Cannabis Trials Grower Jobs

Description:

Primary Purpose and Function: To grow and maintain Trials department plants. They will assist the Trials Manager and work with other Trials Grower to produce high quality show plants for trade shows and marketing purposes. They are also responsible for organizing, conducting, and reporting on all New Variety liner and finished evaluations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Moisture Management

• Monitoring of automated greenhouse systems using PRIVA
• Monitor crops daily to determine when to irrigate based on growing environment, plant needs, season cycles, and water patterns to achieve a proper and even moisture level throughout crops
• Operate, maintain, and schedule all irrigation systems
• Communicate with Trials Manager for specific needs surrounding daily watering requirements, and before weekends and holidays
• Participate on Friday, weekend, and holiday watering schedules

Fertility Management

• Determines where weekly media testing is required, submits these results, and determines appropriate fertilization of plants
• Understands different fertilizer blends and rates with ability to choose between them for optimal plant nutrition
• Organizes tissue sampling of crops when necessary
• Understands seasonal cycles and intended purposes of crops to ensure that they finish on schedule

IPM and Scouting

• Scouts for pests and diseases and determines appropriate spray applications on a weekly basis
• Determines if mid-week or additional treatments are needed and ensures that these are done when necessary
• Determines where biologicals can be used and ensures that they are distributed properly; ensures that the appropriate biologicals are ordered on a weekly basis

Direction of Planting

• Instructs staff on weekly potting of plants into finished containers
• Ensures that appropriate planting records are maintained ? Prints accurate labels for planting that include directions for appropriate potting container style and size, as well as set-down locations ? Ensures that input materials are collected and organized prior to planting
• Ensures that proper potting depths and planting techniques are used that replicate what is outlined in the cultural sheets maintained by our department
• Along with Trials Manager assists with updating cultural sheets in Live Product to maintain accurate information for our customers

Direction of Plant Maintenance

• Along with Trials Manager, schedules plant trimming, cleaning, and weeding and ensures that these tasks are completed weekly for their section
• Along with Trials Manager, schedules PGR applications and ensures that correct rates and application methods are used and that proper records are kept regarding these applications for their section

Additional Duties

• Participates in chemical applications of PGRs, fungicides and insecticides as needed ? Assists with organization of plants and moving of plants when needed
• Assists with sample orders and finished order shipments as needed

New Variety Evaluations

• Directs and organizes data collection of ongoing new variety trials
• For liner evaluations, they look up the arrival of new plant material in LiveProduct weekly, enter those trials into our trialing software, and conduct data collection
• For finished evaluations, along with the Trials Manager, they determine the appropriate date, quantity, and container for step-up, enter trial into our trialing software, and conduct data collection
• Upon completion of liner evaluations, they share data with appropriate parties within the company through our trialing software and an emailed report
• Upon completion of finished evaluations, they update appropriate new variety sheets, and share that information with the appropriate parties using our trialing software

Requirements:

• Good organizational skills; Ability to multitask and problem-solve; Detail-oriented;
• Positive attitude; Self-motivated
• Ability to use scanners, LiveProduct, Google Docs/Sheets, Microsoft Office, and our
• Trialing software
• Ability to work in a wide variety of environments (both heat and cold)
• Ability to lift heavy objects (up to 50lbs) and to be on feet for long periods of time (up to 9
• hours/day)
• Pesticide Applicators License or willingness to get one and ability to wear a respirator
• 2 years of Horticultural or related education or experience
• Basic math skills, ability to compute rates, ratios, and interpret graphs
• Strong communications skills
• Spanish-speaking ability is beneficial, but not required

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