what's this job worth, anyway?!

[pfunk211]

so the "master gardener" quit, but it's not a big deal. i've been running the garden for a while anyway. i'm certain they're about to offer me the position, for $10/hr.
can any of you fine folks, or palerider7777, offer any insight to what this position is actually worth?? i can see $10/hr for scrubbing pots and changing reservoirs and trimmers, maybe, but to hold the reigns seems like it should pay a little better.......

pfunk211 Reviewed by pfunk211 on 12-18-2010. what's this job worth, anyway?! so the "master gardener" quit, but it's not a big deal. i've been running the garden for a while anyway. i'm certain they're about to offer me the position, for $10/hr. can any of you fine folks, or palerider7777, offer any insight to what this position is actually worth?? i can see $10/hr for scrubbing pots and changing reservoirs and trimmers, maybe, but to hold the reigns seems like it should pay a little better....... Rating: 5

[canaguy27]

15 per hour plus heavy compensation for results is what I have heard

[HarvestHouse]

so the "master gardener" quit, but it's not a big deal. i've been running the garden for a while anyway. i'm certain they're about to offer me the position, for $10/hr.
can any of you fine folks, or palerider7777, offer any insight to what this position is actually worth?? i can see $10/hr for scrubbing pots and changing reservoirs and trimmers, maybe, but to hold the reigns seems like it should pay a little better.......

if you are a master gardener you should know what your worth.

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

if you are a master gardener you should know what your worth.

eewww thats gotta hurt. new territory for many though. masters should be getting 50-150k a year including comps. you have to know what a botanist knows. micro, macro nutes, plant imbalances, every aspect of the grow is accounted for, not to mention being on call for every little thing. this guy might know the room in which he works but does he know the root system like his old master.

[copobo]

growing is a union gig in California.

Colorado next?

[pfunk211]

"master gardener" was and is in quotes for a reason. i'm just some jerk that knows how to google anything and everything and retains information well.....

they haven't had anyone with those credentials in that spot yet, but i'm thinking that i can slide in a master gardener certification course through their "generosity". it's offered at CSU for less than a grand.....

i've always been a home grower and hired on with these folks to kill some time and see some things that i wouldn't see at home, as a grower's assistant for $10/hr and was cool with that.

now, i'm solely responsible for everything from clone to harvest in two ten tray e/f rooms, a 48 bucket dwc room and a 100 bag soil room as well as 120 mothers and, frankly, rocking it.

i just read the 99 pages of new rules, though, and don't even know if i'm interested in that sort of scrutiny, even just as an employee.

[pfunk211]

if you are a master gardener you should know what your worth.

do you mean that had i been employed as a master gardener before, i would know what to expect as pay because i'd already been paid that?

i haven't.

however, in the cosmic sense, i do.....

[pfunk211]

eewww thats gotta hurt. new territory for many though. masters should be getting 50-150k a year including comps. you have to know what a botanist knows. micro, macro nutes, plant imbalances, every aspect of the grow is accounted for, not to mention being on call for every little thing. this guy might know the room in which he works but does he know the root system like his old master.

just getting into bonsai for mothers, root training, etc...
introduced them to the wonders of mykos, zymes and beneficials....
battled their mite problem and WON (so far...)!

certainly dialing it in......

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

just getting into bonsai for mothers, root training, etc...
introduced them to the wonders of mykos, zymes and beneficials....
battled their mite problem and WON (so far...)!

certainly dialing it in......

your certainly on the path to enlightenment. im no master grower, however im worth far more than $10 an hour. i make a dollar more than that now and its a shit job(not mmj.) they are just trying some corporate crap on you so they can profit. even a knowledgable apprentice is worth at least $15. bark a little and see what happens. bonsais are no joke that requires skill, but a great space saver. ive dabbled with mediocre success, i saw on overgrow.com back in the day some skillful bonsai masters truly awesome at what they did. beating mites is a feat to be proud of, them things will test you big time.

[HighPopalorum]

50k a year seems to be the going rate for a horticulturist with a bachelor's degree. The state average seems somewhat lower, although I don't think the information is very reliable. The Denver Botanic Gardens pays senior horticulturalists about 45k. (Again, unreliable info.) I would think that MMCs would pay less, but might also be willing to accept candidates with no formal education, so long as they have a proven history of growing good dope. I have no idea what you deserve, but if I were you I would ask for $15 an hour at least.