California DPR Releases List of Pesticides that Cannot be Used on Cannabis
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Category Pest Management
Pest Alert – Cannabis Aphid
The Oregon Dept of Agriculture has detected a new pest species for cannabis. Phorodon cannabis, known as the cannabis aphid, bhang aphid, or hemp aphid, feeds on cannabis. It is only known from two locations in Oregon (Portland and Estacada)…
Pesticide Article in Marijuana Venture
We recently wrote an article for Marijuana Venture magazine on the problems with pesticides. Click this link to read about the potential health impacts of residual pesticides and why systemic pesticides might be lurking in your municipal compost.
Pesticide Advisory Alerts
With Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) leading the charge for testing pesticides for off-label ingredients, it has become increasingly commonplace for pesticides to contain trace residues of off-label chemicals. In 2016 a cannabis lab in Oregon decided to test the…
The Future of Pesticides … Pyrolysis Studies and Separate Classifications for Flowers, Concentrates and Edibles
Pesticides Accounting to the obscurity regarding the lack of regulation and oversight for the entire modern history of this plant, pesticide testing on cannabis is only now seeing the light of day. The absence of official federal government rulings has…
Regulating Pest Controls
By Kelsey McKee, OMRI Review Program and Quality Director Clearly, a commitment to organic practices means that growers will generally use pest control products as a last resort, but organic farmers are permitted to use some potent materials in order…
Shilajit – An Ayurvedic Powerhouse
Often times I get the question, “How do I prevent my plants from getting sick?”. The answer is simple, and that is through plant immunity. In short, there are two primary factors that contribute to plant immunity: Adequate Mineral Nutrition…
Caterpillar Management – Identification and IPM Practices
Fall is here and so are the caterpillars, at least in Northern California. We have documented numerous instances of caterpillar damage and can officially say there has been a decent hatch this year. But how to deal with these…