Crop rotation and stuff...21 Oct 2019 21:32
Regarding the number of plants being quoted. It looks quite feasible but does depend on a few factors.
Firstly, It all depends a great deal on crop rotation Or, how you stagger the bays. At the start of the process, yes it maybe possible to plant out huge amounts of plants becuase that's all you have to do. But further on you need to factor in time for plant care and then harvesting. They will need to space out the planting of each of the bays so as to end up having a rolling crop over the four bays with as little downtime as possible. Namely, each bay in a different stage of development.
Secondly, enviroment control. Can they control each bay on an individual basis. Mature flowering plants wouldn't require the same light, as say, a new seedling. Just like in nature, the changing seasons ( hours of sunlight mostly) trigger plants to go into certain phases of their growth cycle. Can they hold plants (bays) in a vegetative state until required to flower?
These and a few more questions I've been wondering whilst modeling a few scenarios on a spreadsheet.
Are they are planting the bays from seed or from already established seedlings? I would imagine they would be using seedlings so as to eliminate wasted time and effort from non-germination.
How long it would take to harvest a bay and get it ready for the next rotation of planting?
For some of these unknowns I have made an educated guess. I've also factored in the abilty to control each bay indepedantly as (imo) that seems key. Over a couple of seasons It does seem that it would be possible to ramp up production to figures being quoted and more , if required. But, not in the first year as you still have to wait to get to the point where that first harvest is cropped and the next one in.
I'm sure they are well advanced in respect of most of this stuff but I do find this much more intersting than oil and gas ever was. But Jeeze, the things I busy myself with during Stoptober. lol
Si. :)