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This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week we’re speaking to Nick Denney of Holistic Industries.                                     More Information about Nick                                                                                                                                             Nick is the Director of Cultivation for Holistic Industries, a multi-state cannabis operator based in Washington DC. Nick began his career growing leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables in South FL where he managed a hydroponic greenhouse and started a small farm that sold specialty produce to the area's top chefs. During that time, he also earned his M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Florida, focusing on crop physiology and sustainable agricultural practices. He made the transition to cannabis in early 2018 when he joined Holistic Industries and currently oversees all Holistic cultivation operations, which has now expanded to 7 states (DC, MD, MA, PA, MI, MO, WV). His main duties include supporting the Cultivation Managers in each state to maximize efficiency and output, overseeing the company's genetics program, and leading the cultivation design and equipment selections for renovations or new construction. He currently resides in Maryland, just outside of Washington DC, with his wife Vanessa and 2 beagles, Chili and Pachita.                                    Timestamp Notes                                                                                                                                            1:30 Operating Holistic Industries across different states4:50 Quitting law and growing plants9:30 Aquaponics and black soldier fly larvae11:00 Learning to grow leafies, tomatoes, and berries in a hydroponic greenhouse13:00 Were you able to grow in a greenhouse year-round in Florida?15:00 Have you ever eaten a cucumber blossom?15:30 How did you get to cannabis?20:00 Are the benefits of growing indoors the same across all states?21:00 Biggest learning curve going from greenhouse to indoor: Learning how all the different variables interact with each other23:30 Biggest learning curve going from tomatoes to cannabis: Growing indeterminate vs determinate plant, postharvest, and growing a diecious plant25:45 What is a diecious plant?27:00 Are there similarities between the vegetative stage of cannabis and vegetative crops like lettuce?30:10 Choosing the cultivar based on season32:20 What does it mean to steer a plant?37:15 Having so much variety in cannabis is one of the most exciting parts of the industry40:45 Which environmental cues can you adjust to steer multiple types of plants in the same space?44:00 What are irrigation cues you can use to steer the plant?48:00 The importance of crop registration to steer the plant49:00 Is there such thing as Indica and Sativa varieties?51:30 Dial back foxtailing with more generative cues53:30 Has serendipity ever struck?56:00 What goes into registering a crop?58:30 Data can never replace a grower’s intuition59:30 The sales-production feedback loop and the perpetual dominance of potency1:03:30 Who reviews environmental data?1:04:30 What has been your experience switching from HPS to LED?1:10:30 Less canopy = more control, more canopy = less control1:11:20 What does efficiency mean to you?1:12:40 The importance of growers sharing information with each other1:16:00 Do not ignore the legacy growers1:17:00 The Hydro Store as Cooperative Extension1:20:20 How do you see the cannabis industry evolving over the next 5-10 years?1:21:50 What do plants crave?1:23:00 Rapid fire questions1:26:00 Nick’s favorite plant to garden                                    Shout outs from the Interview                                                                                                                                            Ramsey NubaniPlant Empowerment  

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week we’re speaking to Nick Denney of Holistic Industries. <ul> <li> <h4> More Information about Nick </h4> Nick is the Director of Cultivation for Holistic Industries, a multi-state cannabis operator based in Washington DC. Nick began his career growing leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables in South FL where he managed a hydroponic greenhouse and started a small farm that sold specialty produce to the area's top chefs. During that time, he also earned his M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Florida, focusing on crop physiology and sustainable agricultural practices. He made the transition to cannabis in early 2018 when he joined Holistic Industries and currently oversees all Holistic cultivation operations, which has now expanded to 7 states (DC, MD, MA, PA, MI, MO, WV). His main duties include supporting the Cultivation Managers in each state to maximize efficiency and output, overseeing the company's genetics program, and leading the cultivation design and equipment selections for renovations or new construction. He currently resides in Maryland, just outside of Washington DC, with his wife Vanessa and 2 beagles, Chili and Pachita. </li> <li> <h4> Timestamp Notes </h4> 1:30 Operating Holistic Industries across different states 4:50 Quitting law and growing plants 9:30 Aquaponics and black soldier fly larvae 11:00 Learning to grow leafies, tomatoes, and berries in a hydroponic greenhouse 13:00 Were you able to grow in a greenhouse year-round in Florida? 15:00 Have you ever eaten a cucumber blossom? 15:30 How did you get to cannabis? 20:00 Are the benefits of growing indoors the same across all states? 21:00 Biggest learning curve going from greenhouse to indoor: Learning how all the different variables interact with each other 23:30 Biggest learning curve going from tomatoes to cannabis: Growing indeterminate vs determinate plant, postharvest, and growing a diecious plant 25:45 What is a diecious plant? 27:00 Are there similarities between the vegetative stage of cannabis and vegetative crops like lettuce? 30:10 Choosing the cultivar based on season 32:20 What does it mean to steer a plant? 37:15 Having so much variety in cannabis is one of the most exciting parts of the industry 40:45 Which environmental cues can you adjust to steer multiple types of plants in the same space? 44:00 What are irrigation cues you can use to steer the plant? 48:00 The importance of crop registration to steer the plant 49:00 Is there such thing as Indica and Sativa varieties? 51:30 Dial back foxtailing with more generative cues 53:30 Has serendipity ever struck? 56:00 What goes into registering a crop? 58:30 Data can never replace a grower’s intuition 59:30 The sales-production feedback loop and the perpetual dominance of potency 1:03:30 Who reviews environmental data? 1:04:30 What has been your experience switching from HPS to LED? 1:10:30 Less canopy = more control, more canopy = less control 1:11:20 What does efficiency mean to you? 1:12:40 The importance of growers sharing information with each other 1:16:00 Do not ignore the legacy growers 1:17:00 The Hydro Store as Cooperative Extension 1:20:20 How do you see the cannabis industry evolving over the next 5-10 years? 1:21:50 What do plants crave? 1:23:00 Rapid fire questions 1:26:00 Nick’s favorite plant to garden </li> <li> <h4> Shout outs from the Interview </h4> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramseynubani" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ramsey Nubani</a><a href="https://www.plantempowerment.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plant Empowerment</a> </li> </ul>

What Plants Crave feat. Nick Denney: Steering for Cannabis Empowerment

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Nick Denney, Cultivation Manager for the Maryland facility of Holistic Industries, a multi-state cannabis indoor grow operation. Topics include the importance of understanding local laws and having refined data to better understand your grow across state lines, educating yourself constantly and the future of the cannabis industry from Nick's perspective.

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Nick Denney, Cultivation Manager for the Maryland facility of Holistic Industries, a multi-state cannabis indoor grow operation. Topics include the importance of understanding local laws and having refined data to better understand your grow across state lines, educating yourself constantly and the future of the cannabis industry from Nick's perspective.

71. #KyleTalksAgTech: Growing Cannabis at Holistic Industries with a focus on data w/ Nick Denney