clones and plant count

Hey all,

Hopin someone can shed some light on this. I thought I read somewhere that
a clone or small plant from seed doesnt count towards your plant count until it reaches a certain height? Is this right? And if so, how tall?

Thanks,
D

i'm pretty sure i read 8" was a proposed height to differentiate between clones and plants, but i've also known that anything with roots is a plant.
it's probably best to assume, for your defense budget, that anything with leaves (and sometimes not even...) is counting against you, i.e. old root-balls, twigs in your fireplace, leaves on the floor......
maybe a jury will empathize with you about the science of 'sea of green' and look past plant counts to understand yield, but that jury isn't going to pay your lawyer.....

i know in Michigan, anything with even the smallest root is considered a plant. thats why when you havest, if you pull your plant out, you need to also cut the root ball of, otherwise that counts towards your 12 plants.

I'm under the impression now that if it is in a 'rooting solution' it counts toward plant count. Additionally I believe it counts toward plant count if you have a plant hanging even though it is no longer in any grow medium; until it has been trimmed and bagged it counts toward your plant count. (don't quote me on this though yet lol)

The distinction between clone and plant is hopefully going to be a part of HB 1284 which has not passed yet.

I believe that there are many who are sympathetic to the need of making the distinction between a flowering plant with medicine on it, and a mother, or a clone that it not medicinal...yet.

We'll have to wait and see how it sifts out.

Great replies all, thanks.

Happy growin,
D

Just looked into it with one of the owners here.

As it is proposed, a clone must be under 8" and be in a container smaller than 2"x2"x2", like rockwool.

Again, this isn't law yet, and a plant in a dixie cup is still a plant. HB 1284 intends to clarify this.