Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies has released interim results showing a more than 25 percent vegetative increase and enlarged stem diameters on cooled root zone cannabis plants in contrast to control crops in its world-first proof-of-concept cooling medicinal cannabis roots using Root Zone Temperature Optimisation (RZTO) technology.
Current cannaboid prices in the California medicinal cannabis market are US$2-3 a gram. The Canndoc control crops typically produced 600 grams of cannaboids per tree each growing cycle: US$1200-$1800. The Roots RZTO pilot represents a potential 25 percent increase in yield.
Roots CEO, Dr Sharon Devir said, “The interim results from this proof of concept are very promising. When you consider that most commercial cannabis greenhouses have thousands of plants, the increased yields, shortened growing cycles will add up to a significant financial benefit to farmers.”
“It is one reason we were keen to get into the ag-tech sector providing micro-climate control equipment for the root zone area to growers in the medicinal cannabis market – which expects up to $31 billion in sales globally over the next four years.”
“Like other high-value crops where quality is of paramount importance that we have done proofs-of-concept on, we’re finding that by applying our RZTO technology to keep root zones at optimum temperatures we’re able to greatly increase yields and shorten growing cycles. So far in this summer pilot we have been able to keep the root zone of cannabis plants at more than 7 degrees below the root zones of the control crops. RZTO is providing increased protection against heat and stabilising the temperature range between night and day.”
The pilot continues until November 2018 where Roots and Canndoc staff will examine the effects of root zone cooling on cannabinoid profile, content and composition, crop yield and weight, quality, uniformity, stem diameter and growing cycle duration.
“It is one reason we were keen to get into the ag-tech sector providing micro-climate control equipment for the root zone area to growers in the medicinal cannabis market – which expects up to $31 billion in sales globally over the next four years.”
“Like other high-value crops where quality is of paramount importance that we have done proofs-of-concept on, we’re finding that by applying our RZTO technology to keep root zones at optimum temperatures we’re able to greatly increase yields and shorten growing cycles. So far in this summer pilot we have been able to keep the root zone of cannabis plants at more than 7 degrees below the root zones of the control crops. RZTO is providing increased protection against heat and stabilising the temperature range between night and day.”
The pilot continues until November 2018 where Roots and Canndoc staff will examine the effects of root zone cooling on cannabinoid profile, content and composition, crop yield and weight, quality, uniformity, stem diameter and growing cycle duration.
RZTO technology is achieving a 7+ degree difference between cooled and uncooled roots
The pilot continues until November 2018 where Roots and Canndoc staff will examine the effects of root zone cooling on cannabinoid profile, content and composition, crop yield and weight, quality, uniformity, stem diameter and growing cycle duration.
For more information:
Roots
Kefar Neter, P.O.B 3577
40593, Israel
Phone: +972-9-768-9995
Mobile: +972-54-457-3679
roots@rootssat.com
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Roots
Kefar Neter, P.O.B 3577
40593, Israel
Phone: +972-9-768-9995
Mobile: +972-54-457-3679
roots@rootssat.com
rootssat.com