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Max Jones of the University of Guelph joins Grodan Crop Specialist Chad Rigby and host Riley Jones for a focused conversation on how cannabis research translates into commercial cultivation. Drawing from his work in tissue culture, clean plant systems, and advanced breeding, Max explains how genetic preservation, disease management, and plant rejuvenation move from lab theory into real-world production.

The discussion connects research concepts like tissue culture, polyploid breeding, and F1 hybrids to practical cultivation realities, including managing hop latent viroid, maintaining mother stock health, and improving uniformity across rooms and cycles. Chad ties these ideas back to execution, highlighting how system design and environmental control ultimately determine whether scientific innovation delivers consistent results.

Rather than positioning research as something separate from day-to-day production, this episode reframes it as infrastructure. When lab insight aligns with how a facility actually operates, growers gain stronger genetic stability, clearer decision-making, and fewer surprises from run to run.

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Ryan Lee of Chimera Genetics joins Grodan Crop Specialist Chad Rigby and host Riley Jones for a deep conversation on how cannabis genetics and cultivation strategy come together in controlled environments. Drawing from decades of breeding and research experience, Ryan breaks down how genetic potential is established, classified, and expressed, and where growers have the most influence once plants enter production.

The discussion connects genetic selection to real-world cultivation decisions, including climate strategy, root zone management, and crop steering. Chad ties breeding concepts back to precision growing, highlighting how irrigation, substrate choice, and environmental control shape consistency across rooms and runs.

Rather than treating genetics and cultivation as separate disciplines, this episode frames them as one integrated system. For growers focused on repeatability, efficiency, and long-term performance, it offers a clearer way to align genetics with how their facilities actually operate.

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In this special episode, we unpack one of Grodan’s most significant cannabis research milestones to date. Crop Specialist Chad Rigby returns to break down the findings behind our new whitepaper, Impressively high yields are reality for cannabis growers, highlighting how precision irrigation, EC management, and autoflower F1 hybrid seeds contributed to annual dry flower yields averaging 9.7 kg/m² — with multiple treatment groups surpassing 10 kg/m².

Together, Chad and host Riley Jones walk through the trial design, why lower EC outperformed higher EC, how staged shot sizes shaped generative steering, and what the GroSens Suite revealed about real-time plant behavior. They also explore how this research supports more consistent, repeatable outcomes for commercial growers and what it signals for the future of professional cannabis cultivation.

Want to dig deeper? Download the full whitepaper for trial data, methodology, and key insights at Grodan101.com.