[WishDoctor]

so, who needs cbd honey sticks made, I'm a beekeeper (500+beehives) with a honey stick machine and I can pump these out in mass.

right now I'm the largest cbd honey stick producer here in Oregom, the dude in Ssalem is burning the honey en masse and can only make one at a time.

cbd honey sticks are the big sellers here in South Oregon sell more than any other cbd product.

If you want your product I can make them, and I don't burn the honey.
also I can supply the honey or use your honey.

Just don't heat teh honey over 90F and mix the cbd, it won't work that way.

you need a *** to do it right.

also looking to provide seed pollination, even though hemp is wind driven, honeybees love hemp pollen as a protein source, and seed set is even higher, honeybees love to use resin for making propolis.

[Robrites]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8192611.html

Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume

'Make no mistake about it, we are going to do something about it,' US attorney says




....However, former Oregon State University professor Seth Crawford told the summit the state had created the overproduction problem by not capping the number of recreational cannabis producers.
"If you were an investor and you had just dropped $4m into a [marijuana] grow and you had thousands of pounds of flower that was ready to go but you had nowhere to sell it, the only thing you can do is sell it on the black market.
"It was a system designed for failure. You created this huge industry that has nowhere to put its product."
He estimated Oregon growers produce up to three times the amount of marijuana that the state can absorb legally each year.

[socioecologist]

Originally Posted by PDX Dopesmoker

socioecologist, I saw some info about a week ago that I can't seem to track back down, but it was from someone in the hemp business so I thought maybe you might recognize it. What I'm looking for is a reference for resin production per acre as a function of planting density.
What I saw was saying that growing an acre of "trees" with larger spacing netted substantially less than an acre planted at 12" intervals. I'm not sure if you're familiar with what I'm mentioning, but since its promoting denser planting you should become familiar if you're not already (lol sorry to make you out as greedy i'm just looking out for your best interests).

Was it the new Ernie Small article advocating for day-neutral plants for cannabinoid / seed production? It's titled: "Dwarf germplasm: the key to giant hempseed and cannabinoid crops" and is one of best I've read. If the goal is to maximize cannabinoid production per acre, day-neutral is the way to go. We are experimenting this year to find out if that holds true for useable trimmed flower as well; there are structural differences in the flowers between autos and our photoperiod lines that may result in less trimmable material even with greater overall cannabinoid production. The short version is that it all comes down to the success of your breeding program (selecting for resin and structure) and your ability to plant day-neutral seeds directly in the ground with good results. More to come on this front soon.

Originally Posted by PDX Dopesmoker

I've also been meaning to ask you what you grow at home for your THC bud stash. You mentioned earlier or in another thread that you like to smoke the high THC stuff and as professional as you are with your high cannabinoid/low THC cannabis I can only assume that your private stash is pretty spectacular. I've smoked smoke crazy good weed with big time drug dealers before, but not anybody big enough to grow acres and acres like you do.

We are gifted a lot of small bags from much more skilled growers than myself; most of our clients are THC growers as well. It invariably ends up "squished," as I almost exclusively smoke resins / concentrates. The rare flower I smoke is usually for "science" and comes from my garage; since we can't legally grow THC rich plants at work, we do our outcrossing at home under the home grow + medical provisions. The most recent batch was to improve our CBG stock and included a couple GG12 hybrids, a couple "The White" hybrids, Sour Diesel, and my Blueberry Haze (DJ Short's blueberry mom x Neville's Haze). They were all lightly pollinated by a pure CBG plant. If all goes as planned, grandchildren from these crosses will be grown out for trimmed flower in greenhouses by Fall 2018. My favorite is always what we are working on next! Here's a shot of the current favorite, (The White x Stem Cell CBG (sister)). THC dominant, tastes like gasoline + red hots candy, very very greasy, though, as you may notice, quite susceptible to PM.

Originally Posted by PDX Dopesmoker

That hangar you're growing is impressive as hell, is that warehouse set up for extra seed production for 2018 outdoor? I was looking at your catalog and it seems like some of the fem hemp seeds you sell are maybe bred indoors and not available until springtime.

Yes sir, cranking out seed as fast as we can to meet demand. We have 500 KW of lights spread out over three farm sites and are producing in several types of environments (large warehouses, greenhouses, and retrofitted shipping containers used as climate controlled growth chambers). If all goes right, we have the capacity to produce 50m feminized seeds per year. We are ramping up our production to enable widespread adoption of pure CBG farming throughout the world in 2019.

[socioecologist]

Originally Posted by Robrites

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8192611.html

Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume

'Make no mistake about it, we are going to do something about it,' US attorney says




....However, former Oregon State University professor Seth Crawford told the summit the state had created the overproduction problem by not capping the number of recreational cannabis producers.
"If you were an investor and you had just dropped $4m into a [marijuana] grow and you had thousands of pounds of flower that was ready to go but you had nowhere to sell it, the only thing you can do is sell it on the black market.
"It was a system designed for failure. You created this huge industry that has nowhere to put its product."
He estimated Oregon growers produce up to three times the amount of marijuana that the state can absorb legally each year.

Thanks Robrites. That UK article basically chopped apart an AP story, changed some words around, and then released it with a startling headline. While I was interviewed by the AP, I wasn't even at the "summit" (too much work going on!).

[gorilla ganja]

Hey socioecologist. I love this thread thanks again for sharing with us. I was wondering what is the highest CBG concentrations that you are aware of in normal THC rich varieties. And which strains are higher concentrations of CBG found in.
From my limited research I have found South American cultivars are high in CBG, but I have only seen 2-3 % CBG.

Peace GG

[socioecologist]

Originally Posted by gorilla ganja

Hey socioecologist. I love this thread thanks again for sharing with us. I was wondering what is the highest CBG concentrations that you are aware of in normal THC rich varieties. And which strains are higher concentrations of CBG found in.
From my limited research I have found South American cultivars are high in CBG, but I have only seen 2-3 % CBG.

Peace GG

1-2%. Has an anti-anxiety, clear effect in combination with THC, very reminiscent of DJ's Flo and Blueberry. It would be sought after if people knew of this consistent effect...we're working to get the word out. There is nothing geographic about CBG's origins. It is likely more ancient evolutionarily than genetically modern humans, so notions of regional origin can't be applied.

[Only Ornamental]

Originally Posted by bozoo

What do you think of this analysis?
By chance, we found that hemp contains only cbg... this hemp is a French variety...

Santhica 27 or Santhica 70, I suppose.

[PDX Dopesmoker]

Originally Posted by socioecologist

Was it the new Ernie Small article advocating for day-neutral plants for cannabinoid / seed production? It's titled: "Dwarf germplasm: the key to giant hempseed and cannabinoid crops" and is one of best I've read. If the goal is to maximize cannabinoid production per acre, day-neutral is the way to go. We are experimenting this year to find out if that holds true for useable trimmed flower as well; there are structural differences in the flowers between autos and our photoperiod lines that may result in less trimmable material even with greater overall cannabinoid production. The short version is that it all comes down to the success of your breeding program (selecting for resin and structure) and your ability to plant day-neutral seeds directly in the ground with good results. More to come on this front soon.




We are gifted a lot of small bags from much more skilled growers than myself; most of our clients are THC growers as well. It invariably ends up "squished," as I almost exclusively smoke resins / concentrates. The rare flower I smoke is usually for "science" and comes from my garage; since we can't legally grow THC rich plants at work, we do our outcrossing at home under the home grow + medical provisions. The most recent batch was to improve our CBG stock and included a couple GG12 hybrids, a couple "The White" hybrids, Sour Diesel, and my Blueberry Haze (DJ Short's blueberry mom x Neville's Haze). They were all lightly pollinated by a pure CBG plant. If all goes as planned, grandchildren from these crosses will be grown out for trimmed flower in greenhouses by Fall 2018. My favorite is always what we are working on next! Here's a shot of the current favorite, (The White x Stem Cell CBG (sister)). THC dominant, tastes like gasoline + red hots candy, very very greasy, though, as you may notice, quite susceptible to PM.

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Yes sir, cranking out seed as fast as we can to meet demand. We have 500 KW of lights spread out over three farm sites and are producing in several types of environments (large warehouses, greenhouses, and retrofitted shipping containers used as climate controlled growth chambers). If all goes right, we have the capacity to produce 50m feminized seeds per year. We are ramping up our production to enable widespread adoption of pure CBG farming throughout the world in 2019.

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I'm still looking for the original reference I lost, thanks for tipping me off on an alternative avenue to similar information and also for reassuring me that you're not sitting on some crazy mad scientist drug strains at home that you aren't sharing. Clearly breeding the good stuff and then sitting on it isn't your style, the 50 million seeds kinda attest to that. Have you heard from any colleagues how 100 seeds per watt/year stacks up against industry standards? Its an interesting number to have for sure.

[growingcrazy]

Socioecologist, are you working with any farmers from Michigan?

Fantastic work coming out of your farm...

[Robrites]

Oregon hemp program expansion proposed

The bill would classify hemp seed as an agricultural seed, and direct the agency to set standards for the seed, and create standard identification documents for hemp products.


Author: Associated Press
Published: 9:23 PM PST February 21, 2018




SALEM, Ore. — A proposal to ease the cultivation of hemp, a less-potent cousin of marijuana, is moving forward in the Oregon Legislature.
The bill would expand a hemp research program run by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. The bill would classify hemp seed as an agricultural seed, and direct the agency to set standards for the seed, and create standard identification documents for hemp products. A House committee approved the bill on a 9-0 vote Thursday.