NEW Colorado Growers Thread

[z-ro]

Has anyone heard any rumors about if/when they are going to lift the 2 year residency requirement for recreational licenses? I know Oregon doesn't have it, wondering why CO is still holding on to that now that the initial surge of interest has passed.

 

[who dat is]

I'd assume that they would, busting grows is easy peezy and it gets their "collar" count up.

Rhetorical question

 

[Jhhnn]

I was just thinking about male plants and plant count.

Do males count toward your plant count? I assumed they did, but thought I would ask anyhow. I haven't heard anyone speak about it, and most people throw males out.

A person might argue about that if they had a male or few that put them over their legal count. For the people they've been busting lately, it really doesn't matter because they've all been waaay over.

 

[Avinash.miles]

pigs simply use plant counts and restrictive zoning codes to bust people who would be busted for something else anyhow, its just easier for them to bust on plant counts and zoning code or municipal criminal code charges - shuts people down just as good as a distribution charge but is much easier to prove, no real "homework" for the pigs, no investigation really - less paperwork

so ya, try to stay in the plant count limits, but also, BE SAFE and SMART in everything you do.

 

[Ganoderma]

BE SAFE and SMART in everything you do.

 

[Ganoderma]

I've read that there are cops in Colorado who want a 2 year freeze on any changes to legal pot laws.


Just wait till the cops try to bust some farmer who is growing hemp and charge him for growing over 99 plants

 

[Avinash.miles]

hemp plots are licensed by acre-age, not plant count

 

[Ganoderma]

hemp plots are licensed by acre-age, not plant count

I wasn't aware that they were already licensing hemp grows.

 

[Bobby_Stainless]

Lots of hemp in Eastern CO.

 

[Bobby_Stainless]

Has anyone heard any rumors about if/when they are going to lift the 2 year residency requirement for recreational licenses? I know Oregon doesn't have it, wondering why CO is still holding on to that now that the initial surge of interest has passed.

It will probably take a year or more to get a license, if you applied and had everything ready on Monday.

Or you can buy one for half a million.

 

[MJPassion]

http://www.pureamericanhemp.com/http://

www.chimneyrockhemp.com/

I wasn't aware that they were already licensing hemp grows.

 

[Avinash.miles]

depends where you are applying for the rec license.... in some "behind the curve" counties they are fast tracking rec licenses.
basically the oil industry shut down and NOW they want the weed money, where as when there was tons of nat gas $$$ floating around they didn't need the revenue (and it wasn't codified into law yet, either)

but yes, hemp plots have been licensed and growing in colorado for some years now, i looked into it pretty hard when doing a consult for someone a couple years back

 

[theLumberjack]

what did you find out regarding hemp?
it clearly will be huge in our lifetime. Is it viable now? tons of hoops?

how much land do you need?
Im guessing its one or the other cant play both games.

 

[Avinash.miles]

what did you find out regarding hemp?
it clearly will be huge in our lifetime. Is it viable now? tons of hoops?

how much land do you need?
Im guessing its one or the other cant play both games.

iirc afaik there are no legal restrictions that make it "one or the other". wouldn't be easy but legally it's possible to have a personal private cannabis grow onsite of a licensed hemp grow. as for licensing for BOTH at a single location - that's probably not happening
in the pipelines is a "zoning" concept that will create hemp areas and licensed rec/med marijuana areas - to prevent cross pollination i guess would be the biggest concern.

is hemp viable now?
i wouldn't say "no" that's for sure, but it's nowhere near its potential in the usa and colorado.

i'm told that a 100 acre license for hemp was just granted in a nearby area, and i know of another 60 or so acre hemp license that has been going for years in the ara... but there are NO rec or med licenses for miles, literally you have to leave the county. in other areas the state and locality have decided to have the two attempt to co-exist with small buffer zones between them.


i'd say the hemp licensing process maybe slightly easier to navigate than a rec/med license. the market value evaluations of a crop, and how to monetize a hemp crop and sourcing verified and appropriate hemp genetics.... all more complicated.
its like the hardest part of drug cannabis biz is navigating the bureaucracy of restrictions, where as the hardest part of hemp cannabiz is.... also navigating bureaucracy - imagine that - just a different set of variables for sure.

i think the growing hemp for CBD as medicine "loophole" is being exploited bigtime, but the state is keen on it and will most likely be closing this loophole with added licensing restrictions as soon as OTHER options for the hemp industry are available (hemp seed (for food) processing factories, paper processing facilities, plants to make hemp building materials, and the proper seeds for different varieties of hemp suited for these different uses). until then it's still up to the farmer to figure out how to monetize a licensed hemp harvest

 

[Bobby_Stainless]

The Bluegrass State is doing it right.

Regulate like alcohol, but licenses are limited and separated. No vertical integration.

No monopolies. Better products.

I could buy a farm, for what a bungalow in Denver costs.

Of course, hard to pass pot laws down south.

 

[theLumberjack]

thanks avinash.
if been saying for years that whoever comes out with the combine attachment for processing hemp is gonna be rich. As of now all of it would need to be done by hand right? separating the fiber from the seeds etc?
its different hemp varieties for each desired purpose?
I do like some hemp seeds in my roasts, soups, protein shakes and cereal.

 

[MileHighGlass]

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Some Casey Jones on the downhill as well.

 

[Avinash.miles]

thanks avinash.
if been saying for years that whoever comes out with the combine attachment for processing hemp is gonna be rich. As of now all of it would need to be done by hand right? separating the fiber from the seeds etc?
its different hemp varieties for each desired purpose?
I do like some hemp seeds in my roasts, soups, protein shakes and cereal.

no need to all be done by hand there are already mechanical separators and processors available, even tractor implents and some even in colorado for sure (on front range)
iirc they are called "de-cordicators"

 

[rockymountainJ]

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[Ganoderma]

no need to all be done by hand there are already mechanical separators and processors available, even tractor implents and some even in colorado for sure (on front range)
iirc they are called "de-cordicators"

I saw a video on youtube, it was of a John Deere harvesting set up for harvesting hemp for seed. Also saw a video of farmers bailing up the stalks, the bails looked the same shape as a bail of hay. I couldn't tell from the video if the bail was a 50lb bail or one of the larger bails.