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Recent Posts by Joy King

7 Tips To Winterize Your Greenhouse

While outdoor growers are busy harvesting, greenhouse growers know that Fall is the best time to prepare for cold months ahead. Winter is fast approaching. To make sure your greenhouse thrives during cold winter months, winterize your grow now. Preventative measures ensure a continuous transition into colder months ahead. 

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Mitigating Supply Chain Issues

The global supply chain is encountering massive shortages. Cannabis businesses feel the pressure in delayed deliveries, back-ordered supplies, and severe shortages of critical raw materials. It's created an ongoing crisis impacting cannabis packaging, extractors, producers, retailers, and cultivation. When sourcing supplies abroad, you can expect delays and immense costs, sometimes up to 100x. The elevated cost of goods and a massive increase in shipping charges have created an unprecedented crisis that all businesses are feeling. 

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Employee Highlight - Seema Allu

Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Seema enjoyed her childhood with her older brother and younger sister. Her father, Prakash, was an electrical engineer, and her mother, Prameela, was a school teacher. Seema had a love for competitive sports, especially badminton, cycling, and anything outdoors.

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Customer Highlight - Cultivation Warehouse

Growlink has had the distinct pleasure of working with Cultivation Warehouse since 2018. As a full suite design and consulting agency, they include and resell Growlink solutions as part of their designs. Cultivation Warehouse (CW) partners with commercial cannabis operators to provide effective agritechnology equipment solutions, integration expertise, and facility design that meet project goals and maximize ROI.  CW clients also benefit from the added value of reliable service that is there when it matters most. 

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Is Cannabis Taking Alcohol Market Share?

Americans have many obsessions—social media, sneakers, television, gambling, video games, alcohol, working out, food, cannabis, etc. But should some of these industries be concerned that cannabis may take away their market share? Possibly, according to a 2017 US study by three college researchers. 

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Grower Highlight - Kevin Crouch, Delighted Cannabis

While conducting wildlife studies and completing a 15-year tenure conducting environmental compliance for the oil and gas industry, Kevin Crouch started his journey into cannabis. "Humboldt started my journey cultivating cannabis, where it blossomed into a passion for growing all plants especially cannabis, fruits, and vegetables. I fired up two lights in 2004 and never looked back." Kevin took a scientific approach to breed cannabis and created his first strain, True Romberry (DJ Short's True Blueberry x Romulan) he continues to innovate to this day.

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Greenhouse Automated Control Systems

Greenhouses maintain a thriving environment that is about more than just air temperature, combining various factors that influence plant growth like heat, humidity, light levels, and ventilation. Keeping the climate at optimum levels is simplified through the use of automation. Let's look into how it works and why you may benefit from using automated greenhouse control systems. 

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Growlink Picnic & Games Recap!

As Growlink continues to grow, their team members increase, and how the company celebrates them also changes. With so many new employees this year, the company wanted to bring everyone together, including their families. So, the Growlink Picnic & Games was conceived!

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Top 3 Reasons To Use A Nutrient Dosing System

Nutrient dosing or delivery systems are associated with precision irrigation, automation, and convenience, but it's also known for high upfront costs. Sticker shock can frighten growers into putting off buying the equipment, even though most growers admit that the upfront investment eventually pays off. Reduced resource waste, lower labor requirements, and saving time are just a few of the things that convince growers to invest in their cultivation facilities' future. Let's examine what nutrient or fertilizer delivery systems do and why using one may be more beneficial than you think. 

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Setting Up An Indoor Cultivation Facility

As more states approve medical and adult-use cannabis, it's creating business opportunities for master growers and experts in controlled-environment cultivation. The initial planning phase is critically important for success. Let's examine the basics of setting up a successful indoor cannabis cultivation facility.

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