Many 250W MH lights and few 250W HPS lights in factory are used for tall plants and mothers. Fluorescent tubes for clones and revegging of small plants.
Mother plants of precious Spice of Life genetics
We visited in the autumn, so there were mainly genetics kept in vegetative state and drying buds…
Seeds needed to be extracted from the buds
Buds from greenhouses drying…
We completely missed grow season, but this photos from Steve’s collection shows one of his greenhouses…
Factory backyard was full of left-overs and males
Incredibly frosty blueberry male flowers. Steve explained that for breeding finding the right male is very important and can’t be underestimated.
Revegging in practice, for us it was very surprising to find out that revegging is used also on professional level to save precious genetics.
It takes days and weeks but result is worth it! Rejuvenated plant: new branches are protruding from buds.
Industry grade ventilation through out whole factory
Breeder Steve is a huge fan of aquaponics (guppyponics as he calls it). Unfortunately the aqua room was still under construction (34x 600 HPS and two 1000 litres aquariums).
Hemp tolerant policy was originally designated for farming and exporting technical cannabis. Around 2000 the Netherlands has banned seed production, so many seedbanks moved to the Switzerland. For few years it was glorious time… We have probably visited there in the best years… Year or two later, Breeder Steve has left the Switzerland, because the situation got worse. Police started to notice, they tested fields for cannabinoid percentages and jailed anybody who had anything to do with “drug market”.