AgraFlora Organics is progressing with the cultivation at Propagation Services Canada, the Company’s flagship cultivation asset located in Delta, British Columbia which commenced cultivation using a curated portfolio of live-plant genetics in June 2020.
"The Delta Facility expects to move to first harvest by early Q4 with first product available for sale of low-cost high potency cannabis strains expected in Q1 2021 on a wholesale basis," the team with the company explains.
"The Elite Genetics at the Delta Facility have been tailored to go to work with PSC’s infrastructure and cultivation program and are expected to yield up to 44 varieties of strains to offer the Company’s wholesale clients a robust product offering while maintaining strong cannabinoid and terpene content plant yield and crops per year."
“The team has been doing a great transition from Tomato cultivation to Cannabis,” stated Ruben Houweling, General Manager of Houweling Nurseries. “Our preparation has paid off and we have had great results this summer in plant health and scale up. We are getting ready to start our first flowering cycles this fall.”
The Delta Facility
"The Delta Greenhouse is scalable, providing up to 2,200,000 sq. ft. of cannabis cultivation," they further explain. "Phase 1 of the cultivation strategy includes 422,828 sq. ft. of growing space utilizing a state-of-the-art pressurized, semi-open Venlo greenhouse design considered to be one of the most technically advanced and environmentally friendly greenhouse platforms in North America and is located in a unique agricultural micro-climate on the shores of the Pacific."
Key features of the Delta Greenhouse
The Delta greenhouse is fully a integrated on-site natural-gas-powered power plant. "The facility is equipped with advanced climate and humidity control management infrastructure, proprietary energy-efficient air exchange to maintain stable climate conditions at a fraction of the cost of traditional HVAC systems. Additionally, there are ebb-and-flow watering systems to enhance complete irrigation recapture and water treatment. With regards to the lighting, the system is a multistage supplemental lighting augmented by natural sunlight to foster optimized illumination equilibrium. And finally, a proprietary ERP system to allow for efficient resource management and cost tracking."
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