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AVING DONE around a one post-harvest stage, arguably the most imthousand plant pheno-hunts, portant time in a Cannabis plant’s life cycle. complete with profile testing, you Here we see the hard work and attention might say Kind Therapeutics had to detail that was put into the process up more than enough data to start producing until this point come to fruition under Jorthe “good good” medicine, but they further dan’s careful eye. Jordan makes sure that opened up their products to customer these flowers achieve their optimum size, feedback, taking the time to continuously potency, and profile before the plants gets update their program. passed one more time to Kyle! This information is relayed to the team The next step is harvesting. Responsible who then discusses it together to tweak for drying and curing the harvest, some aspects of the whole system to continuously people might say Kyle’s job is even more optimize their process in response to patient boring than watching the grass grow, betrends. Now, every grow is segmented into cause to the layman, watching the grass dry sections to optimize workflow, but at Kind, and sit in a bucket for a few weeks doesn’t each team lead is technically responsible seem like much work. Wrong. This is where for one of those segments - allowing for you’re most prone to getting molds and milsmall teams to specialize on key steps in the dews, and if conditions are neglected even grow cycle. slightly, a whole crop could be ruined for Darren Kelly is the man starting this any number of reasons - ultimately wasting process by nurturing these months of hard work. mothers into robust clone And well, after a What really makes producing trees to then meticulous hand trim and be cloned out and moved beautiful glass packagthis grow stand out down the proverbial ing, you know the rest assembly line! Darren has because you see it every is its management a history of working with a day in the dispensary! structure and its variety of plants that clearly shows in the quality of commitment to his mother plants and their being one of the subsequent clone babies. IF YOU HAVEN’T Kind’s mother room has seen their products, then most eco-friendly fat, tall, very green and please take the time to healthy looking mothers, and patient-forward try some of their cultivars which I confirmed by that touch so many loving grows in the state! checking the quality of the and passionate hands, cuts in the clone room. and you will understand After clones have demonexactly what this team strated their ability to survive, the plants has achieved from a quality standpoint. are then transferred into a small veg room This management structure and the people where Sarah Sines takes the responsibility of that make up the team have really started topping and bottoming plants, and starting an innovative new trend that revolutionizes to shape the future canopy. Topping and a typical grow structure into one with more bottoming refer to trimming the plant in checks and balances. such a way as to produce a larger canopy, Beyond the aforementioned incredible more potent flowers, and consistent plant team, you simply can’t talk about Kind size for an even canopy distribution. Therapeutics without mentioning their That uniformity then gets transplanted eco-friendly practices. into a larger veg room to bulk out growth While large-scale commercial grows are and move into early flowering, and thus not known for using no-till, live soil, poly the buck is passed on to Michael Gouldculture beds for their flowers, this team is up ing. The larger veg rooms and early flower to the challenge. This practice, when done rooms were conspicuously green, indicating well, eliminates a tremendous amount of a very aggressive defoliation process. waste, nutrient use and pesticide use, which By aggressively defoliating, Goulding is already highly regulated in Cannabis, but ensures that light penetrates deeper into the less so in the general agricultural space. canopy, allowing buds lower on the plant to Kind Therapeutics has implemented grow larger and with higher potency. this very green and organic practice early Jordan Lavender is the man with the on, and because they are one of the early flowering plan, responsible for the end of medical Cannabis companies on the East the flowering process up until the harvest/ Coast, they are very well-positioned to start trends that could rival the hydroponic <<< Sarah Sines, Jordan Lavender, revolution - leading not just the Cannabis Darren Kelly, Michael Goulding, industry, but the agricultural industry as a whole towards a greener planet. and Kyle Perrel on the KT crew.
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