Caregivers and the " needs based approach "

driftwoodg · Apr 3, 2013

Are there any caregivers out there who use this model for their work ? Meaning, do you as a caregiver have your patient sit down with you and research what might be the best strain?

I have tried once or twice, but my patients generaly just say " whatever you have is great". Maybe I'm looking for to much of a relationship with the people I serve..

Any thoughts on this :leaf:

Maine Brookies · Apr 3, 2013

driftwoodg said:
I have tried once or twice, but my patients generaly just say " whatever you have is great". Maybe I'm looking for to much of a relationship with the people I serve..

In my experience, many patients have a real lack of information about the medical properties of cannabis and think that all cannabis is more or less the same. It's a learning process - California has had access to cannabis on a far greater level than Maine for almost 20 years and is only now starting to really look at tailoring strains to suit specific medical conditions.

NoSwagBag · Apr 3, 2013

When growing a new strain its a # of months before You have prepared medicine ready, so I'm sure that must be something to take into account.

NoSwagBag · Apr 3, 2013

driftwoodg said:
Are there any caregivers out there who use this model for their work ? Meaning, do you as a caregiver have your patient sit down with you and research what might be the best strain?

I have tried once or twice, but my patients generaly just say " whatever you have is great". Maybe I'm looking for to much of a relationship with the people I serve..

Any thoughts on this

Do you charge more for a sativa dominant strain that takes longer to flower than indica dominant?

driftwoodg · Apr 6, 2013

no, I charge the same for all meds. even the ones that take 4 months to flower. the sativa's yield large, and if grown in rotation it's always there.

NoSwagBag · Apr 7, 2013

Yeah thats a good way to look @ it..

Maine Brookies · Apr 7, 2013

driftwoodg said:
no, I charge the same for all meds.

I charge more for organic meds than i do hydroponic meds.

driftwoodg · Apr 7, 2013

I'm only groing organic right now.. I hav'nt run hydro in quite a while. but I understand why.

NoSwagBag · Apr 8, 2013

Maine Brookies said:
I charge more for organic meds than i do hydroponic meds.[/QUOTE

Is this due to increased work involved with organic?

Maine Brookies · Apr 8, 2013

NoSwagBag said:
Is this due to increased work involved with organic?

I hand water, so hydro is actually more work for me. I charge more because organic yields about 30% less. I don't charge 30% more though.

driftwoodg · Apr 12, 2013

Yeah, Brookies, at one time I ran coco and hand watered.. it was alot of work.. great results though.. but I'm still getting good results with organic soil.. just took me a while to find that "magic" mix. I wasn't seeing much of a difference in quality of bud, so the price stayed par with one another. So I just reduced the work load on my end, and kept the prices the same .

Maine Brookies · Apr 14, 2013

driftwoodg said:
Yeah, Brookies, at one time I ran coco and hand watered.. it was alot of work.. great results though..

Yeah, i need to come up with a drainage recovery system that is more automated than me picking up the collection tray and dumping it into a bucket.... i'm on the verge of building a flood table or going to drip emitters or something.

driftwoodg · Apr 16, 2013

Maine Brookies said:
Yeah, i need to come up with a drainage recovery system that is more automated than me picking up the collection tray and dumping it into a bucket.... i'm on the verge of building a flood table or going to drip emitters or something.

HA! I'm still threatening to build a table to collect that 10% run off. I bought two 2x4' flood tables, and a 2x2 table.. I don't even use them.. they'ed make a great coco hydro run!

But nah, nothing ever worked like the tried and true.. get the towel, the tray's are overflowing method.

Maine Brookies · Apr 17, 2013

I hear ya. I used Hempy buckets for a couple years then switched to felt growpots. I really like the felt, but if i let the felt container sit in the runoff i get salt buildup really fast. It's almost enough to make me go back to plastic Hempy buckets.... Almost.

SurettaW · May 7, 2013

Are there any caretakers in the Biddeford area. I have a card; I'm looking for (preferably) an 8th, but depends on $$$. Have cash tonight. (Tuesday)

NoSwagBag · May 9, 2013

SurettaW said:
Are there any caretakers in the Biddeford area. I have a card; I'm looking for (preferably) an 8th, but depends on $$$. Have cash tonight. (Tuesday)

I'm not sure how many caregivers break it down that far. I think most sell by the ounce. Maybe if someone does they'll post.

SurettaW · May 9, 2013

NoSwagBag said:
I'm not sure how many caregivers break it down that far. I think most sell by the ounce. Maybe if someone does they'll post.

That's what I'm hoping for; I don't use enough to buy an ounce at a time ... I use about an 1/8 per week

mdanforth · May 9, 2013

I sell 1/8th's, 1/4's, 1/2's.....whatever....

NoSwagBag · May 10, 2013

There ya go. Now if you two only lived closer....

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