Cannabis has a long history, once frowned upon and illegal, but now widely accepted. Indoor cultivation is prevalent, despite support for legalization and outdoor cultivation in 21 US states.
2022 is halfway over, but there are still 5 cannabis trade shows you can’t miss. Consider attending these events for networking opportunities, to research cannabis solutions and vendors, and to attend educational seminars.
When you’re designing a cultivation facility, there are literally hundreds of decisions to be made—and
all of them have a direct impact on your bottom line. Every decision is important, but most cultivators agree that decisions related to your mechanical system (HVAC) rank at or near the top of the list of importance.
According to urbandictionary.com, if you flip something you make a profit out if it. The same could be said in our industry for the term flip. There are a several good reasons to operate your grow on a “flip.” This basically means to never run all your grow rooms on the same schedule. Why is this important? To understand this, we must understand peak energy times.
As cultivators and owners know, building out a commercial sized facility takes a lot of time, patience and money but can be extremely lucrative in the long run. Large-scale commercial facilities that are up and running are generating huge profits, mostly in cash. But this type of revenue takes time. To get to a place where a facility can sustain itself financially, owners first must go through the long and expensive process of licensing, permitting, obtaining land and/or buildings and, of course, choosing lighting and environmental control.
Last November, the City of Denver released new regulations concerning odor control for cannabis cultivation facilities. Previously, Denver’s Department of Environmental Health (DEH) only mandated odor control plans for facilities that received a certain number of complaints but that is no longer the case. Both existing facilities, as well as new ones, will require an odor control plan going forward or risk financial penalties for non-compliance.
When setting up a controlled environment garden, there are many choices to make–engineers, contractors, facility design, growing style, climate control, lighting…you get the picture.