Practical articles on cannabis compliance, METRC, cultivation systems, integrated pest management, operations, and facility development.
July 2, 2026
On August 3, 2022, our cultivation operation faced one of the most difficult situations I’ve encountered in over a decade of cannabis cultivation. Lightning strikes ignited multiple wildfires on the mountain where our cultivation site...
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One of the biggest surprises operators encounter when they begin managing large-scale cannabis cultivation isn’t necessarily cultivation itself. It’s logistics. Growing thousands or even tens of thousands of cannabis plants quickly becomes less about growing...
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One of the most stressful events in commercial cannabis cultivation is preparing for an inspection. Whether you’re operating a cultivation site in Humboldt County or anywhere else in California, inspections can come from multiple agencies,...
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One of the most valuable lessons I learned working with METRC came during my first large-scale commercial cultivation project. At the time, we were operating a four-acre mixed-light cultivation facility built on a former mill...
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One of the biggest misconceptions in commercial cannabis cultivation is that nursery production requires expensive, highly specialized infrastructure. In reality, some of the most effective nursery systems I’ve worked with were designed around one principle:...
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One of the biggest challenges facing remote cannabis cultivation operations isn’t always pests, weather, or compliance. Sometimes it’s wildlife. When most people think about cannabis cultivation challenges, they immediately think about insects and plant diseases....
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One of the biggest misconceptions in commercial cannabis cultivation is that producing excellent flower guarantees success. Unfortunately, that’s not always true. Some of the most difficult lessons I’ve learned working in commercial cannabis operations had...
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One of the biggest misconceptions in commercial cannabis cultivation is that once you’ve successfully grown quality flower, the hard part is over. In reality, some of the most important decisions affecting profitability happen after harvest....
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Integrated Pest Management in Commercial Cannabis: Why Prevention Always Beats Reaction One of the most important lessons I’ve learned working in commercial cannabis cultivation is that integrated pest management (IPM) is about management, not elimination....
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