What's funny is there is no catagory for green house weed... Is it indoor? Is it outdoor? I suppose arguements could be made for either way, and yet it is an untapped, marketable expression..
Kinda wonder though, how many people would load up a bowl of something that tastes great and smokes you silly, and then cry about it when they found out it came from someones back yard? In that respect, I doubt anyone would even give a crap. So then why the segregated market? Indoor weed, wether it is superior or equal, is the only thing left keeping the industry afloat for the simple reason it is harder to come by. That's not to say it is hard to come by at all, just in comparison. If more than half the folks you know that grow outdoor are still sitting on most of last years harvest, then there is a valid reality to the neccessity of an indoor model. The outdoor market is headed down a one way street, sadly straight into conglomeration. Mass product funneled under one roof like other commodities. Can you imagine a day where growers would be paid not to grow? The outdoor market is already experiencing the choke out, and it's not even legal yet. Simply dumbfounding.. And yet the "bottled water" of weed will still remain in that specialized indoor market. But is it really better than the incredibly abundant water from our tap? That question, regardless of all the testing on earth, will remain irrelevent as long as there is a consumer base willing to aknowledge (and subsequently pay for) what they believe is a superior product. Bottom line is, IMO, the constantly growing and bloated outdoor market is already shot to hell. If you grow outdoor in a dispensary rich area/state you have no right to any expectations of being compensated in any manner. This will never recover, at least in the sense of how most pot growers think it should. Like NCH said, this is the time to step up your game. In a washed out environement where every backyard and every outdoor grow plot is just like the thousands and thousands before it do something different, because you are hardly standing out. And every year more and more and more growers make sure that remains the truth. It amazes me that I still see posts from peeps that want to move to a legal state to make their living growing pot. 99.99% of them convinced that simply dropping beans in the garden will get them in the fast lane and yet, it doesn't take long before they eating that crow sandwich..
That cable show Weeds had it right all along, didn't they? Remember the opening song? "They're all made out of ticky tack, and they all look just the same"? Man, how friggin' ironic is that?? When you move to Cali or Colorado and you aren't coming in with innovative and super fresh ideas, guess what group you fall into? It ain't the fast lane group.. It's the busted out group, plain and simple. I say this for the benefit of anyone wanting to break into this market (Which I DO NOT claim to be a member..). If you don't have a well defined and thought out plan, then don't waste yours or anyone elses time. Simply put, just go straight to indoor. If that is not an option, but you are still determined to do it, bring your "A" game, 'cause anything less than that is a guarenteed membership into the hall of has-beens. Grow that outdoor crop, but be prepared to hash the whole thing.. Shift your vision. Consider the highly potential and fast growing world of edibles. Consider specialty extraction products. Consider the world of salves, lotions and other means of medical applications. Or, like so many broke and failed operations before you, don't. Indoor and outdoor will never be defined in a lab. Like Perrier or Aquafina, it will be defined by it's label in society. Just like OG and NCH said, if you don't have a name, then all you got is bills and I hear McDonalds is hiring...
