By now, most of us are familiar with the term "CFO grow." In this context, the chief financial officer determines the canopy size, designing rooms based entirely on a yield metric where the canopy's square footage multiplied by the dollar value per pound equals a quick profit.
Many of those designs faced obstacles as challenged arose
- Pioneers pushing that metric and getting the possible canopy into a room were in uncharted waters from HVACD design.
- Airflow issues led to mold, crop loss, and the expanded use of remediation technology
- Veg couldn't keep up which necessitated buying genetics from outside the facility.
- Hop Latnent Viroid became the covid of cannabis terminated lineages, plummeting the performance of historic cultivars.
- Cultivators with warehouses became "Master Growers" because that's the title on a resume that would land the job.
- Master growers became makeshift MEPs, human resources, and accounts management in addition to cultivators.
On a positive note
- We have all learned a lot from the transition of cultivation knowledge from the black market to the commercial cannabis industry.
- Technology has evolved- HVAC, Fans, lights, and racking are now purpose-built for cannabis cultivation
- Scientific research has evolved – studies on curing and water activity are the norm now when burping buckets drove early research
As we all evolve we learn to balance science, business, and real-world application to design facilities that are financially viable, are a great place to work, and help to create products the market demands.
So what did Grow Glide learn in that time period? We learned how to better serve the customer and innovate.
One of the reasons why Airglide was created so you can smash as many plants into a room as possible.
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