Building Legal Marijuana Cultivation Centers In Alaska

Alaska offers challenges to the typical cannabis grower that go beyond the regulatory concerns of a state. Cannabis growers in Alaska rely heavily on companies like GGS who have the experience of setting up marijuana cultivation facilities worldwide.

The first obvious challenge to someone with a license to cultivate marijuana in Alaska, is addressing the challenging climate that Alaska has.

Most often in the Far North cultivating plants year round is more economical in a warehouse than in a greenhouse. GGS has set up many legal marijuana warehouse facilities, and we are happy to discuss fully integrated systems for growing marijuana in Alaska within a warehouse. Typically GGS assists marijuana growers with rolling benches, grow lights, HVAC systems or hydronic chillers, irrigation and fertigation systems, material handling, and of course complete environmental computers to maintain and monitor the perfect environment for growing Cannabis whether you are located in Juneau, Fairbanks, Tampa, or Chicago.

Can you grow marijuana in a greenhouse in Alaska?

Yes you can. GGS has built greenhouses for nurseries in Alaska.  An Alaskan greenhouse will require a superior heating system, and the operating cost of heating a greenhouse in Alaska needs to be factored into the decision. Niagrow Systems has been designing heating systems for greenhouses from Alaska to New Brunswick to Florida, to New Mexico. Niagrow has been designing and supplying the most efficient hot water heating systems for greenhouses since the 1970s.

In the summer months a marijuana greenhouse in Alaska requires a GGS automated blackout system in order to ensure the flowering cannabis plants are kept in the dark 12 hours a day. Blackout systems enclose a greenhouse zone, or grow room, with a black fabric across the ceiling and on all 4 sides. These black out zones can be divided through the greenhouse to provide multiple rooms to the marijuana grower.

In the winter months in Alaska or Northern Canada, even a greenhouse will need grow lights. Planning the cannabis cultivation greenhouse requires planning a lighting strategy that goes beyond supplemental lighting as long days of darkness make it necessary to provide artificial grow lights. HPS are still the most popular option, however LED lights should still be investigated. We are happy to share our knowledge in researching the best grow lights.

Whether you choose a greenhouse or a warehouse for you cannabis cultivation integrating irrigation and fertigation systems, material handling, and heating, cooling, and photoperiod lighting is essential for consistent quality high yield marijuana crops. Our environmental computers assure that all systems operate automatically and provide data feedback to the master growers so you are able to maintain and monitor the perfect environment for growing cannabis wherever you are located.