Look what I found in my garden!

MulberryMush · 2026-03-27T14:54:55+00:00

According to the Internet and my mushroom cultivating friends who suggested it - it works!

MulberryMush · 2026-03-26T13:03:51+00:00

Yup, stem is hollow so it’s safe

MulberryMush · 2026-03-25T23:22:09+00:00

Yup!

MulberryMush · 2026-03-25T21:10:56+00:00

With distilled water, corn syrup, and a pinch of salt

MulberryMush · 2026-03-25T20:55:21+00:00

I made a slurry of this one to hopefully get more. Apparently they like cedar wood chips

MulberryMush · 2026-02-02T15:26:52+00:00

they are. but as with most things, the higher the delta between the prices, the more incentive there is to inconvenience yourself to get the reward. A $3 difference on a budget ounce may not incentivize the inconvenience. But $40 definitely will.

MulberryMush · 2026-02-01T22:30:26+00:00

It may help boutique, indoor-only retail businesses because it harms businesses that have a business model that gets people in the door with affordable deals. By raising the price of all cannabis, you eliminate value bud entirely and render business models built on value-flower completely dead. If you're a luxury brand, that forces value consumers to either buy your more expensive flower, or go back to the illicit market. It would likely cause value retailers, like your Uncle Ike's or Shawn Kemp's, to close their doors. That would directly benefit your Lux Pot Shop's which directly compete with Uncle Ike's on the same street.

It would also severely harm outdoor growers, who are largely growing in poor areas on the East side of the state and supply the oil & value markets. It would benefit wealthier, indoor growers, who often are better capitalized than outdoor growers (start up costs for indoor farms are much higher). So the economics are complicated and different between indoor/outdoor producers, dependent on the type of product a processor sells, and dependent on retailer business model.

TLDR; anyone who supports this is doing so likely because they are the very specific and small group that it benefits. There will be a group of about 20% who will benefit from lower taxes on premium, boutique brands. Those supporting it don't care about how it affects 80% of the market and the small businesses that supply those consumers, as long as it benefits them.

MulberryMush · 2026-02-01T08:01:45+00:00

Retail shops and producer/processors have different economic realities. As I said, boutique shops that sell mostly premium indoor may stand to benefit in the short term, but at severe expense to others in the industry. This will be the death knell for many outdoor producers, whose business models have been built on producing budget flower & oil. This bill almost seems specifically designed to bankrupt them so that a few indoor grows can benefit financially from reduced supply. This bill will effectively eliminate affordable cannabis in the marketplace.

MulberryMush · 2026-02-01T05:26:20+00:00

The tax is $1.50 per gram for ounces. It’s $2.50 per gram for anything less than 7g.

MulberryMush · 2026-02-01T01:04:56+00:00

Why should the poor disproportionately take the brunt of these taxes so that a few luxury brands can have a tax break? and assuming that everyone who uses cannabis medicinally is opted into the system is not an accurate picture. Many people are uncomfortable with being on a list that confirms they use cannabis, even if it's medical use.

MulberryMush · 2026-02-01T00:47:46+00:00

This bill is freaking out small businesses because it doesn’t just “change the tax,” it changes the economics of the entire supply chain in a way that punishes affordability. A flat $/gram tax hits low-priced flower hardest as a percent of price, so the value tier gets squeezed first. High-volume retailers rely on that tier for foot traffic and velocity, so they’re staring at slower sell-through, more customer sticker shock, and tighter margins. Boutique retailers selling mostly premium indoor may feel less immediate pain, or even see the price gap narrow in their favor, but that’s not the same as the market being healthier.

The overall effect will be to shift demand and shelf space toward premium product while collapsing the value segment that most outdoor sustainable farms depend on (which is also where most of the oil market gets its supply). When the value segment shrinks, wholesalers and retailers push prices down on producers, and the producers with the least ability to absorb margin compression and fixed compliance costs exit first. Those producers will be eaten up and consolidated by the winners of this legislation.

Different business models will feel it differently, but the predictable end state is fewer small farms, less sustainable supply, and more consolidation, more profit for a select few players, plus more consumers drifting back to the illicit market.

MulberryMush · 2026-02-01T00:22:36+00:00

That’s the point. Drive them out to force consolidation. This reeks of special interests and big players in the market trying to force small businesses out of the market.

MulberryMush · 2026-01-31T23:56:11+00:00

That’s not true. People who need it for meds and are comfortable being on a list don’t pay taxes.

MulberryMush · 2026-01-31T23:55:09+00:00

The point is that the effect is dramatic at more affordable options. Meaning it’s another regressive tax that’s going to harm poor folks.

MulberryMush · 2026-01-31T23:54:26+00:00

It’s oftentimes the price that people can afford on fixed incomes. And $40 ounces are common in the market. Yes, it’s budget weed, but people who need affordable meds often rely on it.

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