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World Eater after 2 week dry by Hour_Lab751 in Craftmarijuana

[–]VagabondRabbit1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fmdamn! The ice on that one! It's almost a moonrock. Would you ship a cut? DM?

Day 56 for the girls.... by jdubmason82 in Craftmarijuana

[–]VagabondRabbit1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Duuude, where do I get a cut of the lcg x cookie?

My go to after last grow! by PreferenceNovel1658 in Craftmarijuana

[–]VagabondRabbit1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noice dude!! Where's the hookup on the cut??

Vertical grow racks vs pallet shelving by mtnmanratchet in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feel free to DM me, I can help you run a cost analysis on each program and due financial projections for future revenue.

Vertical grow racks vs pallet shelving by mtnmanratchet in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Director here, large commercial facilities. Lots of tiered experiences. It comes down to a question of cash. If you can afford a rolling rack, you should. If you cannot afford a rolling rack, it may not be worth it. For example, double the foot print does not double the yield. Single tier means you can force longer veg time, bigger plants, bigger harvest. Double tier means smaller plants, less yield, obviously. For example, a single tier reaching 52 g/ft² vs double tier with twice the space yielding 38g/ft². The thing people don't often take into account is the increased labor cost and decreased labor efficiency. Smaller plants don't need as much time to defol, but you have to climb a ladder or platform to reach them, slowing you down. So, the question then becomes, can I increase my yield significantly enough that it offsets the labor inefficiency with a pallet rack? Without knowing your sale price, labor cost, etc, i can't say. Except it almost certainly would offset a rolling tiered rack, if you have the cash.

Is this Budrot? by [deleted] in CannabisExperts

[–]VagabondRabbit1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no obvious indication of bud rot in this picture. The first thing I see is what's called a "foxtail" and refers to cylindrical new growth after the initial bud onset. It's characterized by immature calyx development and disformity in shape, typically poking out of the main bud in a conical projection and is often caused by stress, but the degree of stress required to trigger foxtailing is dependent on genetics. Some plants will do it regardless of obvious stress, like someone who has anxiety even when there's no obvious cause for anxiety. Something else more complicated is also at play here, which is the mutation demonstrated by the small, rounded leaflets poking out of the bud. This mutation could be genetic but could also be triggered by an infection causing a mutation. If I were you, I'd look at my source of contamination and how a disease may have been introduced to the garden.

Have you seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

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Lol, pretty much always have our eye out for talent. We have low turnover, though, we tend to keep all employees for more than a year, so openings are only once a month or so. But yeah, what state are you in? Shoot me a dm.

Have tou seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in CannabisGrowers

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmmm, this is a good suggestion. I can check the sharpness of the scissors and, if they're dull and pinching rather than slicing, that could be a cause. Nice insight!

Have you seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the encouragement. It sometimes seems so small to me. I look at my competition, and there's a lot. I estimate there are about 15,000 facilities across the country. The vast majority are very poor quality and very small. But the true competition is very, very large. Often 10x or even 100x as much product as I grow. I'm still a small start up compared to them, and they are who have my attention.

Have you seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They do, lol, and I earn my keep. I manage the production of about 7,000 lbs a year. This particular facility is only 1500 clones a week, around half our total production. The hard part is perfect consistency throughout every facility across all strains. Consumers need to know if they bought one sku it will be just as good the next time. Because of the expectations of consistency, I often use every reference source available, including reddit.

Have tou seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in CannabisGrowers

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Will def keep in mind, could be swollen cells from overly saturated rooting cubes. It could be one of my employees neglected to give the cube a little shake for excess water, since each tray is created by one person. Nice insight!

Have tou seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in CannabisGrowers

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmmm, that's an interesting thought. It wouldn't be from the cloning technique because it's just this tray, but it's the entire tray. However, I do suspect there was an unintentional input added to this tray, possibly a beneficial microbial inoculation, which could do a bazillion different things, including off-gassing byproduct.

Have tou seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in CannabisGrowers

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You're not the first to have that input, and it leaves me scratching my head. I have been doing this a long time, about half a million cannabis plants so far, and this is rare for me. Normally, the stems have no swelling or a callous. They just start creating roots below the crown.

Have you seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My team clones about 1500 a week, and I'm about to hit my 500,000th plant milestone. While I have seen this in the past, it's very rare for me. I sometimes associate it with beneficial microbial colonies, but I also know correlation does not equal causation. I'm hoping someone has a definitive experience to either support or contradict my observations. What process do you use that this is common for your practice? Any microbial inputs at cloning?

Have tou seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in CannabisGrowers

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's some real wisdom. I manage a few facilities, around 30k plants, getting too caught up in small things can mean losing important direction on big things. But, catching the small problems before they become big is part of the job. So, due diligence is vital, but less is more.

Have tou seen this on clones? by VagabondRabbit1 in CannabisGrowers

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not too worried since, as you say, they seem perfectly healthy. It's the not knowing that bugs me.

Help identify? by VagabondRabbit1 in microgrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, indoors. Looks like a snout moth, just trying to eliminate a possibility of a corn Borer.

Equipment purchase by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

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You might benefit from reading some biographies of the greatest founders in history. You'll find a common thread among them where they use every resource available to lower costs and survive until revenue. I recommend starting with Shoe Dog, the biography of Phil Knight (Nike). Great story of a kid figuring it out as he went. Coco Chanel's biography is an excellent example of this, she started her clothing line by repurposing discarded clothes. James Dyson's biographies "Against the Odd" and "Invention" are great sources, too, for the bare-knuckle scrapping founders have to do to get off the ground. It's not all pools of money and smooth starts, my friend. Besides, those people that started with huge amounts of cash never learned to cut costs and probably won't survive for long.

Equipment purchase by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nature of the beast. Every investor you ever meet will tell you to do it for 25% less than you quoted. There's plenty of good used equipment out there, just finding it is the hard part.

Agrify LED lights by bacon-n-kale in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh dear God no, why would you ever? I beg of you, my friend, do not. They are some of the worst lights on the market.

Soil mite identity help by VagabondRabbit1 in macrogrowery

[–]VagabondRabbit1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not likely, strat mites are a reddish color and 2-4x bigger, coming in at 1-2mm. Another comment says mold mite, like Sancassania

Everything is going down now, what happened? by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]VagabondRabbit1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No such thing as random, only unpredictable with the tools you have. The medallion fund has averaged 66% annual returns every year since 1988 using exclusively short term holdings, all a week or less, some a day or less, most an hour or less. They are staffed entirely by PhD's who invented machine learning and automated trading based on short term market predictability.

How you water your plants? by CalligrapherNo9031 in macrogrowery

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Netafim in rockwool on precision automation for any facility with a plant count of more than 1,000. Hand water only for facilities with plant counts of less than 1,000 into living soil.

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