Marijuana Harvester???

[Thomas]

Brings back that old tune I believe Jim Stafford sung..something about..setting there on those sacks of seed waving good bye to goverment man.

 

[Egon]

Thomas, these young fellars here probably haven't heard that one!:thumbsup:

 

[Thomas]

Egon.
Song only 35-40 years old tho.

 

[jpm]

i'm not sure but would harvesting it like tobacco work? as for the 105 tons i just heard on tv the payback from the smugglers was to kill people in a rehab hospital

 

[montejw]

sort of the same type of "bud" as hops. speaking of hops....:thumbsup:

 

[WillysWoodPile]

Recent headlines such as "Mexican Authorities Seize 105 Tons of Marijuana" and CA trying legalize marijuana have me thinking. Are there such implements or machines made to harvest the "cash" crop? If it became legal even in just some states, Would JD and others start making balers?

By the way, I have zero personal interest in such. Just random wanderings.

I have seen recommendations on old John Deere drills for Hemp planting.

Roland Martin caught a bale of marijuana fishing off the Southern Coast one time. He dubbed it a "Square Grouper" and promptly practiced catch and release.

 

[WillysWoodPile]

The Hearst family and the Duponts made enough stink to make it illegal.

The Hearsts were worried over all the acres of woodland they owned and when it was found that the hemp could be mechanically stripped and would actually make a better as well as cheaper paper! They just kept making it front page news!


About the same time the Duponts had just found how to make Rayon and Nylon and the hemp was again a cheaper solution. The Duponts had a relative that was made the drug czar for the USA and that is how they used their power to have it made illegal.

Now you'd have the drug industry fighting it being made legal as well!

Just goes to show, big government is bad as well as big business!

How much can you afford? Total savings to have it made legal with it being taxed, it would mean less prisons(fight the unions), Less police (fight the unions), Cut the size of the DEA and probably a couple of other branches of the government (fighting more unions).

Total, in about five years time (needed to stop feeding the system and desolve it) would probably average more then five billion savings a year in government spending conservatively!!!

Nice savings! Probably quite conservative!

Then there is the profit from the tax to consider for income! The government might not need to raise taxes for a week or two!!!

--- Marijuana should never be legalized as a recreational drug.

--- For medical use fine. And hemp for industry is also fine. But for use as a drug to "get high" it is not fine.

 

[WillysWoodPile]

..and the best line on TV news was the police will destroy the 105 TONS worth over 300 MILLION.

Ya uhuh, sure we all believe that right. Looks like we have a bunch of new Federalie Millionaires.

Police always over-estimate the value of confiscated weed.

--- Compressed weed...is not primo' weed.

 

[DestinyHines]

It would depend on the demand and market, but it's definitely something to think about. The more people need a cannabis prescription, the higher the demand.

 

[lman]

Should California legalize mary jane, it will still be illegal under federal law. That should result in some interesting cases.

The "implement" most used to harvest around here is called a "Chuy".

BTW - I plan to vote against legalization.

...but I wonder how well it would grow out here in the desert. Hmmmm.....

I'm sure they would find water for such an important crop as "weed".

 

[MossRoad]

13 year old thread resurrection.

 

[Paystar]

Go on You Tube and search Trailer Park Boys harvesting with Rita McNeil, LOL

 

[BlueKnife]

13 year old thread resurrection.

There have been some pretty significant developments in the topic in that time.

 

[tacticalturnip]

What a fascinating thread to revive after so long; it's interesting how things have changed, but so far as I understand it's still harvested by hand.

Now, the processing of marijuana, that has come a long way- if you've got the money.

 

[California]

Local apple harvest has been half of usual in the past two years. Unprofitable, after the high labor cost for pruning, thinning, propping, and harvest, as well as the cost of fertilizer, discing, spray, insurance. There is some chance the last local processor - producing apple sauce, apple cider vinegar, other cooked products - will close. That would shut us down.

I get occasional inquiries from realtors representing growers, looking to lease an acre or so of our orchard. Apparently our microclimate would be ideal.

Sis suggested the Oregon growers described below, could be a model if we chose to lease out a portion of the orchard.

No! The need for security would kill the solitude and peace we enjoy. This mature apple orchard is like a quiet park. It's going to stay that way regardless.

Our Farm - Drops Candies

www.dropscandies.com

 

[tacticalturnip]

Local apple harvest has been half of usual in the past two years. Unprofitable, after the high labor cost for pruning, thinning, propping, and harvest, as well as the cost of fertilizer, discing, spray, insurance. There is some chance the last local processor - producing apple sauce, apple cider vinegar, other cooked products - will close. That would shut us down.

I get occasional inquiries from realtors representing growers, looking to lease an acre or so of our orchard. Apparently our microclimate would be ideal.

Sis suggested the Oregon growers described below, could be a model if we chose to lease out a portion of the orchard.

No! The need for security would kill the solitude and peace we enjoy. This mature apple orchard is like a quiet park. It's going to stay that way regardless.

Our Farm - Drops Candies

www.dropscandies.com

Yeah, you don't want to go down that road. The security for a commercial operation would ruin your serenity.

 

[ericm979]

Yeah, you don't want to go down that road. The security for a commercial operation would ruin your serenity.

The requirements in CA vary by county but what I've seen in NorCal and southern Oregon for outdoor grown is mostly just tall fencing with opaque panels to block the view. Of course with any lease there will be people coming and going. And the fence still looks like its hiding an industrial complex.

Another problem with leasing to marijuana growers is that the market is highly unstable. I think it's even worse for outdoor grown which a lot of consumers look down on.

Plants for CBD or hemp which contain little to no THC may be under different regulations and at least for CBD may have a steadier market.

 

[Rockbadchild]

you can't harvest or process weed with a machine you just can't, there might be a way to harvest it with a machine but certainly not processes it if you do it would look like the weed mexico was producing in the 70's which was laterally a straw bail full of seeds... every leaf need to be cut and every stem from the nugget, then you need to watch for insect and what not, this process cant be mechanize.

 

[MossRoad]

Industrial weed is here. How pot farmers are using machine technology as the business grows

Before California legalized weed, growers did a lot by hand. But as cannabis becomes a commodity, the old ways are changing.

www.desertsun.com

 

[MossRoad]

How to Harvest Cannabis on a Commercial Scale - Mobius Trimmer

Understand when to harvest your marijuana plants, how to prepare, and what bud trimmer, bucker, and cannabis sorter to use.

mobiustrimmer.com