TUMI Genomics Partners With Growers to Find Solutions
The Challenge:
In mid-2020 the team at Radio Ridge (now Haze Valley Nursery) knew they had a problem. Their plants were not looking healthy and they had spotted “stunted” plants in the facility next door. After finding a few positive test results for hop latent viroid in their crop, the team realized their facility was suffering from a pathogen outbreak. By early 2021, Radio Ridge was spending $11,000 a month on HLVd testing but was not able to reduce the frequency of HLVd positive plants.
The Solution:
Finding a scientifically rigorous testing partner in TUMI Genomics who not only created a fast and accurate test but also spent time educating our team and helping to improve our SOPs.
The Result:
Over the course of 10 months of regular testing and the implementation of improved standard operating procedures (SOPs), they successfully reduced the level of HLVd from 30% to under 5%, saving over $80,000 that would have been spent on inaccurate testing and lost revenue. Today, Radio Ridge is under a testing program with TUMI Genomics that is allowing them to stay clean.
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The Challenge:
In the spring of 2021, the flower room at Evōk Cannabis showed some abnormalities (stunted growth, brittle branches) that the EVōK team suspected were HLVd. They'd brought in 300 clones from a nearby tissue culture lab, believing that because it was a TC lab, the clones would be pathogen-free. They were not. Over 75% of all the plants were infected resulting in the discarding of 3/4ths of their production and over $100,000 in losses.
The Solution:
EVōK Cannabis stop solely relying on visible HLVd symptoms to diagnose and started testing with TUMI Genomics. After identifying the infected plants, the EVōK Cannabis team cleaned rigorously, replaced irrigation systems and started fresh. With the help of our team, EVōK has implemented continual testing and strong sanitary protocols.
The Result:
Evōk has come a long way since that first disastrous HLVd benchmark. Resetting their cultivation rooms in early 2022 was the starting point for the grow rooms' resurgence into what is now a healthy operation with better-than-ever yields and superior quality.
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The Challenge:
The cultivation team at Green Valley Farms had some bad runs in early 2022, with yields reduced by about 30%. They started looking for the culprit behind the poor runs, but couldn't identify the cause. Nutrition, air quality, and irrigation were among the initial concerns, but improvements in these areas did not result in significant yield increases.
The Solution:
Green Valley Farms learned about hop latent viroid and started vetting HLVd testing laboratories. For two months, the Green Valley team worked in tandem with the four different labs to test sick plants. Through testing and retesting, it became clear that other labs were not detecting HLVd, whereas TUMI Genomics was very accurate.
The Result:
After identifying the HLVd-infected plants and removing them, yields began to improve quickly. After adding regular pathogen testing as an additional cultivation data point, they are staying ahead of hop latent viroid, saving Green Valley Farms tens of thousands of dollars.