6 plant limit...can you grow three yourself and designate 3 to a dispensary?

[mdanforth]

In addition to the marijuana plants otherwise authorized under this paragraph, a primary caregiver may have mature marijuana plants in varying stages of processing or cultivation in order to ensure the primary caregiver is able to meet the needs of the primary caregiver's qualifying patients;

so one could have all the harvested bud in jars labled "not for patient use until XXXX date" and none of that would count toward your legal limit of 2.5 ounces per.....work with the law and examine how the laws can benefit you......

 

[tet1953]

LOL I don't think that will work. Here's a poor analogy but I think it'll do: You go out fishing where there's a 5 fish limit. They're hitting like crazy and before long you got 10 fish in your basket. You know you won't be able to go fishing next week, so you go ahead and keep the 10. If a warden stops you, good luck with your story.

 

[mdanforth]

a dead fish is a dead fish....curing cannabis isn't cured till the grower says so....we ran this by our lawyer......

 

[freelife04239]

yes jars need to be open and seeled back up a fewtimes befor it is ready, this is part of curing. You may have the finished product 2.5oz plus, 1lb that is at various stages of curing with only 2.5oz being finished at any given point in time. The way the law reads this would be safe!!!!

 

[Maine Brookies]

you guys need to remember that a plant was redefined....4-B. Mature marijuana plant. "Mature marijuana plant" means a harvestable female marijuana plant that is flowering and is greater than 12 inches in height and 12 inches in diameter.

so a plant doesn't count till its harvestable...so for example one could have a room full of plants at 6 weeks flowering and yet not have one plant by this new definition.....

I'm no lawyer but i'm thinking you are putting too much weight on the word "harvestable". And i certainly wouldn't want to be the first guy going in front of a judge and trying to convince him that this interpretation is what was intended. The new law still considers leaves to count toward your possession limit (ugh) so an equally valid argument could be made that any plant that has flowers and is more than 12"x12".

I think a much more solid legal argument could be made that a roomful of flowering plants that do not exceed a diameter of 12" (SoG method) do not count as mature marijuana plants. And i still wouldn't want to be the guy testing that interpretation out either.

 

[mdanforth]

law isn't dictated by what was intended but by what was written....only dried leaf counts not still growing.....I would advise to keep ones number in flowering, no matter how long it been flowering, at allowed plant count, but I also think that someone could win in court with expert winesses...I'm not volunterring to be firtst though....lol

 

[Maine Brookies]

we ran this by our lawyer......

He's giving his opinion of how it would be interpreted by a judge. That judge is also going to hear arguments (and dire predictions of future doom) from the State's attorney about interpreting the law in a much different manner. After listening to those arguments the judge will make his own interpretation. That interpretation will likely be appealed to the Maine Supreme Court. Once - and not until - that is done we'll have a better idea of where we stand legally.

IMO, you would be better off (in court, at least) to take wet bud and freeze it (it turns a neat dark purple color) than to argue semantics over when bud can legally be considered "cured". The law is clear that only dried bud can be counted and we are allowed to have "incidental amounts" of not-yet-dry buds. Of course, the definition of "incidental amount" is also open to interpretation...

 

[Maine Brookies]

law isn't dictated by what was intended but by what was written

Actually, the intent of the law is a very important legal point when arguing legalities in court. The basic theory of right-wing jurisprudence is that original intent is all that should be considered when interpreting the law. Many years ago i had a case against me dismissed because the judge found that the DA was using the law in a manner in which it was not intended.

 

[tet1953]

No way I am going to screw up my bud with freezing nonsense. I don't know how things will shake out enforcement wise, but I do stand by my point about some people having no choice but to have a full crop (six plants) all the same age due to certain constraints. I believe that is why they tried to increase the "inventory" amount for patients to 10 oz (a 2 month supply, which is how long it takes on average to flower a plant to harvest). The final amendments did away with that unfortunately.

 

[Maine Brookies]

Tet: I can understand not wanting to freeze it, but it really doesn't damage the end product. There's a locally (and justifiably) famous Augusta-area strain that is known for it's distinct appearance resulting from freezing while wet and nobody to my knowledge has ever complained about damaged weed. However, my point was that the law is clear that only dry buds count, so freezing while wet is a pretty solid legal argument to make in court.

 

[tet1953]

I don't know about your legal argument. I am skeptical, but I guess we'll just have to see what happens. Regarding the non-legal aspects of freezing bud, I'll say this. Look up virtually any method of making hash, and you'll see that step #1 is to freeze the bud. The reason for this is that it causes the trichomes to break off from the leaf material making it collectible through whatever process. So, how is freezing your bud not degrading it at least somewhat? Hard to prove a negative so you can't know for sure I suppose, but logic dictates.

 

[ink the world]

Heres my experience w/ freeing buds.....if a strain has any tendency to go purple a short time in the freezer at harvest will bring the purple tones out fast....as far as holding meds in the frezer, from everything ive been told over the years its not a good thing......trichomes get brittle and fall off the buds.


Not sure? Throw some buds in a baggie and freeze them, go back after a week and roll the baggie around in your hand a tiny bit. Remove the buds and look at the baggie, it will be "frosted" w/ the frozen trichs that fell off the meds.

 

[Maine Brookies]

I'm not sure that any trichome damage from freezing is noticeable. It certainly not damaged to the same extent that kiefed-over Beasters are.

The Augusta area strain i spoke of earlier - i've A/B tested buds that were frozen with ones that were never frozen. The frozen buds did leave a small amount of broken trikes in the bottom of a gallon (maybe 0.5g from a pound) ziplock but there was no noticeable difference in the smoke.

 

[massah]

You'll also notice that those hash guides provide another step beyond just freezing, AGITATION...that's what breaks off the trichs. If you freeze it and don't mess with it it, you won't break off that many