Cultivation
Greenhouse vs. Indoor Cannabis Cultivation
Both greenhouse and indoor cultivation promise growers the same thing: a controlled growing environment. Unlike growing in the great outdoors, greenhouse and indoor cannabis cultivators need to worry less about…
Read MoreIdeal Temperature for Cannabis
Temperature is a core component of indoor cannabis cultivation. While it’s true that cannabis can grow like a weed in certain places, the consistency and repeatability of a controlled indoor…
Read MoreA Guide to LED Lighting Certification for Commercial Grow Rooms
Growers once shrugged off LED grow light technology as a subpar alternative to traditional HPS lighting. But this tech has rapidly proven naysayers wrong. Today’s best LED grow lights easily…
Read MorePest Control for Cannabis
How do we control cannabis pests? Cannabis cultivators aren’t alone in their fight against pests in the indoor environment. Growers from all industries face the same ongoing issues with aphids,…
Read MoreHow to Create a Perfect Grow Environment for Cannabis
The perfect indoor grow environment for cannabis cultivation is the topic of endless debate. Cultivators have been tinkering with humidity, temperature, lighting, and other climate variables for decades, trying to…
Read MoreIdeal Humidity for Cannabis
What is the perfect cannabis humidity? Three invisible yet essential environmental parameters exist within the grow room: temperature, relative humidity (RH), and vapor pressure deficit (VPD). These core, interrelated inputs…
Read MoreHow to Navigate the Supply Chain Crisis as a Cannabis Cultivator
The global supply chain is in shambles. Two years of continuous manufacturing disruptions, the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns, the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, and now, the Ukraine war…
Read MoreHow to Weather the Falling Price Per Pound of Cannabis with Vertical Farming
At the end of 2021, the price per pound of cannabis had fallen off a precipice in California. Reports indicate they dropped anywhere from 34 percent (Green Market Report) to…
Read MoreGrow Room Solutions for Ergonomic Design Improves Cannabis Cultivation
For most cannabis cultivation companies seeking to build new facilities or revamp existing spaces, one consideration is paramount: maximizing canopy size. But the future of indoor cannabis farming needs to…
Read MoreOptimizing Cannabis Facility Design and Workflow for Maximum Output
The average indoor cannabis cultivation facility is now more than 33,000 square feet (Statista). Within the walls of these large-scale commercial operations, producers have begun to realize that the all-too-familiar…
Read More