NZ’s GFI commissions new cannabis cultivation room
Added on 28 July 2023
GFI managing director Dan Casey says the first of two cultivation rooms, housing around 300 cannabis plants, has been commissioned successfully.
“Despite some hurdles with the installation of the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, we now have satisfactory control over the environment within the first room,” said Mr. Casey. “We eagerly anticipate monitoring the growth cycle of the medicinal cannabis plants.”
The company is aiming to get the second cultivation room up and running in the coming weeks. Having two rooms operational would allow for staggered harvests from each room, with each estimated to yield 4-5 harvests each year. This would work out to approximately 200-250 kg of cannabis flower from each room annually.
Greenfern has quality at front-of-mind with its indoor cultivation in a wholly enclosed and controlled environment. The company says it has previously surpassed stringent European Pharmacopoeia standards related to inhalation microbial counts in its test facility, without necessitating irradiation treatment of the flowers. The goal is to now replicate this at a commercial scale in the new, more sophisticated cultivation facility.
“This milestone validates Greenfern as a genuine cannabis producer in New Zealand,” commented Greenfern Chairman Marvin Yee.
Photo by CRYSTALWEED cannabis on Unsplash
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