From our short period when we had our registration open, we received a lot of questions. Most of them all came back to the five listed here. The responses we are showing are just preliminary and a lot of detail will be added as we go, including our full Growing Guide.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THE FOUR PLANTS TO BE READY TO BE PICKED UP AND REPLACED?
There are a lot of factors here – soil, lighting, plant type etc. The even bigger factor however is whether you are a dedicated grower or a passive grower. Plants love moisture and light and not everyone can offer the plants exactly what they need for ideal growing. Our Growing Guide helps with this and we are working on its content. We are also working up a table to let you know how long it takes depending on which direction your plants are facing to get sunlight and whether you are using an additional light. Sorry this is so general but we are working on the detail.
HOW MUCH CREDIT DO I GET FOR EVERY FOUR PLANTS I FOSTER?
We have some very specific targets and some minimums that are needed to make this work but are also just at the stage of negotiating with the big guys who will be taking the plants for processing and providing the credits at their retail locations for us to then pass on to you as Doobie Dollars. We expect to have an answer on this soon.
WHAT DO I NEED TO GET SET UP IF I AM ONLY GROWING THE FOUR PLANTS?
We are not trying to hype this up so we suggest that you just start with a good soil mixture, a few different size pots so you can move the plants up in pot size as needed, and a spray bottle for misting. See how it goes and then read our Grow Guide and decide if you would like to move up to a grow lamp, and after that an auto-watering system, or a micro greenhouse to keep that moisture in. We have found a really cool one that we will be offering in our Gear For Growing section.
IS THIS A FRANCHISE THAT I CAN PARTICIPATE IN AND OWN A CERTAIN AREA?
We are still figuring this out but the initial response from the finance guys is that they don’t think it is suitable as a franchise arrangement.
THIS SEEMS LIKE ITS ON THE EDGE OF THE RULES – IS IT LEGAL?
Good question. And nicely put! Yes it is on the edge of the rules but the reason we are taking our time in setting it up properly and getting the right corporate structure, regulatory approvals etc. is so it will be legal. When we were in high school we lived in the basement of our parents home and that was ok, but we are not keen on sharing a jail cell!