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applied
Science
Marijuana flower
is trimmed at a
facility owned by
4Front Ventures.
Photo by Marvin
Sandoval
Laying Harvest Groundwork
Seasoned marijuana cultivators share pre-harvest tips
for lighting, nutrients, temperature and irrigation
By Omar Sacirbey
H
arvest is arguably the most
important milestone in
the journey that cannabis
products-whether flower, oils or
something else-take before reaching
consumers. But full days of planning
and pre-harvest preparation go into
getting crops in the best possible
condition before they are cut down.
Such preparation applies to indoor,
greenhouse and outdoor grows, each of
which is subject to unique challenges.
While indoor cultivation is ostensibly
the most controlled environment,
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problems in indoor grows can quickly
spin out of control if cultivators don't
plan meticulously and watch their crops
vigilantly to keep plants on schedule.
" For all of our crops, we have targets
for everything that needs to happen
in their day-to-day life span. All of our
schedules work on a harvest schedule.
If I want to produce 300 pounds of
Blue Dream on the menu on this
date, I need to have it tested by this
date, which means I need to harvest
it by this date, transplant it by this
date and so on and so forth, " said Nic
Robertson, vice president of operations
in Massachusetts for multistate
operator 4Front Ventures, which is
headquartered in Phoenix.
There is some flexibility to tweak
those schedules if a crop needs to
finish earlier or later than expected
to get the best possible flower. But
changes to harvest schedules can't be
made without considering the possible
impacts on cannabis plants.
" No single decision that we make
is isolated from all the rest of the
scheduling, " Robertson said.

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