Simplify life through strategic cannabis cultivar selection

Instead, most cultivation businesses concentrate on a few top performers that wow customers and lend themselves well to commercial-scale production. New cannabis operators looking to succeed in the industry would do well to emulate this philosophy.

Offering lots of variety in a retail dispensary is great, but growing oodles of different cultivars at one facility can get tricky. Here's why:

Stellar Cultivars Get Compromised

Loading up a flowering room or greenhouse bay with multiple cultivars can hamper a grower's ability to accommodate the preferences of each one. Optimal light, EC, and humidity levels can vary week to week for different cultivars, so growers may be forced to strike a balance that won't maximize each variety's potential.

Harvesting Is Less Efficient

Perpetual harvest programs rely on precise timing. Often, growers have less than 24 hours to empty and sanitize a grow room before repopulating it with new plants. Timing the perfect moment to harvest can be challenging with lots of cultivars in the same room. Inevitably, plants are harvested too early or too late, or if the grower chooses to harvest as each cultivar is ready, they end up with grow rooms that aren't at full capacity.

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Source: Greenhouse Grower