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[The Northern Light]

Since the testing phase of BW Global and Ambient Water Greenhouses is 6-12 months, the perfected technology should soon be ready!

To build the cannabis houses, Ambient Water is partnering with BW Global Structures Inc., which employs a polycarbonate panel in its greenhouses instead of the glass used in traditional structures. Based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, the company applies a unique technology that diffuses the “photosynthetically active radiation” in a greenhouse, so that more of each plant is exposed to the light, increasing both the yield and quality of the cannabis.

An earlier test of the technology with a Texas tomato grower found that this light technology helped increase the yield of market-grade tomatoes by as much as 60 percent compared with the previous year, said Timothy Kendrick, BW Global’s president and chief designer. Tomatoes and cannabis are similar crops in terms of physiology and in the way they are grown, so the firm’s success with tomatoes and other food crops helped put it on the radar for marijuana production, Kendrick said. He added, “This [cannabis] space is not something we sought out.”

Even so, the Canadian company is also developing research and distribution software to deploy in the sector. The program tracks the plants’ genetic strains and combines it with climatic data during all stages of production -- from growth to flowering to drying to distribution -- so that growers can understand which greenhouse conditions can generate certain levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the primary psychoactive component of marijuana, and other cannabinoid compounds.

http://www.ibtimes.com/legal-marijuana-growers-are-moving-warehouse-greenhouse-technology-firms-are-1846852