I am all for the product but not for the harm caused to grow it (Nice: how much, organic)

[TVC15]

Study finds medical pot farms draining streams dry

[Wilson502]

Originally Posted by TVC15

Study finds medical pot farms draining streams dry

CA just needs to effin legalize it already and quit twittling their thumbs like they always do when theres an issue.

[OwlKaMyst]

I'm not going to argue that the industry has had an effect, however, 6 gallons is a high estimate.
There is really an easy solution to the problem and that is larger water storage. A grower can calculate with some accuracy, how much water will be required for a season of growth. With that, they can get the number of water tanks needed to hold that much water. Tanks fill during the winter and there ya' go.

What I find disturbing is that here they are targeting the outdoor growers. What about the indoor operations? Now those do not require the amount of water an outdoor might (all depends on size), but the bigger problem is the fuel and oils getting into the creeks. This happened on the piece next to the family land. Part of the creek runs through our propery, it was a mess to clean up. People at the bottom of the hill were getting sick. The fuel had penetrated into the ground water. I am so thankful that our water supply came from a ravine on the opposite side.

Not sure about what fertilizers they are talking about. I don't know of anyone who uses anything not organic. Of course I don't know everyone in the industry. But I do know that the demand is for organic, so why would anyone grow something else.

ETA: forgot to mention that another factor is that we have not had a normal wet winter in several years. Last good winter was in 2002.

[Wilson502]

Originally Posted by OwlKaMyst

Not sure about what fertilizers they are talking about. I don't know of anyone who uses anything not organic. Of course I don't know everyone in the industry. But I do know that the demand is for organic, so why would anyone grow something else.

ETA: forgot to mention that another factor is that we have not had a normal wet winter in several years. Last good winter was in 2002.

My guess would be the cartels using non-organic, since most are probably here illegally anyway, they could care less if they trash the place.

[TVC15]

Nice Post Owl!

However I think the last wettest winter was the year that I moved here...Jan 2010. It rained for 6 months every single day and I was thinking OMG is this what I am going to have to experience every year at this time? It was a year of mudslides every where in CA.

However since that year I have not seen anything remotely close to that amount of rainfall in this area.

[TVC15]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

My guess would be the cartels using non-organic, since most are probably here illegally anyway, they could care less if they trash the place.

I think you are right on this one. I also think they might be some of the suspects in the Redwood poaching.

[Wilson502]

Originally Posted by TVC15

I think you are right on this one. I also think they might be some of the suspects in the Redwood poaching.

Wouldnt doubt it, but the *******s love to put the illegals on a pedestal for whatever stupid reason.

[OwlKaMyst]

Originally Posted by TVC15

Nice Post Owl!

However I think the last wettest winter was the year that I moved here...Jan 2010. It rained for 6 months every single day and I was thinking OMG is this what I am going to have to experience every year at this time?

The climate in the Bay Area is much different than in the northcoast mountains. 6 straight months of rain for the Bay Area is unusual. That would not be unusual for up here, November through April; there is usually a break around the end of January or in Feb. but one Christmas, 2001, it was 85 degrees. We should have been concerned with the river flooding around this time.

[dexter14]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

CA just needs to effin legalize it already and quit twittling their thumbs like they always do when theres an issue.

Yep. With how "liberal" and "progressive" claims to be, they are sure losing out big time on this.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Easy solution. Grow it in normal irrigation districts amongst all the other crops. Done.

I guess that means it needs to be fully legalized.