be careful where you grow, my stupid mistake

skiweeds

Active Member
it will turn your best friend into your worst nightmare, it can cause you to do stupid things. i hear it all the time from unfortunate people who got screwed from their new grow partner. be careful and trust no one. dont make the mistake i made

i took a risk and became a caregiver for this guy and grew his 12 plants at his house. i invested about $4 grand in a setup plus all my labor. he wanted to have his son get involved who was one of those mr know it alls that didnt know shit. he had no intentions of getting a medical card and his own mother said not to trust him. he was trying to weasel his way in, he gave us some seeds that i didnt want cause i dont trust random breeders and made us this cfl light fixture for flower and tried claiming it would put out almost as much light as a 600w hps which is not even close true. one day i just had enough and told my patient, i dont want your son involved. i dont trust those seeds, that light is junk. im the one spending all the money, i want to do this my way or im gonna take my equipment and go somewhere else. he got upset and walked away. later i had a talk with him and his wife and they basically said he took it real personal and was upset. i said i cant be wasting my time. im wasting my money on paying for electricity for a light thats basically junk, and growing seeds that we cant even be sure about. its going to end up costing us, i spend a lot of money and it has to be done my way or its not going to work and we're going to end up losing. one day he started the seeds without telling me and it put us over the limit so i had to give a couple other plants away to keep us within legal limits. i was pissed but let it go. his son kept coming over more claiming he had some outdoor plants with pounds of weed on them. i knew it was all bullshit. the only time i ever seen this tool have weed was some ok commercial. he wanted to bring one of the plants over. i thought fuck this, i dont want pounds of weed at a place im growing with some idiot that dont even have a card. probably all bullshit, but either way i want no involvement. i knew i had to get out. so one day i came there with a friend and we made up a bullshit story that i got all the equipment from a friend and owed money so he was here to repo it. got all my shit back but i left my x patient with his plants and my 2 old magnetic ballasts, mh and hps bulbs that need replacement. good thing i dont put all my eggs in 1 basket and still have my other 2 grow spots. i'd like to slap this idiot for pissing me off but hes old and kinda disabled do it wouldnt be right. he'll just end up slapping himself anyway for listening to his idiot delinquent son and grow garbage. hes lucky cause before i was there, he couldnt even keep a plant alive.

so dont grow at other peoples places, you can get screwed. make them sign a contract or whatever you gotta do. you really dont wanna have to bring cops over to get your stuff back. especially in a small town that has cops that mostly frown on pot. im lucky i have a lot of really good friends that would do almost anything to help me.
 

themanwiththeplan

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how'd you land that gig? if you dont mind me asking. id like to help people with their grows. it would be a nice way to be involved in the business in a pretty legit way without having to be a vendor if you know what i mean.

maybe next time in the future require payment up front? or half up front plus they cover all costs?


anyway sorry about your bad luck. at least it worked decently well for you :)
 

TATTOODETROIT

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Jesus Christ $4,000.00?!?! WTF did you buy?! Platinum grow pots!? LoL..$4,000.00?!?! I'm baffled!! There's always 2 sides to a story, glad You got whatever equipment that was yours, but why even leave the grow lights if you went through so much shit, doesn't make sense to me.
 

suTraGrow

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Jesus Christ $4,000.00?!?! WTF did you buy?! Platinum grow pots!? LoL..$4,000.00?!?! I'm baffled!! There's always 2 sides to a story, glad You got whatever equipment that was yours, but why even leave the grow lights if you went through so much shit, doesn't make sense to me.
Look at the link in my sig $4000 on a grow room is not that much if done properly.
Everything adds up and pretty quickly.
 

panhead

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Spending $4,000 on a room,why is everybody so freaked over this acting like he is nuts,if you have no home made shit & have a kick ass set up its easy.

Im well over $12,000 on my grow.

But yes contracts are where its at,caregiver i want to help the world see green philosophy aside its business & business is business,the nice guy will allways take it in the shitter.

For most its not medicine to start with & those who really do need it as a med wont mind one bit taking a trip to the nearest bank to notorize a contract.

All my patients are under contract with trems enforcable by law,pay a monthly maintainance fee every month then take their legal amount,my end of the contract is enforcable by law in their favor as well.

Contracts protect both sides.

Also,if you new guys want decent patients one way to assure it is to only accept patients with a qualifying disease,no general pain or adhd patients.

Dont be in such a rush thinking being a caregiver is some magic window of opportunity either,its assloads of work,lotsa cash spent & in many cases dealing with alot of bullshit from patients who have other people wispering in their ear,i have 5 & my wife has 5 as well & this will be our last year as caregivers,too much effort.
 

rzza

Well-Known Member
if you spent 4k then why was the light cfl? i mean, why was there room for a cfl and homemade hood if you have the proper lighting etc ...

i feel for ya cause you wasted your time there but it doesnt add up.

also, i wouldnt offer so much info such as how many grow spots you have LOL its my understanding you shouldnt have multiple spots...

when he cracked those seeds, why didnt you cull them or get rid of them somehow rather than your grown plants? SO strange ....

and lastly, WHY DO SOOOO MANY PEOPLE WANNA GROW ROUND HERE, WITHOUT GETTING LEGAL????????????? i see it too often.
 

TATTOODETROIT

Well-Known Member
if you spent 4k then why was the light cfl? i mean, why was there room for a cfl and homemade hood if you have the proper lighting etc ...

i feel for ya cause you wasted your time there but it doesnt add up.

also, i wouldnt offer so much info such as how many grow spots you have LOL its my understanding you shouldnt have multiple spots...

when he cracked those seeds, why didnt you cull them or get rid of them somehow rather than your grown plants? SO strange ....

and lastly, WHY DO SOOOO MANY PEOPLE WANNA GROW ROUND HERE, WITHOUT GETTING LEGAL????????????? i see it too often.
I agree with what Rzza said...I can understand now, why its been so hard to get Cannabis Legalized...everybody & there brother would be & have been jumping on the BandWagon, not knowing there ass from a hole in the ground about growing & looking at this as a Cash Cow! tarnishing this newly passed bill!

I paided my $200 to get legal cause not only do I need my medicine so does my Mom...who has recently been diagnosed with Cancer for the 2nd time! No pity pot story here or lookin for sympathy, she's a strong women & will pull through...but it'd be ashame if the Law was repealed for stupid shit!
 

olylifter420

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man, at least you all are legal. Most of my family has died of some form of cancer. I wish i could have grown for them to help increase their life well being and mood.




I agree with what Rzza said...I can understand now, why its been so hard to get Cannabis Legalized...everybody & there brother would be & have been jumping on the BandWagon, not knowing there ass from a hole in the ground about growing & looking at this as a Cash Cow! tarnishing this newly passed bill!

I paided my $200 to get legal cause not only do I need my medicine so does my Mom...who has recently been diagnosed with Cancer for the 2nd time! No pity pot story here or lookin for sympathy, she's a strong women & will pull through...but it'd be ashame if the Law was repealed for stupid shit!
 

stumpjumper

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No offense to anybody but stop and think here..

It picks my nerves when people get all uptight about people wanting to grow when they aren't legal. I could care less. People were growing and smoking, some selling, LONG before this law was even thought about being passed. This law was passed for medical neccessity but give some credit where it is due.

If it wasn't for all of those illegal users we wouldn't have this law.

I don't agree with abusing the law trying to make money, but I don't agree with these new patients who were uptight about marijuana until the law was passed and now that they are legally using it, seem to think that they are the only people who have the right to be. Bullshit.
 

rzza

Well-Known Member
Stump well said but the fact remains, its legal here and nearly anyone qualifies so its simply 'silly' to risk prison when you can see a doc, payy a hundred bucks and be covered.
 

TATTOODETROIT

Well-Known Member
No offense to anybody but stop and think here..

It picks my nerves when people get all uptight about people wanting to grow when they aren't legal. I could care less. People were growing and smoking, some selling, LONG before this law was even thought about being passed. This law was passed for medical neccessity but give some credit where it is due.

If it wasn't for all of those illegal users we wouldn't have this law.

I don't agree with abusing the law trying to make money, but I don't agree with these new patients who were uptight about marijuana until the law was passed and now that they are legally using it, seem to think that they are the only people who have the right to be. Bullshit.
Very true Stump and I agree, well said indeed! :-)

A thought I had was and want to point is, I remember back in the 90's reading a Hightimes article about the ppl who have spent 20+yrs fighting to get Cannabis legal. The author stated that "The Market" for this would get flooded like it is now...and that to the ppl who have been putting in all this work towards legalization would be insulted by someone who has no ailments & is able to get approved with a stroke of pen!

Idk I lost where I was goin with this! Lmao..sorry guys! :-)
Hahahaha....

And to the guy who originally started this thread;

"I apologize dude, not tryin to bust your balls or nothin"!! But this has brought up a really good discussion don't you guts think?
 

r1tony

New Member
No offense to anybody but stop and think here..

It picks my nerves when people get all uptight about people wanting to grow when they aren't legal. I could care less. People were growing and smoking, some selling, LONG before this law was even thought about being passed. This law was passed for medical neccessity but give some credit where it is due.

If it wasn't for all of those illegal users we wouldn't have this law.

I don't agree with abusing the law trying to make money, but I don't agree with these new patients who were uptight about marijuana until the law was passed and now that they are legally using it, seem to think that they are the only people who have the right to be. Bullshit.
Although you post and praise the righteous legal way, kind of hypocritical huh?

Let's pick a side and stay on it. You kind of defeat your effort to look respectable, although you are trying hard to play both sides, unfortunately for MMJ to progress you have to be on ONE side not riding both.
 

stumpjumper

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Sorry tony, I don't play both sides at all. I stay well within my legal limits as I am a legal patient. As far as picking a side, I'm on everybodys side. I think it should be legal for everyone, not much fence to ride on that matter is there?
 

cephalopod

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I just want to say I love you guys and don't believe the florist when he tells you the roses are free.
 

cary schellie

Active Member
Jesus Christ $4,000.00?!?! WTF did you buy?! Platinum grow pots!? LoL..$4,000.00?!?! I'm baffled!! There's always 2 sides to a story, glad You got whatever equipment that was yours, but why even leave the grow lights if you went through so much shit, doesn't make sense to me.
4 g's is not that much when u add up everything nutes, pots, medium, fans, lights, ect... Give me that know it alls name and ill kick his ass
 

TATTOODETROIT

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4 g's is not that much when u add up everything nutes, pots, medium, fans, lights, ect...

No I realize that, its doesn't shock me that a person can spend that much on supplies & whatnot! An aquitance of mine has about $20,000 invested, he has a pretty big setup goin...I think I was actually more shocked by the fact that he had $4,000 in equipment that he decided to setup & leave there! Ya kno what I mean?!

Give me that know it alls name and ill kick his ass
Lmfao...easy tiger!! Heh heh heh
 
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