Is it possible for inorganic and organic pesticides to be eliminated from commercial marijuana cultivation facilities?
The use of pesticides in Colorado marijuana grows gained attention earlier this year when officials with the city of and placed a hold on plants after the discovery that pesticides may have been improperly used. That came in the wake of to marijuana growers about pesticides.
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Cannabist editor Ricardo Baca is joined by founder John-Paul Maxfield and Corey Buffkin in a discussion on The Cannabist Show about the marijuana marketplace, consumer preferences and the use of the “organic” label when there is a lack of certification for the industry.
“Anybody can say that right now, and there’s no way to tell,” Buffkin says.
Regarding his own quest for organically-grown marijuana, Maxfield says: “The idealist in me hopes that itap someday the reality; the capitalist in me understands thatap not the present reality, and I think the goal is to meet someplace in the middle and grow together.”
There’s also another topic to address: How pesticides are labeled for lawful use and .
Buffkin talks about whatap happening at facilities where he works, and why other growers have run into problems: “I can say what we do is that we go based upon what the (Marijuana Enforcement Division) and (Colorado Department of Agriculture) says we’re allowed to do. … You’re still going to find guys that are going to get hung up for using something illegal, because itap more difficult to grow in an all-organic regimen as opposed to chemicals. If you know what you’re doing, then you can dial it in, but you’re going to have guys that are going to have issues.”
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