Casey O’Neill from Happy Day Farms makes the case for small batch cannabis cultivation by examining the current economics of scale and the paradigm of …
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I have been growing my own for 7 yrs now in my back yard. I only use compost I use from scratch myself. I NEVER use anything that doesn't come from my compost except un-sulfured organic molasses and whole milk from a local dairy during flower. I build my compost all year. Just feeding it with the scraps of my food that I make from scratch (fruits, veggies, eggs, nothing cooked or processed). I add everything coffee grinds, tea from sun tea, eggshells… I keep Shunghite stones in my potted plants as well. I add new earthworms and worm castings and some ground up north Atlantic sea kelp, every spring. I add mycorrhizae to the pots as I plant the seedlings and then to the compost after the growing season has ended in Oct. I keep my soil ALIVE ALL winter. For fert. I use compost tea from my compost. It's not that difficult. I am blessed to live in the high desert southwest and can grow a good size crop outdoors every yr. I would NEVER grow indoors. Not my thing but do understand that some folks have no choice. My colas are large and dense sticky and covered in crystals. I grow six full season plants and 3- 4 auto flowers and have I have found that the more, than I need but plenty to share. If I try to interfere with the natural growing process, the less my plants produce and the quality is just not there. In the beginning this plant grew wild in the desert, and did just fine without interference, so I try to follow that thought. I watch it and give it refreshment from my compost and keep the soil alive. The soil will grow the plant, NOT ME!. Nice video.
Thanks Casey. We are getting closer and closer to that unknown day when the grocery stores turn the lights off and the stragglers and naysayers end up starving themselves.. I've said it a thousand times this week, start growing your own food and do it organically. Contrary to what you believe, it's the easiest way to grow food. Or don't, it's none of my concern as long as you know you don't get any of mine. I do have plenty of free bud, growing in abundance leads to unfettered sharing. The fact is I only have so many seeds and so do you.
True however consumers disposable income is the only real… I can want better quality know you are there and just plain can't afford it? Or you are hopefully able to be sold out and thinking bigger? Peace.
There really is something special about growing your own in small batches. Maybe I don't have all the knowledge, experience, or setup that big-time growers do, but they just don't have the time and resources to give each plant the care and attention that I can. There are other advantages, but that's the biggest IMO.
These vids are great. Like hearing what Casey O'Neil has to say.
I can feel the love you have for not only the flower but the love for the soil . I know for myself the herb is just like an extra Lil bonus the Research I have done has really been all around life changing
Agreed. Been producing my own for quite a long time. SMALL scale, no pesticides. This spring marks 50 years since my first patch. Our way of thinking is get greedy and experience poor Karma. We won’t even kill Rattlesnakes. Really liking the Living Soil aspect. Less waste is a good thing. I was a Garbageman in Sequoia & Kings Canyon for 23 years and let me tell ya. Human beings are a wasteful organism. We hauled out trash from Cartel grows in 40 cubic yard rolloffs. Disgusting. The ONLY reason they still do it is because there’s a MARKET. Chicago…NYC…3 & 4 Grand a pound wholesale is a real motivator. Cheers. Be well. Turn off the News and love your neighbor.
I wish it were so Casey. Unfortunately "Good" will never be more valuable than "Cheap" until we all have enough money to live reasonably. Until then if someone can save on the meat they buy for their family, then they can afford to buy a salad too. Or if someone can save money on their heart medicine by buying a generic than they can afford their diabetes medicine this month too. This is the conundrum I am in at the moment. We grow what we can on less than 1 acre but we both work jobs too just to make ends meet. We grow our medicine and some vegetables to give us "Good" food and "Good" medicine but for the rest of it we are mostly governed by how "Cheap" things are to get the remainder of what we need.
I think the appetite for cheap comes in 2 ways.We sell the most precious commodity we have, our lives as chunks of time.To places/people we dont want to be around and are underpaid for. This creates a panic we want as much as possible for as little as possible, because we know we cant afford any better,becausewe cant sell more time than we have ,were also running out of it,and we want something back for our value.A constant undercurrent of knowledge we are being ripped off and all the silly things we are sold we need to be and live better dont work ,so we panic and just keep going thinking the next thing might be the answer.The 2nd is ugly basic greed ,make more stuff and the less cost effort and care of the employees and product the better.
The company Cresco is selling pot in Pa and Fl. ! They sell all the same thing at the same price? In Pa the want to license small growers 25 plants , 50 , 100. At least we have it!
I have been growing my own for 7 yrs now in my back yard. I only use compost I use from scratch myself. I NEVER use anything that doesn't come from my compost except un-sulfured organic molasses and whole milk from a local dairy during flower. I build my compost all year. Just feeding it with the scraps of my food that I make from scratch (fruits, veggies, eggs, nothing cooked or processed). I add everything coffee grinds, tea from sun tea, eggshells… I keep Shunghite stones in my potted plants as well. I add new earthworms and worm castings and some ground up north Atlantic sea kelp, every spring. I add mycorrhizae to the pots as I plant the seedlings and then to the compost after the growing season has ended in Oct. I keep my soil ALIVE ALL winter. For fert. I use compost tea from my compost. It's not that difficult. I am blessed to live in the high desert southwest and can grow a good size crop outdoors every yr. I would NEVER grow indoors. Not my thing but do understand that some folks have no choice. My colas are large and dense sticky and covered in crystals. I grow six full season plants and 3- 4 auto flowers and have I have found that the more, than I need but plenty to share. If I try to interfere with the natural growing process, the less my plants produce and the quality is just not there. In the beginning this plant grew wild in the desert, and did just fine without interference, so I try to follow that thought. I watch it and give it refreshment from my compost and keep the soil alive. The soil will grow the plant, NOT ME!. Nice video.
Thanks Casey. We are getting closer and closer to that unknown day when the grocery stores turn the lights off and the stragglers and naysayers end up starving themselves.. I've said it a thousand times this week, start growing your own food and do it organically. Contrary to what you believe, it's the easiest way to grow food. Or don't, it's none of my concern as long as you know you don't get any of mine. I do have plenty of free bud, growing in abundance leads to unfettered sharing. The fact is I only have so many seeds and so do you.
Amen brother. I've been saying the same thing for years now
it's simple to grow
Amen brother! Quality over quantity, all day long!!!
This guy is totally brainwashed. What does Nixon have to do with pesticides? Delusional millenials.
Nixon was the greatest President we ever had.
True however consumers disposable income is the only real… I can want better quality know you are there and just plain can't afford it? Or you are hopefully able to be sold out and thinking bigger? Peace.
The real problem is some people can only afford cheap. But great points, I'm with ya..
Try juice fruit gum on gophers works on moles and shrews chew some up and put in hole.
Extremely well put Casey ! Be well my brother.
This guy nailed it 👍
Agreed. Where can I snag a hat like that?
There really is something special about growing your own in small batches. Maybe I don't have all the knowledge, experience, or setup that big-time growers do, but they just don't have the time and resources to give each plant the care and attention that I can. There are other advantages, but that's the biggest IMO.
These vids are great. Like hearing what Casey O'Neil has to say.
Well said Sir!
I can feel the love you have for not only the flower but the love for the soil . I know for myself the herb is just like an extra Lil bonus the Research I have done has really been all around life changing
You're full of it just say a prayer for your young ones won't be much left for them ¯_(ツ)_/¯
it’s not that we value cheap, it’s that we value weed is much as you but don’t have access to grow it or buy expensive ass bud.
Agreed. Been producing my own for quite a long time. SMALL scale, no pesticides. This spring marks 50 years since my first patch. Our way of thinking is get greedy and experience poor Karma. We won’t even kill Rattlesnakes. Really liking the Living Soil aspect. Less waste is a good thing. I was a Garbageman in Sequoia & Kings Canyon for 23 years and let me tell ya. Human beings are a wasteful organism. We hauled out trash from Cartel grows in 40 cubic yard rolloffs. Disgusting. The ONLY reason they still do it is because there’s a MARKET. Chicago…NYC…3 & 4 Grand a pound wholesale is a real motivator. Cheers. Be well. Turn off the News and love your neighbor.
Quality is in the process.
The system in place is convenient, and poison laden.
I wish it were so Casey. Unfortunately "Good" will never be more valuable than "Cheap" until we all have enough money to live reasonably. Until then if someone can save on the meat they buy for their family, then they can afford to buy a salad too. Or if someone can save money on their heart medicine by buying a generic than they can afford their diabetes medicine this month too. This is the conundrum I am in at the moment. We grow what we can on less than 1 acre but we both work jobs too just to make ends meet. We grow our medicine and some vegetables to give us "Good" food and "Good" medicine but for the rest of it we are mostly governed by how "Cheap" things are to get the remainder of what we need.
Fuck Yeah. Agree 100%.
I will never smoke what I don't grow.
Amen brother .
Shut up, hippie. But seriously, word.
The same thing has happened to the photography industry, totally understand where you're coming from.
I think the appetite for cheap comes in 2 ways.We sell the most precious commodity we have, our lives as chunks of time.To places/people we dont want to be around and are underpaid for. This creates a panic we want as much as possible for as little as possible, because we know we cant afford any better,becausewe cant sell more time than we have ,were also running out of it,and we want something back for our value.A constant undercurrent of knowledge we are being ripped off and all the silly things we are sold we need to be and live better dont work ,so we panic and just keep going thinking the next thing might be the answer.The 2nd is ugly basic greed ,make more stuff and the less cost effort and care of the employees and product the better.
I’d like to be a craft cannabis aficionado shiiiet. I love craft cannabis and tasting what other small batches taste like
I have a serious #mancrash for Casey O'Neill.
Quality seeds, quality environments, quality cures = quality cannabis.
You have a new fan 💚 spread your views brother 👍🏼🙌🏼
we like cheap because we broke out here bro lol.
LOVE
The company Cresco is selling pot in Pa and Fl. ! They sell all the same thing at the same price? In Pa the want to license small growers 25 plants , 50 , 100. At least we have it!
Well-spoken and thought out opinion, which I too share.
Yes