SisterMaryElephant wrote:I'm looking forward to seeing how this works for you, you have a very well thought out system so now we just need to get you some experience.
Yup,
I'm currently a legal MMAR grower but Health Canada is planning on abolishing legal home grows and distribute commercial licenses instead. Then the growers will distribute to patients via mail order. This was announced less than two weeks after I applied for the program. So by 2014, home grows might be revoked. If that happens, I'd want to apply for a commercial license so I can keep growing my own. This is sort of my test grow.
But if I go down that route I might look into DYI LED panels, but for this I'd need to buy a spectroradiometer with sphere for proper R&D, and if I open a dispensary I would want a gas chromatographer so I can analyze my product myself, and get the proper training to learn to use it. I have a very strong science background (unrelated to botany though) so it's all possible, but as you say, experience is such a huge factor in any business venture. So the hope is that if by 2014 I have half a dozen grows under my belt, I'd be better equipped to put a realistic business plan on paper and go from there.
I also want to establish a baseline on how much I can yield per sqt. According to the book a 600 HPS can yield 250-660 grams (I assume per plant?). Two SS400W is about the same as a 600HPS, I think?