Marijuana pesticide guidelines issued by State of California

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  1. #1 Storm Crow, Apr 8, 2015
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    I grow organically, but for those of you who don't, I thought this might be useful! (But Dr Bronner's Peppermint Soap works just fine on most pests, including spider mites- http://www.gardenswag.com/2011/12/homemade-insecticidal-soaps/)
     
    Marijuana pesticide guidelines issued by State of California
     
    The State of California is taking historic steps to protect watersheds amid the devastating ongoing drought, combined with an uptick in cannabis cultivation along remote, sensitive watersheds.
     
    The State Water Board has new outreach brochures encouraging folks to “Know Before They Grow” and warning contractors of the fines associated with unpermited roadbuilding and bulldozing of streams.
     
    The state is also making historic efforts to educate cultivators on allowable pesticides, releasing a “Pesticide Use on Marijuana” paper. The guidelines are “being provided for informational purposes only” and the state does “authorize, permit, endorse, or in any way approve the use, sale, cultivation, or any other activity associated with marijuana. Any such activity is subject to prosecution under federal law.”
     
    All judgement aside, the State Water Board wants people using pesticides correctly. Here's some rules of thumb.
     
    1) NO ILLEGAL MEXICAN PESTICIDES
    “Pesticides must be registered by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) before they can be sold and used in California.”
     
    2) BUYER BEWARE
    “There are no pesticides registered specifically for use directly on marijuana and the use of pesticides on marijuana plants has not been reviewed for safety or human health effects.”
     
    3) THE KEY IS RESIDUE
    “Under California law, the only pesticide products not illegal to use on marijuana are those that contain an active ingredient that is exempt from residue-tolerance requirements; and are registered and labeled for a use that is broad enough to include use on marijuana (e.g. unspecified green plants); or are exempt from registration requirements as a minimum risk pesticide under FIFRA.”
     
    4) READ THE LABEL
    “Before using any pesticide, ALWAYS read and follow the pesticide label. The label is the law.”
     
    5) GET A PERMIT
    “If you apply pesticides to a field, you must obtain an operator identification number from the County Agricultural Commissioner and submit monthly pesticide use reports to that office. Note: No operator identification number will be issued in any local jurisdiction that prohibits marijuana cultivation.”
     
    6) AVOID ‘RESTRICTED USE'
    “U.S. EPA designates certain pesticide products as federally “Restricted Use” products when they determine those products may cause unreasonable adverse effects even when used as directed on the product labeling. Restricted Use pesticides are limited to use by certified applicators, or to those under the supervision of a certified applicator.”
     
    7) NO ‘RESTRICTED MATERIALS'
    “U.S. EPA designates certain pesticide products as federally “Restricted Use” products when they determine those products may cause unreasonable adverse effects even when used as directed on the product labeling. Restricted Use pesticides are limited to use by certified applicators, or to those under the supervision of a certified applicator. Permits will not be issued for marijuana cultivation sites.
     
    8) PROTECT YOUR WORKERS
    “Employers must protect their workers from exposure to pesticides. State law requires that employers follow the pesticide label and Provide required personal protective equipment; provide required training and access to pesticide labels and safety information; and properly store, handle, and dispose of pesticides.
     
    9) CAREFUL WITH RODENTICIDES
    “Rodenticides that are designated as California Restricted Materials cannot be used; and those that are only designated as federally Restricted Use products can only be used by a certified commercial applicator. There are some rodenticides labeled for below ground applications that are not designated as California Restricted Materials or federally Restricted Use pesticides that can be used if consistent with the label.
     
    10) USE NATURAL RODENTICIDES
    “The following rodent repellants may be used in and around marijuana cultivation sites consistent with the label: Capiscum Oleoresin, Putrescent Whole Egg Solids, Garlic.
     
    11) READ THE STATE'S FULL “LEGAL PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR MARIJUANA GROWERS IN CALIFORNIA“
    Here are the active pesticide ingredients “not illegal to use on marijuana and the pests that these active ingredients target.”
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  2. I like that the state is stepping up now if the can only.convince everyone to go organic :)
     
  3. The same state is growing genetically modified crops whose bugs have grown so resistant to BT genetically modfied crops that we are dumping 3-4x the amount of pesticides on our crops than we did before genetic modification. In the central valley they dump about 7 million tons of pesticides PER year on us.

    Toxic shit.

    Our air is nearly as bad as chinas!

    I dont like when california regulates anything. The politicians dont have the sense to regulate anything, they cant even balance a checkbook.

    I see genetically modified cannabis in our very near future.
     
  4. #5 rain dancer, Apr 9, 2015
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    5 bucks says this is the very first step into that introduction of cannabis fields of genetically modified food crops.

    California never regulates anything without a hidden alterior motive.

    Its fine with me, ill drive down the road with a male plant hanging out the window and see what happens :smoke:
     
  5. And Granny's got a nice little seed stash, just in case! [​IMG]
     
  6. Don't forget we are in a mandatory water cutback.
    And by we I mean not the farmers.
    It rained good for 3 days here. Funny how all the orchards still had thier sprinklers running.
     
  7. Coming from a grower in central ca, you better believe farmers are getting water cut up and down the state. less than half an inch won't fo anything, it more just screwed up my schedule cause I couldn't get on the dirt for a day. You lose a good sized orchard it'll put alot of guys out of business. As far a the gmo shit goes don't be fooled by clever advertising and organizations that are not accredited or peer reviewed. Do some research before making assumptions.

    I think this is great, step in the right direction at least
     
  8. Not getting water when there isn't any and having to cut back are to different things my friend.
    Gerry brown just did an interview defending his decision on why farmers do not have to cut back on wAter like the rest of us.
    No one told the farmers to plant in the middle of what is a natural dessert.
    If i start a business and it doesn't do well will I get a subsidy and a bailout.
    I saw fuck the farmers. Over 80% of the produce that gets grown here goes over seas as it is. How does that help our economy. It doesn't it just lines the farmers pockets even after they get their subsidies from the Government. Most of the crops that Americans eat come from Mexico and south America.
    I graduated with an Ag degree and I work in the ag industrie. I see first hand on the daily what is really going on.
     
  9. #10 Tomato, Apr 10, 2015
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    Fuck the farmers? You got alot of issues, don't go to the grocery store if that's what you believe. Most the crops are not grown here? don't see how that's possible when California alone has is ranked around 9th largest world economy by itself and exported over 20 billion in crops and grows over 400 different plants. We get crops from other places because people want fresh fruits year around . Which it employs thousands of jobs that depend on ag. Sounds like a big part of the economy to me. As a economy you want to export becuase it takes their money and gives it to us . Leaving hundreds of thousands of acres unplanted and bull dosing orchards sounds like cutting back to me along with sending farmers in bankruptcy, there ain't no bailout for us, we aint government motors. People are getting bend over left and right here and thousands of peoples livelihoods are at stake. You should know if your in the industry, we ain't just grain out here. Read the farm bill and you can see who is subsidized, at least it goes to people who earn it no free loaders like half the people. BTW the gov. subsidizes alot more than just Ag. 90%of the farmers out don't get there pockets lined by the gov, we barely fucking make it with all the costs and the amount of labor needed (if you can even get it).

    I am a Ag bus B.S. grad also and come from a small farm where we are threatened to lose water and I have some of the best rights around (delta area).

    Anyway, sorry this thread got hijacked carry on with the OP topic.
     
  10. #11 Sgtstadanko707, Apr 10, 2015
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    Straight from the horses mouth.
    Over 80% of states water
    Less then 2% of the state economy.
    Check your facts brother.
    So yes. Fuck big Ag.
    Farmers trying to get rich off of ca people.
    Yet If I use to much water in a month I can face up to a 300 dollar fine.
    You ain't going to get no tears out of me.

    http://m.wmctv.com/wmctv/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=od:m7xje4xg
    Martha Raddatz, host of ABC's "This Week" public affairs program, asked Brown why the order doesn't extend to California farmers, who consume 80 percent of the state's water supply but make up less than 2 percent of the state's economy. Brown said farmers aren't using water frivolously on their lawns or taking long showers.

    "They're providing most of the fruits and vegetables of America to a significant part of the world," he said.

    Brown said that before the cutbacks, some California farmers had already been denied irrigation water from federal surface supplies, forcing them to leave hundreds of thousands of acres unplanted. Many vulnerable farm laborers are without work, he said. Farmers who don't have access to surface water have increased the amount of water pumped from limited groundwater supplies.
     
  11. What's your point? quoting news ain't facts and anything a politician says can be manipulated how ever you like. Check some UC research instead of the media and you'll see its more like 40%. Exporting brings money in, farms provide work for utilities, "yourself," trucks, mechs, salespeople almost everything revolves around food unless it's oil. Even all the high tech shit that comes from big ass corporates. Not too metion the beef and chicken and all the industry that branches off that. You think there's that much ground water, shit you drill a 100 thousand dollar well and can still come dry.

    Anyway it don't matter dude, think what you want but you haven't show one thing credible and your talking shit on a dope forum calm the fuck down, take a rip
     
  12. We are at a place in time where the air temp is such that it actually prematurely evaporates the rising spring water off of the mountains before it has a chance to fully get filtered clean from the earth. it is called global warming and it starts where the minerals leave the land ( where it once was the bottom of the ocean) leaving trees and brush desperate for minerals and eventually getting sick and diseased and eaten by bugs and eventually being burned in fire. the hotter it gets the quicker our mother nature derived clean water supply evaps and absorbs into our horrid toxic atmosphere. 16,000 years used to be average time for water to come off the mountains and spring up on the surface, that time frame dwindles every second as the temps rise.
     
  13. #14 rain dancer, Apr 10, 2015
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    Ive got a well on my property. I dont own the rights, but that wont stop me from putting a pump in. The neighbors have a 50 year old pump on their land next door. Since the farmers can waste all they want I may just spend 50 bucks on a hose. [​IMG]
     
    I literally live on farm land in the central valley.
     
    I know a few farmers laughing all the way to the bank right now. They get paid whether they farm or not. Its called insurance.
     
    One guy just collected 2 million dollars last week for NOT GROWING HIS CROP. That's right, said he couldnt afford the water, didnt grow it, collected insurance.
     
    But they wont tell you this on the news, you gotta know the actual farmers like I do, we used to be smoking and drinking buddies.
     
    That whole family farmed bs you see on tv is just that. Bs.
     
    My stepfather drills wells for a living. He said the farmers are emptying the acquifiers on purpose. depleting them. They get paid no matter what. Many are purposely growing the most water intensive crops because they bring in so much money.
     
    Theyve drilled over 200 feet down and hit dirt still on some pumps. They charged one farmer 200 thousand dollars to drill past 250 feet. How is that even possible? I have no idea.
     
    We dumped a few billion gallons for trout out of our drinking water reserves. Our politicians are literally retarded. I need to sell my house and move. This State is on its way to hell.
     
  14. Seems like someone gets it.
    But like you said. The news won't tell you this.
     
  15. All you need to focus on is 3 points.

    2% of the total GDP
    80% usage of water.

    Food exported to CHINA.

    Nuff said.
     
  16. Yep. I work on a rice farm in butte county. 100% of our product goes to Aisa along with every other rice farmer in the state. Most don't even have any idea how much water is used in rice farming. hell they don't even have to have rice in the fields and the farmers still want to flood up.
     
  17. Sarge- I used to live in Maxwell. Hubby has family there, so we moved there. Don't miss it one tiny bit! For those of you who don't know, rice farms are mosquito heaven! We held nightly indoor mosquito-killing contests during summer. If you let the well water sit in a tub overnight there would be a pink scum- much the same color of one of the poisons that was used commonly in farming. And since we were in the middle of the fields, we would get sprayed with heaven-knows-what several times a year.  [​IMG]
     
    Nope! I don't miss Maxwell one little bit! [​IMG]  
     
    I much prefer living in the mountains! [​IMG]
     
    Granny
     
  18. I have killed many of ducks and geese in maxwell. I lived about 30 min from there till last month.
    Now I am up in the mountains as well.
    Still have to work for those Farmers because it pays the bills.
     

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