 gallon pots in and out of a blackout shed twice a day. If you're not getting paid jack shit and you're getting hassled by a bunch of fucking bureaucrats, where is the point of diminishing returns? That's what I'm deciding right now.

[donnadanko]

No. I've got until July 1. I've already notified my patients of the imminent changes. I'm just trying to decide whether or not to work my ass off for nothing, pay a bunch of exhorbitant fees, have the Dept. of Revenue looking up my arse with a laser scope or to scale things way back and just grow for a select few patients who will appreciate my efforts at providing them the best possible medicine that my efforts can produce. If you're a grower with over 30 flowering plants, you already know how much work it is, especially if you're a dirt grower and you're humping water heavy 25 gallon pots in and out of a blackout shed twice a day. If you're not getting paid jack shit and you're getting by a bunch of fucking bureaucrats, where is the point of diminishing returns? That's what I'm deciding right now.

I had just started growing, put up with bull from the dispensaries and now this. I'm going to cut down and grow for my 5 until these laws get worked out. I really think they are going to cut out small dispensaries and growers and take over this industry, get every penny for themselves.

The sad part is these people that really need the meds and can't pay their ransom.

[puntacometa]

I had just started growing, put up with bull from the dispensaries and now this. I'm going to cut down and grow for my 5 until these laws get worked out. I really think they are going to cut out small dispensaries and growers and take over this industry, get every penny for themselves.

The sad part is these people that really need the meds and can't pay their ransom.

Keeping it small has it's advantages as long as your patients will generously compensate you for your labors. The new law attempts to make a caregiver lose money in an attempt to put him/her out of business by placing stupid non-profit language in the law, but there is no way in hell that I can stop my patients from paying me a consulting fee and labor charges as part of the overhead cost of production.

Sorry....I probably should have never started this thread. I'm very tired and curmudgeonous today.

[copobo]

don't anyone accept any $2500 contracts. let them grow it!