Grow your own folks 🌳

Where do you get seedlings?

That is such a Vermont headline.

From some friends in Maine, of course. Perfectly legal to ship these seeds, as they contain less than 0.3% THC and are therefore qualified as hemp.

Also, a lot of dispos in state have seeds. At least the ones in Lamoille county.

Well damn. We bought some from capital cannabis co and got sick not long after. Do we know what dates/strains?

You’d have to check with a dispensary for seedlings. Other than that find a site for seeds.

https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk

I just bought some on Etsy. Search “exotic bird seed”. did it twice through two different vendors and both have sprouted so I haven’t gotten far enough long to analyze the quality of the buds it seems to be going great.

So how munch do they actually test? None of it? I know their thc count is way off but for pesticides? Seems like if the state wants this tax revenue they’re gonna have to invest in the testing or be held liable.

Cultivators are supposed to have their harvest lots tested for pesticides before it reaches the market. The test results aren't "way off," however, representative sampling is ambiguous and you're going to see high variability in cannabinoid content from sample to sample within a lot.

https://ccb.vermont.gov/sites/ccb/files/2023-02/PublicHealthWarning_HollandCannabis_0.pdf

Clones are also an option if you don't mind taking a trip to Maine.

Damn, forgive me but this is awesome. Prior to legalization, you would have just gotten sick. Now we test. Sounds like a win to me

You can get seeds in Bristol.

This is the sane take.

People reported getting sick from a particular batch of flower. So, the government agency responsible for regulating this product tested a sample and issued a consumer protection warning based on its findings.

This kind of response does not happen without a regulated consumer market.

Not everybody is able to.

The system is also messed up, because they tested it ahead of time and said it was fine only for that to turn out to not be true.

It's a win for sure, but in practice regulated testing is far from perfect and often easily gamed. For instance producers are often allowed to submit samples from the same crop repeatedly after failing pesticide and mold tests until they get the desired passing result. I still think the only reliable way to get clean weed is to know your grower or grow your own. I'm all in favor of regulated testing that actually keeps the consumer safe but we're not there yet. Here's a comic about it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChmnwwtuK62/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This is why the state should be working on taking over all of the testing statewide. Baffles me why they allowed the cultivators to pick and choose what gets tested (basically self regulate) which is quite possibly what this cultivator did.

Yes it does, there was and is no mechanism in place for the state to know who was potentially affected by this. I find out about it this past Wednesday, February 8th and the first press releases went out on February 2nd.

I have a sneaking suspicion their samples were taken prior to the plants being sprayed with myclobutanil.

They are required to test for heavy metals, and various other contaminants.

Me too, spent 11 hours in the emergency room.

New York State had to lower the criteria for contaminants, if they hadn’t none of the cannabis grown would have passed the lab tests.

New York loosens weed testing rules for mold and yeast.

Find people that smoke locally. You can easily get clones. Tons of seeds around too. Lots of seed banks as well. Easy to grow and will be better than most stuff around. Don’t wet trim.

You can find plenty of clones locally.

The grower tested it and submitted the results. Slight but important difference.

The system allowed for this to happen in th first place is my point.

Gotcha.

The state doesn't have the resources to have all testing in house. This self reporting is a very common practice in all agricultural practices across the state.

It sucks some people got sick but imagine the costs of weed if that needed to offset state employees doing all the testing at a state run lab.

If you know the right people you can.

Isn't this the case with most products, though? Currently, the only real way for companies to track which people purchased a recalled product is if they made the purchase with a customer loyalty card of some kind (containing contact info for the customer).