Just like the title says…what has been the biggest mistake you have made when it comes to cannabis? What did you learn? How did you overcome this mistake? What advice could you offer to others in similar situations?
I think some of the most valuable learning comes form recognizing ones’ errors and having the power to overcome. Therein lies the real spirit of resilience.
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For me, that would be leaving my career of 25yrs to go work at a dispensary. Found it to be much more fulfilling to be able to help and assist patients on a more personal level. At times it seems like we all forgot that was all supposed to be nonprofit?
Getting white powdery mildew! ahhhh. Hard to shake it once you get it. The V in HVAC can’t be underestimated.
Early in my cannabis career, I made the mistake of thinking everyone was in this to help others, and I got burned. ONCE. After doing a quick Google search of that “client,” I realized everyone should be vetted like this before taking a check. There are some dirty players, and my reputation is worth more than a million dollars.
I regret that at the time I didn’t have the knowledge to tell one particular family member that they should not be using Cannabis while also on an SSRI anti-depressant. Good information was not circulating at that time, so instead of telling him WHY he shouldn’t be using the cannabis, all he got from parental types was “don’t smoke” so of course a depressed, rebellious teenager is going to smoke. Nobody had the knowledge and nor was it socially or “morally” acceptable to explain what cannabis does, and to explain what the anti-depressants do, and to simply without judgement tell him to choose one or the other. I’m glad that more information is available across the board, and that even people who are over 18 can now have the option to not take the anti-depressant at all, and instead just have some guidance towards selecting a strain that will help regulate their moods and adrenals. I regret not being more informed when I was young.
Oh, and regret pigging out after using Cannabis. But that’s a mistake I’ve made many times!
I regret putting too much trust in people or information without running small trials first. Always look before you leap, no matter how confident you or anyone else is…
Not doing enough homework on pest management and mold prevention. The old adage, “a pinch of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is certainly true.
I would say my biggest mistake was trusting to much when someone had a great idea but no way to follow through. One of my clients is a cannabis investor and I introduced him to someone who was looking at building a cannabis resort. It was a great idea but it turned out to be a pipe dream that they didn’t have the licenses in place that they told us they had and we didn’t do as much due diligence as we should have – it turned out OK when we found a different avenue for him to invest in but it hurt my reputation for connecting people who needed connected.
I also find the biggest mistake most new business owners make in general is not getting their accounting straight until after the fact – when you wait until the end of the year to do the bookkeeping you have no leeway – you can’t plan for something if you don’t have the information up front – this costs business owners more money each year in taxes they could have avoided just by keeping up on the bookkeeping.
Cyndi Finkenbinder, CPA
Prevention is key. If you want to kill and then prevent, lets talk
Terry McConn
Pantec Air, LLC
My mistakes lie in not accomplishing all that I can in a day. When puttting off a task or work for another day. It has the following day further complicated. Either more that will have to be done, or more that will have to be said. Gaining a further consequence or what should or could have been done right. What I can recommend is to not create work for somebody else. Instead to asses your tasks at hand; and prioritize how you need to accomplish what is ahead.
The biggest mistake for sure was not jumping on the social media hype a few years ago when instagram was first getting traction with these cannabis brands. Im just getting around finally to be starting that and I am mad late to the game. My friend @_thevillage took that social media thing to another level. Guess better late than never.
Biggest mistake was not pushing hard enough for spark-proof vacuum pumps when I used to run in a non-licensed environment.
One of our operators accidentally pulled a lever at the wrong time, shot liquid butane and propane mix through his vacuum pump, and caused a fire that can only be described as the jet from a rocket ship, flipped upside down. He got burned bad and got stuck with $19,000 in medical bills, but luckily he healed up okay and didn’t have much permanent scarring.
In the licensed facility I’m in now I pushed very hard to get vacuum pumps for our extractors which are hermetically sealed on the inside and won’t cause a spark if solvent accidentally flows through them, because I’d never sleep well again if I failed to prevent that from happening to another employee.
Fun question to say the least! This one I had to really contemplate…
You look back at everything you have done in this venue, and wonder about your greatest mistake!
I love seeing different perspectives in the answers given as it challenges me to contemplate my own. Typically I keep so focused about “whats next” and all of the “what did I miss” with what is new, as well as old.
I found the key to my success and free of major mistakes, was to remain silent and soak up everything I could, from every source possible! As long as I strived harder to make sure that there was always something new to learn, I could not make a mistake.
A real mistake comes from not trying! Its when you give in to your fears of failure, that you have already defeated yourself and that is the greatest mistake!
Now I would never go as far as to say that I haven’t made mistakes, or big ones… Good grief, I can take something simple, and dork it to all new levels known to mankind… But is it really a mistake? I tried! Many won’t!
I think I can honestly say that my biggest mistake, was not listening to my gut about this plant the first time I was exposed to it. In many ways, I can call it my greatest mistake, which was to not walk this path from the start! Life sure would have been different!
Cool thing… I learned from it! Not gonna let that happen again!
Sorry, brother man swamped with seasonal maintenance issues. Steam distillation hurt the terpenes. We found the heat caused them to start decomposing quickly. Any suggestions that could help?
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not getting enough light in the outdoor space . light is everything for cannabis I think
My biggest Cannabis mistake was bringing a planter into my grow room from my balcony. It had last summer’s soil in it and as you can imagine, had some other surprise guests as well. Of course it wasn’t for several months before I began seeing the tiny little thrips on the underside of the larger leaves. More chlorophyll no doubt. They suck the contents out of the leaf apparently.
In the end, I successfully got rid of them over months of spraying the leaves with Cinnamon water.
Grow and learn!!
Grow and learn indeed! Let @Dianna.Donnelly’s folly be a reminder to ALL indoor growers: do NOT bring your outdoor plants into an indoor facility. Yes, they look healthy out in the lovely sun, but you never know what creatures are just itching to come into your predator-free grow. It will come to resemble an orgy at a buffet. A true bacchanal of mites, thrips, whiteflies, and maybe even some new friends as well!
Thanks for sharing, @Dianna.Donnelly and everyone else too!
My most costly mistake was not investing the time, energy and money into being able to dial in my environment. The initial investment although costly ( and im licensed hvac and refrigeration lol) would have been returned in quality and quantity. Took me a few rounds to learn and this was pre internet not to date myself too much, and before ut became more than a hobby
We all learn from mistakes like this. Thanks for sharing that, @mvbreleaf! Given your experience, what do you think caused your carelessness with the HVAC?
Loads of them! Mistakes are just learning experiences that just make us better at what we do. The only mistake you can every truly make is not learning from a mistake.
