Reply To: Calling all Canucks!

[Somatek]

I was involved in the original nugswaps and helping to spread the idea by organizing pot socials locally in Guelph and helping others who were interested learn to organize them locally.  I remember a women in Alberta and a guy from Kitchener-Waterloo both had local events but sadly covid kinda kaiboshed the whole thing.  I parted ways for nugswap for a couple reasons; there was little moderation of the subreddit as far as preventing people from selling clones and I know a couple people where taking advantage to sell “elite” clones/cuttings for insane prices.  Which is exactly what I want to avoid, people taking advantage of beginners for profit instead of being motivated to help them to grow the community.  It also creates a legal issue as “organizations” involved in the black market face huge fines now, which is why I never called any even I organized a nugswap but just pot social.

If you’re interested I can share the new blog I’ve been making as a simple way to spread the idea, share clones freely and openly and help people who want to organize a local event with what I’ve learned so far.

For a cloning business you’d need a nursery or micro nursery license which I seem to remember aren’t as heavily regulated as only a small portion of the grow can be in flower with the majority only usable for veg/micro propagation.  If he hasn’t already then he may want to talk to local LP’s, assuming he has unique/valuable genetics to share.  Since micro nurseries are allowed a one time declaration of what plants/seeds/etc they will be growing, without any questions about their source; a lot of LP’s will invest in nurseries for access to unique, new genetics as a competitive edge.

Personally I think the nursery space is a lot more interesting the LP’s as I imagine the mass production will shift overseas over the next 10 years as laws change around the world.  There’s already a lot of ex-pats moving to Thailand to be part of the burgeoning legal industry there.  When India legalizes there will be a huge shift in the market, the Middle East, South America and Africa all have the potential to grow pot for a fraction of what Canadian growers can produce.

Catering to the local consumers though through nurseries, glass galleries selling hand made bongs/pipes/etc, “u-harvest” businesses like the U-Brew but for pot where people can pay to use rosin presses, bubble hash machines or freeze dryers to process their crop properly with the guidance of experience extractors…  There’s so many possibilities if you think ahead instead of focusing just on the present.