I do grow my own. Top shelf grow room, all the controls. Top shelf meds, consistently. I know exactly how much work goes into growing. I grow a land race Sativa..not a new fangled cross. High end meds can be produced well under $100 an oz..including a good wage.
The law was never intended to make caregivers a profession.
A 50 plus plant grow is alot harder to maintain and finance then what your probably familiar with growing .. I dont know this guy and I am not saying he is right or wrong in his caregiving.. but If his patients are recieving a free OZ and QUALITY medicine for sub 200 dollars a OZ after their free oz.. I would say that is pretty good caregiving. It takes alot of time/effort/risk to provide that kind of medicine for that amount of people. Let me put this in your mind
1. You will have to give up a complete room in your house.. In California thats about a 300 dollar value a month imo.
2. You need to have a revolving door of different genetics and strains for different condition and needs of your patients. This takes LOTS of money and time. A typical seed order is $200.00 plus .. a couple times a year.. atleast once a year. Now you have to mother out all these plants.. Keep the best pheno if you find a good one. Then 4 months later you have new strains that you HOPE will be right for your patients.. This takes lots of time and money.
3. Electric will be in the realm of 500 a month for this amount of production.. Fans, bulbs, ducting, pots , ballast , ect ect will be replaced occasionally to prevent any interruption in meds for you patients .. this comes out of the care givers pocket.
4. Soil or Hydro cost depending on medium
5. Wear and Tear on your car and Gas for your car .. in order to obtain supplies/deliver if needed.
6. Not every Grow is always PERFECT. You talk about all these OZ he is gonna have.. What happens if that amount isnt produced? I can tell you that even if your very good at cultivating.. there is always grows that dont go as planned. And when they dont.. that is all a loss for the Caregiver.. He is the one investing in the bills that it takes to produce this medicine .
7. Nutes are expensive on this scale
8. Water has to be obtained in abundance and If your in socal.. More then likely tap wont suffice for a broad range of strains. SO this means you will need to pay for a RO filter or haul water to the growing location at x amount per a gallon. Lets say that you go the RO filter route .. thats 300 bucks for the machine.. new filters every 6 months is more money on top of that.. this is just the cost if the damn thing never breaks.
9. Have to maintain and replace pumps, High quality meters ( PH , EC.. ect)
10. DO you have any idea how much time and space it takes to trim and dry and properly cure 100+ oz?
11. Setup at this scale is gonna be pricey .. your not running 2000-6000 watts on a household circuit safely.. you will need a electrician.. You will need lots of cooling you will need fire safety equipment.
I could go on forever.. But this kind of growing is almost like a full time job. I dont care what the grower does with his overages..Bottom line is I think a
FREE OZ a month and anything less that 200 a oz of HIGH HIGH quality meds is very fair as a caregiver. Your talking sub $25 Dollar 8ths for Top Shelf which is nearly half of what it would cost to obtain from a dispensary.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO BE MAD AT.. go to a clinic and look at the 300+ plus oz that they sell to "patients" some who are sick and cant grow for their self... lots of them are selling greenhouse from up north for nearly 3x what they pay to obtain it.
I would prefer that 1 person who cares about my INDIVIDUAL needs provides my meds at sub 200 dollar pricing as opposed to a clinic where a whole company is profiting on normally lower quality meds.
PS.. BOB if his patients felt ripped off.. they can get a new caregiver..simple as that .. no one is forcing anyone to stay with a certain caregiver.. go where its right for you.