Project Overview
Cultivation Systems & Plant Production highlights the development of cultivation programs that combined traditional Humboldt County cultivation knowledge with modern operational systems. The objective was to preserve the practices that consistently produced high-quality cannabis in remote mountain environments while translating those lessons into repeatable SOPs, employee training programs, nursery systems, and production workflows that could support larger licensed operations.
Rather than relying on individual cultivators to carry institutional knowledge, systems were developed that allowed cultivation teams to consistently produce healthy plants while maintaining compliance, controlling costs, and supporting production across multiple facilities.
Nursery & Plant Production
Large-scale cultivation begins with consistent nursery production. Cultivation systems included mother plant management, clone production, environmental control, irrigation planning, transplant workflows, and nursery facility development. To reduce costs and maintain quality control, nursery operations were built and managed in-house, including the conversion of shipping containers and other structures into dedicated propagation environments.
These systems supported the production of approximately 150,000 plants while supplying multiple cultivation sites simultaneously. Environmental controls, SOPs, workflow planning, and employee training helped create consistency throughout the propagation process while reducing dependence on outside plant suppliers.
Cultivation Operations
Cultivation operations required balancing plant health, compliance, production goals, labor management, and environmental challenges. Responsibilities included soil selection, nutrient program development, compost tea production, genetics selection, environmental monitoring, irrigation planning, and full IPM program implementation.
IPM programs were developed and maintained across multiple cultivation sites, including employee training, product selection, application tracking, compliance documentation, and record keeping. Equipment ranged from backpack sprayers to larger tow-behind spray systems designed to efficiently support large-scale cultivation environments.
Production planning also required selecting genetics appropriate for local environmental conditions while anticipating market demand and maintaining operational efficiency. Every aspect of cultivation was approached with the goal of producing healthy plants, maintaining consistency, and supporting long-term operational success.
Results & Production Impact
One of the most valuable outcomes of these cultivation systems was the ability to take proven cultivation practices developed in Humboldt County’s remote mountain environments and scale them into larger licensed operations. Through SOP development, employee training, nursery management, and operational planning, cultivation knowledge became repeatable, teachable, and consistent across multiple facilities.
The goal was not simply to grow cannabis, but to build systems that allowed quality cultivation practices to be maintained regardless of facility size, employee experience level, or production scale.
Cultivation Gallery
Additional cultivation photographs and project documentation are available upon request. The images shown throughout this page represent actual cultivation facilities, nursery systems, plant production environments, and operational workflows documented during active cannabis production.
