Yeah that’s one of the reasons we started this community, to help good ideas and approaches spread quickly throughout the industry. Most growers don’t have the luxury of visiting many different operations as you are able to, so this is one way for them to share information.
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There’s also a strange insularity, from what I’ve heard. Because cannabis has largely been a black market item for so long, most of the current “generation” of growers have learned to be quiet about the matter. Lack of information flow can result in peculiarities.
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Hello! I work for Honeycomb Creative, a cannabis marketing and design firm based in Bozeman, Montana. Graphic Design, Brand Identity, Copywriting, Photography/Videography, Website Development, and Marketing Strategy are all done in house. We love working with new businesses who are just starting to launch and need help creating a professional presence. We currently have clients in Montana, Illinois and California and are hoping to help more folks in the cannabis industry around the country grow their businesses! Excited to meet everyone hear and learn how we can hopefully work together, or at least learn from one another!
Here is a link to our website if anyone wants to learn more about Honeycomb! http://workwithhoneycomb.com
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Welcome @redbrainmedia! My wife was born in Bozeman - it’s beautiful country out there. Glad to have you onboard the community.
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Hi there! My name is Rachel, I am the new Marketing Manager for Twister Trimmers by Keirton. I am passionate about many sectors of the cannabis industry, as well as digital marketing and community engagement. Before joining my team, I was working in a licensed dispensary in Vancouver, Canada as store manager and social media specialist. I am looking forward to connecting with and learning from everyone in this network, and hopefully teaching what I can as well! I am based in Surrey, BC-in my free time I enjoy hiking, painting and adventuring around British Columbia.
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Welcome @Rachel_Turner! If you want to add the Keirton social media accounts to this topic that way the community members can follow you: Post your social media accounts here
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My name is Austin Kion. I work head of sales at Excel Air Systems. We manufacturer mission critical air systems for sealed rooms. We offer everything from Air Conditioning, Dehumidification, Pathogen and Odor removal systems. I specialize on “SEALED ROOMS” I have probably built about 5000 sealed rooms and love to educate and design spaces for anyone. My dad started putting a/c in rooms in Vancouver Canada over 20 years ago! Let me know if I can be any help to anyone.
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I’ve finally found some time to start exploring this community! The “popular topics” emails lured me in 
I’ve been a medical grower for quite some time and about 5 years ago I met Tad Hussey (owner of Keep It Simple, KIS Organics) who was developing an organic “water only” soil. I spent a couple years running trials and assisting in the development of a reusable soil program. The same nutrient blend we use to make the soil is used to reuse the soil for many years. I offer horticulture consulting for medical/recreational producers in WA and OR. I’ve lived in Seattle all my life but I’m planning on moving to southern Oregon in the very near future.
Certified Natural Cannabis is a project I started to offer third party organic certification to the cannabis industry, but recently I decided to combine forces with Certified Kind.
My passions: Sustainable human settlement, cognitive liberty, intentional community, mushroom and vegetable production, buddhism, and integral consciousness. I also like mountain biking, playing drums, and cooking.
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@excelair Welcome to Growers Network Austin! We are happy to see Excel Air Systems in our community. We have several members that use your products in their grow operations.
You should definitely start a new topic with advice for how to build the best sealed room for commercial cultivation. I’m sure the growers would love to learn from you!
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Hello happy cannabis curators,
Sean here- I founded a company, Beneficial Biologics Inc, some years ago, in Humboldt county with the goal of supporting and enhancing the natural biologic functions and relationships of plant development and production. I have been a keynote speaker for some years at many grow expos and am able to solve a myriad of common problems, esp those pertaining to nutrient uptake. I also consult for many large scale operations. Here at team Bene-Bio, we capitalize and supercharge the long existing relationships between plants and microbes ( bacteriaµfungi) and offer supplements that will increase the efficacy of any nutrient line you may choose. We offer highly potent and soluble concentrates that can be used alone or together as instant compost teas or as nutritive additions. Our formulas offer greater performance while providing more forgiveness in the system. A win win for busy gardeners. We use all food grade, organic sources for everything we make. Even our minerals are kosher certified. Our formulas are well known to increase quality and production with any methodology. Say hi anytime and happy gardening. www.beneficialbiologics.com
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Great to see someone here who really could be considered a “master grower.” (A term that’s thrown around a little lightly in this industry.) As an educated and very detail-oriented grower, I spend most of my free time researching horticultural biology and physiology. I hope we can share some good conversations here! Cheers
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Hello, my name is Braxton, I have been growing cannabis for about 15 years and have worked extensively with Afganica, Sativa, Indica, and Ruderallis… I am experienced with Permaculture, Organics, Hydroponics, and Hybridization of those systems…
I work in a lab where I also research phyto-Cannabinoid and chemotype profiles of the carious strains in relation to the treatment of disease…
I do offer my cultivation and processing expertise in a consultant basis through a consultancy firm. I have been of service in legitimate cannabis organizations for 18 years and have a wealth of knowledge that I proudly expand and share everyday…
I am an a student of the plant and all of its miraculous wonder… I work with master growers (40+ years experience) in house to collaboratively diagnose and provide prescriptive paths for various diseases and conditions within the plant… I believe that anyone can figure out how to grow weed, that said, only a small group can grow medical cannabis… I have spent over a decade apprenticing with master growers to learn from the best in each specialty category… I don’t know everything, but if I don’t, I know someone that does…
I pride myself on being able to serve the plant by empowering others with the knowledge we have amassed as a group to ensure that others can reach the full benefit and potential of the plant.
I am always open to insight from others, I encourage alternate opinions and listen to alternative solutions to best serve the needs of the plant… At the end of the day, we are all here to serve the plant…
I listen to concerns, assess problematic conditions and address them with a systematic approach to corrective measures that not only address the issue but prevent it’s reoccurrence…
I am a former third generation General, Electrical, Security, Automation, Plumbing, and Mechanical Contractor with Industrial, Agricultural, Commercial and Manufacturing experience… I understand building envelopes and the contributing factors to environmental conditions and how they affect cultivation…
I was introduced to Cannabis in an effort to help heal my mother (who is alive today) from a terminal illness, once I was awoken, I have never gone back to sleep… This plant is a miracle and I am only interested in helping others make the most of it to keep it widely available and accessible so others can use it to save their lives too…
Thanks for your time and I look forward to learning about every aspect of this plant together! I am confident that we can mutually benefit off one another… Feel free to reach out and start a conversation!
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Hi, my name is Cody. I’m excited to see a site like this, especially getting in on what seems to be ground level. I hope it becomes a truly valuable resource for the industry. I am happy to be here with you fine people, and I will strive to do my best when it comes to citizenship and accuracy in data.
I am both a commercial and a private grower. I have a degree in Horticulture Production and a background of diversified organic farming. My current commercial grow has just transitioned from soiless media to living organic soil. Our methods could also be described as low-till/no-till. I love the attention to detail in this industry - the physiology and the biology are so much more involved when a crop is worth so much. I research as much as I can get away with, and I would be happy to help anyone in need with short consultations on this site for no charge. I also look forward to learning from all of you and having some diverse growing conversations!
I also make and listen to all sorts of music, predominantly I play rock music with a band called Stilted.
Great to be here.
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Welcome @jbcreel7! Talk about cannabis trees! What are your favorite cultivars to grow? And your story is in inspiration to the rest of us.
Hi @Cody! I’ve seen you around the site a little bit, it’s great to see people excited about cannabis and Growers Network. The interest in the plant and horticulture are what makes this industry unique. Having lived with an avid gardener my whole life (my mother), I’ve never met any other group or groups of people so passionate.
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Hello everyone, my name is Alex and I am the head grower for Avitas located in Salem, Oregon. Avitas is a Tier 2 producer and processor in the recreational market. I used to grow in the 502 market up in Washington but recently came down to the Salem facility to try and get things going.
A litle about my growing style: I run perpetual flower rooms, 4 x 1250 Sq. Ft rooms. 56 1000 Watt gavitas per room, 2 Dehu’s and 6 Water Chillers for AC. Drip Irrigation with standard manifolds and spaghetti lines (no emitters). Supplemented CO2 in all flower rooms and veg.
I harvest my early blooming indica strains one week and the following week is the sativa or late flowering strains from the same room. At the end of the week the same room is cleaned and new plants are brought into the flower room to begin another cycle. The following week is the next flower room etc.
I run a hybrid type of soil with amendments. 50/50 mix of Peat moss and perlite as a base, worm compost, fish compost, biochar, neem cake, crab meal dolomite lime etc.
I am still getting used to the new facility and just started to harvest our first crop. It is definitely the first pancake and could use improvements! Over time I will nail down all the little things asnd dial this place in but I am excited to be on this forum amongst many intelligent and diligent farmers/cultivators!
I will have questions, and so will many of you I’m sure! Hopefully we can all work as a team to solve any hiccups we all have and make this community close in comparison to many other forums out there!
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Hi All;
My name’s Greg and I’m with a company called ThermoSoil – we make smart heating systems for plants targeting the root zone area. The systems are modular, scale-able and extremely energy efficient. Perfect for greenhouse growers and outdoor growers – designed to heat only the root zone of the plant so that heat/energy/money is not wasted on heating ambient air (the leafy parts of the plant can support a much wider temperature range than the roots). The system can scale from a single 2g pot to thousands of pots up to 300g. Did I mention that they are extremely affordable? The ROI on these is great, because the plants grow faster, healthier and have bigger yields – we’re trying to figure out if this has any effect on potency. We’ve been doing heating systems for 20 years, developing our plant solution for about 4 years and are just bringing it to the cannabis market. Feel free to ask questions, I look at all discussions as a learning opportunity for me.
Personally I’ve been in this industry a short time, but have been a fan for many years 
My ‘hobbies’ are photography and videos… I’ve been a jack of many trades for many years… and am loving the new position where I get to talk science and growing with people who know more than I do – so I get to learn all the time.
Looking forward to getting some more knowledge here!
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Welcome @greg.s! That’s pretty nifty. I know that some growers struggle with having chilled water (to prevent contamination) and warming it up to the root zone (which plants like). Good to see that there’s a system designed to scale with that in mind.
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