Re: Can I Ship banana corms bare root to California from Florida?
Add the latest requirements under the Clean Water Act.
You have to do analysis and testing of water runoff from your property (wet and dry season), and submit a report, which they estimate at $10,000/yr. The alternative is to join a "group" fro this purpose. In my case, there is only one group to choose from. So add another $250 this year for this issue.
They are looking for many pollutants, including pesticides, fertilizer, silt, etc. which you are not allowed to discharge into any waterway (which is any street, road, alley, stream, brook, lake, ocean, etc. - in other words nothing is allowed to leave your property. Any residue from using compost or mulch, because it biodegrades, is classified as a fertilizer (nitrogen) and needs to be controlled. Kind of hard to do on a hillside.
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