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“ We do a lot of research and development and crossbreed certain cultivars . There are lessons to be learnt while growing them .”
Within the group , they get certain cultivars which are legal and which they cultivate . “ Going forward , there is a lot of corruption involved , but we want to do things right .
“ Remember , the first five years of growing cannabis is no joke . You pay a lot of school fees . If you are lazy , your plants can die within three days . Therefore , you need to grind every day and it is hard work .”
Another challenge is the yield . The plant takes six months to grow , a week in the dryer and five weeks of curing . And the yield versus the processing is between 10 and 20 to one . “ After all of that , you can easily end up throwing it all away because your experiment went wrong . You turf up to a R100K into the water .”
Of course , farming organically is always challenging , but Graham has circumvented most of those challenges .
“ You quickly learn what kind of pests are in your area and you find ways to combat them according to
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