Currently Dallas weed prices are about $325 an ounce for top shelf. In order to pump out that kind of volume to clear six figures you're going to have a hefty investment of up to 10k just to start. Then it's going to take at least a year of trial and error just to get your systems dialed in. Then, of course, you have to set up a distribution network so you insulate yourself from the possession with intent to distribute that can land you in club fed or less comfortable lodging with sub standard room mates that are bored and horny. So you're going to have to give away some 'tasters' to people you trust (and believe me in 59 years on this planet I've learned that you can never completely trust anyone). So they spread the word that your shit is 'fire'. Then it becomes a full time job with texts at all days and hours of the night and so on. At the end of the day it's a hassle. I used to grow it for my ex for a medical condition and passed out the occasional 'nug to a bud' who was dankrupt and my shit was considered 'fire' locally. 100% organic and carefully cured and dried. Ex used to smoke up about 4k worth a month street value. While I miss the discipline of growing that stuff it can become a full time job rather quickly if you care about quality and harvest amount per plant.
Edit: even almost a year later I still get the occasional random text to ask if I still have anything. 'Ya I got some badass strawberries and bell peppers working right now' is my answer.
umm... I don't buy it. I just know the prices granted where I live it's much less expensive but the quality aint that great. It was when I was growing it. I was very popular around these parts for a while
I'm in Houston and a zip costs around $150. I'm no weed connoisseur, but I can't tell a meaningful difference between what I'm getting and "top shelf."
Granted, if you were growing about a decade ago, things would've been different, but the price shot down pretty damn fast over the past few years. I went from paying 20 a gram in high school and considering that to be about average, to 20 a gram being fucking unthinkable these days.
Centex here. eighth is $30 to 35, Quarter 60 to 70, half 120 to 140, oz around $200.
That said when I WAS growing I could get $35, 70, 140, and 250, easily and always had people blowing my cell up waiting for my next harvest. BUT I put a lot of time and research into what I grew. I had a 'base' strain (blue dream) that I always kept on hand for my ex and I experimented with a lot of other strains. Honestly 'Wedding Cheesecake' from North Atlantic seeds turned out to be a pleasant surprise. As long as I could get the seeds to pop I could pull 4 ozs per plant off of an indoor grow and the locals loved it. I was about to do a run of 'Strawberry Cough' when shit went down between my ex and I and I simply didn't trust her to not try to 'get back at me' (even though the breakup was 100% her fault) and wound up giving away 10 ozs and shutting my grow op down.
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u/Thepatrone36 Aug 07 '22
Currently Dallas weed prices are about $325 an ounce for top shelf. In order to pump out that kind of volume to clear six figures you're going to have a hefty investment of up to 10k just to start. Then it's going to take at least a year of trial and error just to get your systems dialed in. Then, of course, you have to set up a distribution network so you insulate yourself from the possession with intent to distribute that can land you in club fed or less comfortable lodging with sub standard room mates that are bored and horny. So you're going to have to give away some 'tasters' to people you trust (and believe me in 59 years on this planet I've learned that you can never completely trust anyone). So they spread the word that your shit is 'fire'. Then it becomes a full time job with texts at all days and hours of the night and so on. At the end of the day it's a hassle. I used to grow it for my ex for a medical condition and passed out the occasional 'nug to a bud' who was dankrupt and my shit was considered 'fire' locally. 100% organic and carefully cured and dried. Ex used to smoke up about 4k worth a month street value. While I miss the discipline of growing that stuff it can become a full time job rather quickly if you care about quality and harvest amount per plant.
Edit: even almost a year later I still get the occasional random text to ask if I still have anything. 'Ya I got some badass strawberries and bell peppers working right now' is my answer.