Are Pesticides in Cannabis Driving More People to Grow Their Own? - Royal Queen Seeds

[RoyalQueenSeeds]

We ran a survey with more than 2.000 cannabis consumers conducted by The Harris Poll and the numbers speak for themselves: 72% cannabis consumers say that they are very concerned about pesticides in their products, 67% would choose pesticide-free cannabis even if it has lower THC, and 65% say recent coverage of pesticide scandals has made them more likely to grow at home rather than buy it from a dispensary.

The data comes from the US, but we know this sentiment isn't just and American trend. In Germany, after the legalization, the majority of cannabis consumers said home-grown cannabis feels ‘healthier and safer’ than black market options. The answer seems clear: if you want to know exactly what goes into your body, grow it yourself and you will have full control.

Pesticides have been a huge frequent topic of discussion in the cannabis community recently. What’s your take on the situation? Do you think they’re becoming a more serious concern? What's your experience?

Full data here: Survey Findings

 

[Gmix]

Honestly that’s the last of the worries here in the uk @ least in my town witch imo probably worse than other parts of the uk

Most street weed here is spayed
The more it “ stinks “ ( unnaturally ) the higher the price, up to 280oz
It gives a thunderish high witch some confuse as a weed high

I see someone who buys it when I can’t give it so I do see some horrendous weed some of i it I don’t even allow to be smoked up in my presence as it stinks so badly and I wouldn’t like to get a secondhand hi from it.
If I had more I’d give them more sadly I can’t always so as said I see a lotta crap

 

[RoyalQueenSeeds]

Honestly that’s the last of the worries here in the uk @ least in my town witch imo probably worse than other parts of the uk

Most street weed here is spayed
The more it “ stinks “ ( unnaturally ) the higher the price, up to 280oz
It gives a thunderish high witch some confuse as a weed high

I see someone who buys it when I can’t give it so I do see some horrendous weed some of i it I don’t even allow to be smoked up in my presence as it stinks so badly and I wouldn’t like to get a secondhand hi from it.
If I had more I’d give them more sadly I can’t always so as said I see a lotta crap

Thanks for the insight. Concerns regarding product quality are clearly a driving factor for many in the community choosing to cultivate at home. Appreciate you sharing your experience.

 

[Egzoset]

Salutations,

In Québec/Canada the right to home cultivation has been confiscated, while landlords were granted a retro-active one to eviction by the PLQ as an electoral gift. The subsequent government only worsened the situation worse by restricting the number of state-monopoly outlets. In short our politicians nailed it, though there may be potential exceptions for individuals willing to register as "medical" clients at the federal level - a $i¢k 'n $ad capitulation that ain't no acceptable alternative to me.

So my personal experience with this hobby was very brief, although it left wonderful memories because the satisfaction alone is worth it. Then, « $anitory Addditive$ » made the news with the myclobutanil scandal revealed during the 2015 Christmas season. This made me highly critical of 3rd parties due to a glaring regulatory blind spot: a massive catalog of monitored ("non-detection") items and zero combinatorial C(n, r) restrictions. This implies that the numbers can become astronomical very quickly, for instance in here that's 96 + 10 or so items, the resulting range is around C(106, 12) = 2.200787712 x 10E15 or 2 200'787'712'000'000... More clearly, that's a health risk nobody can prove nor disprove: all savvy synergistic toxicities just can't get tested while the "traces" accumulate.

Here's a measure of how truly concerned our elites seem to be, pay special attention to the date of this document:

Health Canada guidance for tank mixes - Canada.ca

As of December 20, 2024, users of pest control products must strictly adhere to the clarifications provided regarding pesticides label instructions for tank mixes.

www.canada.ca

[ https :// www . canada . ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/product-safety/tank-mixes-guidance.html ]
Health Canada guidance for tank mixes (2025-Dec-20)

A 10 years anniversary after our myclobutanil collective commotion, do you see the irony?



Or if you prefer it came 7 years after Justin Trudeau's (2018-Oct-17) « légaleezation » and only affects a much shorter list, quite likely because it finally addresses "Cocktail Effects" (a savvy mix is banned unless explicitly mentioned on one of the labels). It remains a "non-detection" concept, this one tagged as "MRL" (Maximum Residue Limits).

Sorted alphabetically it includes:

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bioprotec CAF or Plus)​

Beauveria bassiana (Bio-Ceres G WP, BotaniGard)​

Canola oil (Vegol)​

Citric acid (Cyclone)​

Gliocladium catenulatum (Prestop WP or WG)​

Hydrogen peroxide + Peracetic acid (OxiDate 2.0)​

Lactic acid (Lacto-San)​

Metarhizium brunneum F52 (Met52/LalGuard M52 GR or OD)​

Mineral oil (SuffOil-X)​

Potassium bicarbonate (MilStop)​

Potassium salts of fatty acids (Kopa, Opal)​

Pyrethrins + Canola oil (Doktor Doom Formula 420)​

Reynoutria sachalinensis (Regalia Maxx)​

Streptomyces griseoviridis (Mycostop)​

Streptomyces lydicus (Actinovate SP)​

Sulphur (Agrotek Ascend, Microthiol Disperss, Kumulus DF)​

Trichoderma harzianum KRL-AG2 (Rootshield HC or WP)​

Trichoderma harzianum T-22 (Trianum)​

Keep in mind that cannabis happens to be a bio-accumulator of which we inhale the noble molecules on a regular basis. Furthermore, these types of restrictions fail to address the potentialization occurring when "trace" amounts of banned substances interact with those approved additives; never mind mentioning the secondary/tertiary bi-products from thermal reactions!

To top it all off, destructive liquid & gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry screening would cost around a thousand dollars per batch, effectively rendering in vivo toxicity studies of potential synergies physically/financially impossible to conduct on a global scale.

It's just a leap of faith to me. This is essentially an administrative risk management strategy designed to maintain any potential synergistic "noise" theoretically below the biological radar. Our legal market’s propaganda focuses on stories of street weed getting sprayed, but it won't say a thing about the catalog size, trace levels and combinatorial figures.

My conclusion is that total control depends on proper soil management, PFAS-free water, etc., and that's exactly what's being denied in my $a¢rifi¢ed cannu¢k province. Given all this, how "safe" do you expect me to feel?

Good day, have fun!!

 

[RoyalQueenSeeds]

Salutations,

In Québec/Canada the right to home cultivation has been confiscated, while landlords were granted a retro-active one to eviction by the PLQ as an electoral gift. The subsequent government only worsened the situation worse by restricting the number of state-monopoly outlets. In short our politicians nailed it, though there may be potential exceptions for individuals willing to register as "medical" clients at the federal level - a $i¢k 'n $ad capitulation that ain't no acceptable alternative to me.

So my personal experience with this hobby was very brief, although it left wonderful memories because the satisfaction alone is worth it. Then, « $anitory Addditive$ » made the news with the myclobutanil scandal revealed during the 2015 Christmas season. This made me highly critical of 3rd parties due to a glaring regulatory blind spot: a massive catalog of monitored ("non-detection") items and zero combinatorial C(n, r) restrictions. This implies that the numbers can become astronomical very quickly, for instance in here that's 96 + 10 or so items, the resulting range is around C(106, 12) = 2.200787712 x 10E15 or 2 200'787'712'000'000... More clearly, that's a health risk nobody can prove nor disprove: all savvy synergistic toxicities just can't get tested while the "traces" accumulate.

Here's a measure of how truly concerned our elites seem to be, pay special attention to the date of this document:

Health Canada guidance for tank mixes - Canada.ca

As of December 20, 2024, users of pest control products must strictly adhere to the clarifications provided regarding pesticides label instructions for tank mixes.

www.canada.ca

[ https :// www . canada . ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/product-safety/tank-mixes-guidance.html ]
Health Canada guidance for tank mixes (2025-Dec-20)

A 10 years anniversary after our myclobutanil collective commotion, do you see the irony?



Or if you prefer it came 7 years after Justin Trudeau's (2018-Oct-17) « légaleezation » and only affects a much shorter list, quite likely because it finally addresses "Cocktail Effects" (a savvy mix is banned unless explicitly mentioned on one of the labels). It remains a "non-detection" concept, this one tagged as "MRL" (Maximum Residue Limits).

Sorted alphabetically it includes:

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bioprotec CAF or Plus)​

Beauveria bassiana (Bio-Ceres G WP, BotaniGard)​

Canola oil (Vegol)​

Citric acid (Cyclone)​

Gliocladium catenulatum (Prestop WP or WG)​

Hydrogen peroxide + Peracetic acid (OxiDate 2.0)​

Lactic acid (Lacto-San)​

Metarhizium brunneum F52 (Met52/LalGuard M52 GR or OD)​

Mineral oil (SuffOil-X)​

Potassium bicarbonate (MilStop)​

Potassium salts of fatty acids (Kopa, Opal)​

Pyrethrins + Canola oil (Doktor Doom Formula 420)​

Reynoutria sachalinensis (Regalia Maxx)​

Streptomyces griseoviridis (Mycostop)​

Streptomyces lydicus (Actinovate SP)​

Sulphur (Agrotek Ascend, Microthiol Disperss, Kumulus DF)​

Trichoderma harzianum KRL-AG2 (Rootshield HC or WP)​

Trichoderma harzianum T-22 (Trianum)​

Keep in mind that cannabis happens to be a bio-accumulator of which we inhale the noble molecules on a regular basis. Furthermore, these types of restrictions fail to address the potentialization occurring when "trace" amounts of banned substances interact with those approved additives; never mind mentioning the secondary/tertiary bi-products from thermal reactions!

To top it all off, destructive liquid & gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry screening would cost around a thousand dollars per batch, effectively rendering in vivo toxicity studies of potential synergies physically/financially impossible to conduct on a global scale.

It's just a leap of faith to me. This is essentially an administrative risk management strategy designed to maintain any potential synergistic "noise" theoretically below the biological radar. Our legal market’s propaganda focuses on stories of street weed getting sprayed, but it won't say a thing about the catalog size, trace levels and combinatorial figures.

My conclusion is that total control depends on proper soil management, PFAS-free water, etc., and that's exactly what's being denied in my $a¢rifi¢ed cannu¢k province. Given all this, how "safe" do you expect me to feel?

Good day, have fun!!

Wow... this situation in Quebec sounds incredibly frustrating... having que right to grow taken away while the regulatory gaps you're describing remain wide open is a though spot to be in. The combination of toxics is something most people never consider, and it's one of the hardest things to adress as a regulatory level. Thanks for sharing all this information!!