The Real Dirt with Chip Baker

The Real Dirt with Chip Baker


Grower to Grower with Little Hill Cultivators

October 29, 2019

The Real Dirt is known for interviewing some pretty great cannabis growers. But this episode isn't really an interview.











Jeff from Little Hill Cultivators has been an almost regular guest on The Real Dirt, and one of our most reliable sources of insight into the current California cannabis industry. As a long time medical cultivator, Jeff transitioned into the recreational industry as well after legalization in California.

With any new legal cannabis industry there is bound to be some red tape, but California just about takes the cake, and wraps it up in red tape. Comparatively, Oklahoma has just about none.











Barriers to entry for cannabis growers
We can all agree that there needs to be some barriers to entry for cannabis growers in a legal industry. But each state varies on how many barriers they set up.
Oklahoma legalized medical cannabis in 2018, with sales taking off without a hitch in 2019, faster and with more growth than any other state. This is because they had almost no barriers to entry, and even made it easier for out of state cannabis growers to come in and get started.
Up until the end of August 2019, any potential cannabis entrepreneur could move to Oklahoma, live there for 30 days, get residency and pursue state licensing. Now (post August) anybody trying to enter the Oklahoma medical cannabis industry from out of state must live in-state for two years before getting residency.
California on the other hand restricted anybody from getting a recreational cannabis license that didn't already have a medical cannabis license and operation. On top of that, the application fees were insanely high, with additional charges for obtaining the license after approval.











Talking grower to grower
Talking about growing cannabis with somebody who just started or even has been doing it for a few years is nothing like two veteran Northern California cannabis growers getting together. There's no beating around the bush, just Chip and Jeff talking about each others' grows, what they each do differently and why.

We all know some growers that think they got the best set up, grow the best ganja and won't hear a word that says otherwise. It takes years of learning, seeing other grows and assessing your own problems that you can really sit down and talk, grower to grower.

And this episode is just part one.











Stay tuned for part two
In part two of Grower on Grower with Little Hill Cultivators, Chip and Jeff continue their conversation about California's strict regulations, Oklahoma's growing industry, drip irrigation, industry predictions and more.
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