We’re on a mission to discover the connections between environmental conditions and plant physiology. From transpiration to carbon assimilation, thermodynamics to photosynthesis, everything in your grow room is interconnected.
InSpire’s Chief Technology Officer, Robbie Batts, was recently interviewed by Dr. Ricardo Rivera on the Cannabis Science Podcast. Dr. Rivera is a faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of British Columbia and the host of Cannabis Science Podcast, a show dedicated to answering questions about cannabis:...
InSpire is excited to continue our free webinar series for cannabis cultivators with an upcoming fourth event. “From Cultural to Chemical Control: How to Implement an Effective IPM Plan for Cannabis” will take place on Thursday, August 6 at 10:00 a.m. PST. You can register for the webinar by clicking...
InSpire is excited to announce that we’ve partnered with our friends at Fluence by OSRAM (Fluence) to create a new two-part webinar series for cannabis cultivators and cultivation facility designers. “Part One: Key Lighting and HVACD Decisions in New Build Planning” will take place on Thursday, July 23 at 11:00...
InSpire’s Chief Technology Officer, Robbie Batts, was recently interviewed by Petar Petrov for an article in Terpenes & Testing Magazine. Terpenes & Testing is a publication that caters to science-enthused professionals through daily cannabis news, research and opinions. Petar Petrov is an experienced journalist in the cannabis industry who writes...
InSpire’s CTO, Robbie Batts, recently published an article in the 2020 May/June Hemp edition of Terpenes & Testing Magazine. Terpenes & Testing is a bi-monthly publication catering to science enthused professionals through daily cannabis news, research and opinions. Terpenes & Testing’s unique approach to infusing hard-core science with passion for...
Apples and Oranges – How To Compare Integrated HVACD With Conventional Non-Integrated HVAC The InSpire team is pleased to announce the next event in our webinar series: “Apples and Oranges: How to Compare Integrated HVACD with Conventional Non-Integrated HVAC.” This webinar will take place on Thursday, July 9th at 10:00...
VPD is critical to the vitality of your plants. If you’re going to make the most of the grow room you’ve invested so heavily in, you need to fully understand the concept of VPD. You can learn about these concepts in the time it takes to read a few paragraphs!...
Our team is excited to continue our free webinar series with a second installment: “Drying and Curing Cannabis to Preserve Terpenes and Other Secondary Metabolites.” The series explores important topics for cannabis cultivators, focusing on the concept of cultural control, or the practice of controlling a growing environment to maximize...
InSpire Transpiration Solutions Presents in Virtual Cultivation Workshop Series with Resource Innovation Institute CEO Adrian Giovenco discusses energy efficient cultivation practices during the first online workshop for Michigan cultivators. The inaugural Efficient Yields Cultivation Workshop focuses on energy efficient facility design and optimization for Michigan cultivators. “Now more than ever,...
Your HVAC system is the heart and lungs of your cannabis grow facility. Unlike your home A/C unit, which cools for comfort, a commercial HVAC system for a grow room needs to control a variety of factors in a highly dynamic environment. It’s never too early in the grow room...
When you combine the costs of new construction or retrofitting a commercial cannabis grow room with everyday operating expenses, it’s critical for you to maximize every crop cycle. Even if you start off with excellent genetics, a poorly designed grow room can result in lower quality flower that doesn’t...
InSpire is excited to announce that we are offering a new webinar series to allow cultivators to connect and collaborate during a time when virtual interaction is more important than ever. This free webinar series will explore important topics for cannabis cultivators, specifically focusing on the concept of cultural control:...
InSpire CEO Adrian Giovenco recently published an article in Cannabis Business Executive: “Tips for Investors to Mitigate Risk in Cannabis Cultivation.” Cannabis Business Executive is an online publication dedicated to providing cannabis industry leaders with the expert information they need to help them run their cannabis businesses successfully. CBE distinguishes...
No matter how good your mother plant is or your lighting system, if you can’t control the relative humidity of your indoor cannabis grow room, you’re putting the vitality of your crop at risk. In today’s post, we’re going to discuss the importance of controlling relative humidity in your indoor...
Humans have grown cannabis for thousands of years, but cultivating it in an indoor cannabis grow room without the aid of sunlight is a relatively new phenomena from the last century. Cannabis grown indoors is often seen as better quality, even if the biggest difference is aesthetic. One of the...
Cannabis Varieties and Environmental Conditions Evidence in archeologic records show the domestication of Cannabis started as long as 8,000 years ago in both East Asia and Europe. Despite the long history Humans share with the Cannabis plant there is still dispute about the taxonomy and whether it is one species:...
As Robson Forensic points out very succinctly in this article, there are a litany of hazards in cannabis cultivation facilities that growers need to be acutely aware of. Many of these hazards are also crucial inputs to maintain optimum growing conditions in order to maximize yield and minimize cost. They...