In this kind of market innovation is the key to success. Earlier this month we visited a large-scale indoor grow that had tuned their setup so efficiently they were producing water. They filled their water barrels six months ago and since then they’ve had to dump water. Dehumidifiers pull clean distilled water out of the air faster than their plants can soak it up. We expect to see more facilities follow this trend along with clean energy solutions in order to stay ahead of margins that seem to tighten by the minute.
Out in wine country, we’ve spotted operations gearing up to plant cannabis in the very same soil they had used previously to grow their grapes. These farmers are coming from a rich history of agriculture to start pulling THC out of the ground and fuel the consistent demand coming from extraction labs strewn throughout the state. It is a different model than you see up north in the Emerald Triangle. It isn’t quite like the technique that has been passed through generations of Cannabis growers, but they certainly have what it takes to grow a crop that will turn into potent oil. Using the right genetics and farming tech they’ll be able to pull multiple crops in the same amount of time that it would take to grow the average full-sun flower.
Written by Sean Nadjafi