How much does it cost you to produce one pound of herb?

ttystikk

ttystikk

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BWG707 said:
If you re-read my post I actually said " I know I pay at LEAST $250". The trimmers are pros, been trimming in Nor Cal for over 15 years, work year round, and they do excellant work. They probably make more than a lot of growers. Why the attitude anyway?
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Is the cost of trimming included in your per pound calcs? I was clear that mine was extra. This may be where the confusion lies.
 
BWG707

BWG707

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I just came here and posted what trimmers in my area charge and about how fast they are. I simply threw out the number of $250 as an AT LEAST cost. I stated that I've never actually added everything up. That's it nothing more, you guys can argue it out. GL
 
a mongo frog

a mongo frog

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ttystikk said:
That's just it. I'm not mad, pissed, angry or even emotional.

The simple fact is that the man asked how much it costs you to grow a pound of weed and you haven't (can't?) answer him. I'm pointing out that the person who doesn't know their costs is vulnerable.

I have plenty of ideas to sell to those who DO the math, but your oppositional opinion remains valuable to me- as an example of the kind of competitors who'll get crushed sooner rather than later.

I'm not disputing the quality of your produce, I'm saying you never answered the man's question- instead, you belittled it. Joke's on you.
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We are not competitors at all bro. Theres no way thats humanly possible. You are just running your mouth with no end in sight. And I'm sure you'll keep running your mouth because as you say you run a business. Again please don't refer me to a competitor of yours, or anyones for that matter. You shouldn't walk around here like your some big bad ass grower.
 
Purplehaze66

Purplehaze66

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Costs less then to buy it, my labor costs would be higher my est. $800-1000

I always grow for quality never quantity

I am fortunate to have a good day job and grow for the love of the plant and to help a few patients out.

Peace
 
personal lux

personal lux

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a mongo frog said:
Dude your looking to far into this. All these related costs. And then you insult me on RIU. Not cool bro, not cool at all. I do have a solution for you with all your related costs. It'll be in the pic i post here. If you can do this you have a pretty good hobby going. Bring this to your club you vend to and watch what happens. Please don't try to embarrass me on the threads i love all you guys. Always get you stuff tested, you never know what you might have. Then truck to the clubs.
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LOL a .1 gram test. Thats a joke. clubs around here want you to have atleast 3 grams tested so your not just taking off the top cola heads and passing it off like the rest is exactly the same.
 
personal lux

personal lux

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Heres my numbers yearly.
Monthly into yearly
lights $1500 × 12 = $18000
Nutrients $500 x 12 = $6000
soil $200 x 12 = $2400
Bulbs 16 bulbs 2x yearly 32x70 $2240

So my overhead cost is roughly $30,000 yearly. 6 lights are veg, 10 are flowering. Ill produce perputually 5-7lbs monthly respectively. now comes in the cost of trimming because i dont do it all alone. I pay out about 5lbs worth of trimmers monthly, costing me about 120-150 per pound. Overall of $700 monthly x 12 is $8400 yearly Total of roughly $38,000 spent yearly to produce 60-84lbs. So lets say 72lbs. This cost me now roughly $500 per pound with this break down NOT including my labor and gas for all my runs to the grow store!
 
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cloneseed

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Great thread, I hadn't sat down to figure this out since I've made changes to what I'm doing.

How is everyone breaking down their rent? For example, if you harvest a pound after 56 days of flowering and your monthly rent is $500, then you would need to factor in a little under $1000 into your costs. Even if you're on a perpetual cycle cutting monthly, it still did take 2 months of flowering to get that pound, so 2 months of rent.

I have four 600w lights and some T5's for veg, harvest monthly, and will figure cost to run per pound, per month. I'll break down rent by square footage cut down per month, I know Wal-Mart likes to know how much their stores make and cost to run per sq ft...

Rent: approx 110 sq ft @ $600/month = $5.46/sq ft/month, harvesting 45 sq ft/month = $246
Electric: $250/month
Nutes: $60/month
Bulbs: $25/month, I change bulbs every 4 months
Water: free
Labor, not including trimming: approx 40 hours/month @ $30/hr =$1200
Trimming: $125 a pound x 2

Total $2031 per month for 2 pounds, which is $1015 per pound per month.

Of course, I do all the shit myself, so if I don't count my pay it costs me $581 per month for 2 pounds, so let's call it $300 a month per pound.

Damn, I could do so much better if I could make better use of the area I'm allotted to work with if I didn't have electrical constraints.
 
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personal lux

personal lux

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cloneseed said:
Great thread, I hadn't sat down to figure this out since I've made changes to what I'm doing.

How is everyone breaking down their rent? For example, if you harvest a pound after 56 days of flowering and your monthly rent is $500, then you would need to factor in a little under $1000 into your costs. Even if you're on a perpetual cycle cutting monthly, it still did take 2 months of flowering to get that pound, so 2 months of rent.

I have four 600w lights and some T5's for veg, harvest monthly, and will figure cost to run per pound, per month. I'll break down rent by square footage cut down per month, I know Wal-Mart likes to know how much their stores make and cost to run per sq ft...

Rent: approx 110 sq ft @ $600/month = $5.46/sq ft/month, harvesting 45 sq ft/month = $246
Electric: $250/month
Nutes: $60/month
Bulbs: $25/month, I change bulbs every 4 months
Water: free
Labor, not including trimming: approx 40 hours/month @ $30/hr =$1200
Trimming: $125 a pound x 2

Total $2031 per month for 2 pounds

Of course, I do all the shit myself, so if I don't count my pay it costs me $581 per month for 2 pounds, so let's call it $300 a month per pound.

Damn, I could do so much better if I could make better use of the area I'm allotted to work with if I didn't have electrical constraints.
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Id consider my grow area out of the quation at this point. Its owned and i would chalk it up as an initial start up cost.
 
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patrickkawi37

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personal lux said:
Heres my numbers yearly.
Monthly into yearly
lights $1500 × 12 = $18000
Nutrients $500 x 12 = $6000
soil $200 x 12 = $2400
Bulbs 16 bulbs 2x yearly 32x70 $2240

So my overhead cost is roughly $30,000 yearly. 6 lights are veg, 10 are flowering. Ill produce perputually 5-7lbs monthly respectively. now comes in the cost of trimming because i dont do it all alone. I pay out about 5lbs worth of trimmers monthly, costing me about 120-150 per pound. Overall of $700 monthly x 12 is $8400 yearly Total of roughly $38,000 spent yearly to produce 60-84lbs. So lets say 72lbs. This cost me now roughly $500 per pound with this break down NOT including my labor and gas for all my runs to the grow store!
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Some of this doesn't add up. First off if you pay 70 bucks a bulb you need to look for a new hydrostore. Your doing 16 lights and your electric bill is 1500 a month? What state cause I find this to be bullshit. 500 a month on nutrients is a little low but believable. 200 on dirt seems low, what medium are you using? And I don't know anyone that trims for120 a pound unless they are stealing. i think you need to redo your math. And I sure hope your getting more than 5-7 lbs from half a 10 light flower
 
qwizoking

qwizoking

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Kwh=$.08-.12
If all were 1k and on 24/7 at the upper .12 it would still be less than 1500
Thats tx by the way....

This thread turned into a bunch of bs.
 
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cloneseed

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qwizoking said:
Kwh=$.08-.12
If all were 1k and on 24/7 at the upper .12 it would still be less than 1500
Thats tx by the way....

This thread turned into a bunch of bs.
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It looks like personal lux pays 0.22/kwh assuming all 1kw lights wit 18/6 veg, I pay 0.28/kwh
 
personal lux

personal lux

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patrickkawi37 said:
Some of this doesn't add up. First off if you pay 70 bucks a bulb you need to look for a new hydrostore. Your doing 16 lights and your electric bill is 1500 a month? What state cause I find this to be bullshit. 500 a month on nutrients is a little low but believable. 200 on dirt seems low, what medium are you using? And I don't know anyone that trims for120 a pound unless they are stealing. i think you need to redo your math. And I sure hope your getting more than 5-7 lbs from half a 10 light flower
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And as for the trimmers its my friends not guys that do it for a living lol. Theyre not trying to run my pockets for every dollar they can.
 
a mongo frog

a mongo frog

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personal lux said:
LOL a .1 gram test. Thats a joke. clubs around here want you to have atleast 3 grams tested so your not just taking off the top cola heads and passing it off like the rest is exactly the same.
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Show your test results then. And all your figures are totally fucked up. And please post your test results.
 
personal lux

personal lux

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a mongo frog said:
Show your test results then. And all your figures are totally fucked up. And please post your test results.
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Ill gladly get those test result for you but ill have to get ahold of the testing facility since dispensaries have been shut down here for about a year. No need to test without them.
 
a mongo frog

a mongo frog

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personal lux said:
Ill gladly get those test result for you but ill have to get ahold of the testing facility since dispensaries have been shut down here for about a year. No need to test without them.
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No need bro. I think airing out all this laundry is dumb. Ill catch you on another thread. We can argue about something there.
 
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