A strong IPM program begins with proactive cultural and mechanical pest management, maintaining sealed environments, scrubbing all grow rooms, ventilation and surrounding facilities, as well as enforcing strict hygiene protocols. These foundational steps precede biological and product controls. Below is a list of products we’ve used at Soulshine Cannabis. While most aren’t applied to the majority of our crops, we value transparency and education, ensuring our customers understand what we use, why, and how it benefits our process.

Azaguard

An OMRI certified product with the main active ingredient Azadirachtin. This is the same primary component used in many organic gardening approaches to pest management. This product is only used in the vegetative stage.

BioCeres WP

BioCeres WP is a contact biological insecticide that contains the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.  This particular strain, ANT-03, was isolated from Lygus bugs in Canada.  It works by germinating into the cuticle of insects and releasing toxins while also consuming the hemolymph (a fluid equivalent to blood in most insects.)  In other words- the fungus penetrates the pest’s exoskeleton as well as its orifices and eats the insect from the inside out.