Proper scheduling helps cultivation businesses meet their production goals and fulfill their promises to investors, regulators, and stakeholders.
The most successful cannabis cultivation teams strictly follow their production plans, and only under certain circumstances do they modify them.
Like a mosquito extracting blood from a vein, these insects tap into the plant’s leaves, stems, and roots to feed off the nutrients flowing throughout the plant.
Insects with chewing mouthparts, such as caterpillars and grasshoppers, damage plants by consuming plant tissue.
Commercial cannabis growers only cultivate female plants unless they’re involved in breeding or seed production.
Also referred to as hermaphroditism, this can be caused by genetic influences or extreme growing conditions.
Most of the tools for fighting these issues are preventative measures.
While the above three issues merit a change of plans, it’s common for start-ups to change direction over much less.
Production changes that don’t address an immediate threat should not be implemented in the middle of a crop cycle.
The best cannabis cultivation businesses develop a rock-solid production plan and only pivot when there is a disease, insect, or pollination threat.
Ryan Douglas is the founder of Ryan Douglas Cultivation, LLC, which helps new cannabis cultivation businesses come to market quickly and spend less money getting there.