Oregon Grown Organics

Cultivation Manual
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Oregon Grown Organics Created By: Steven Jaramillo Master Cannabis Conosceur
Cultivation Manual Producer Tier 2
970 Dead Indian Memorial. Ashland - Oregon USA 97520

Commercially organic marijuana crops are a relative new area in the agriculture
industry our experience off more than 25 years in medical gardens allows us to
develop a proved growing methodology with commercial organic standards.

This manual approaches the different growing gardens in our company: indoor and
outdoor including green houses environments.

We describe our standard marijuana cultivation process, although is necessary

highlight that the times and processes may change depending of the Cannabis strain
type.

The following manual does not intent to be a theoretical cultivation marijuana

document. It describes our facility cultivation processes.

Also, the cultivation manual does not describe our facilities special equipment or
installations, although we may refer to the different facilities areas, water system,
electric and Environmental Control System. When we refer to those systems we
describe the plants environmental requirement not the means to achieve those
requirements inside of our facility. Our Business Operation Manual BOM covers the
technical and infrastructure aspects of our operation.

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The manual is integrated by
four parts:
First part. Cannabis essentials. Covers the cannabis life cycle,
Cannabis standard requirements: water, temperature humidity, soil and
light.
Cannabis modified requirements; nutrients and pesticides.
Reproduction stage; seed / seedling and clones. The processes covered
in this part are basic elements or the once that are the same indistinct of
the type of garden we develop.
Second part. Vegetative, pre-flower, flower. Outdoor and indoor
growing production processes. In this part we describe the Cannabis
standard requirements in particular for each garden during the
vegetative, pre-flower, and flower life stage. Modified requirements:
special recipes for nutrients and pesticides in each life stage. Outline
crop schedule, reporting forms, label and step by step relevant
processes.
Third Part. Harvest and Post - Harvest. Harvest, Drying, Trimming and
packaging practices. Forms, labels and measurement.
Four Part. Lab sampling. Lab testing, storage, and quality control.
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All our process intent to comply with the Oregon State regulation, the OLCC Oregon
Liquor standard, the Federal Regulation. And the different government agencies
involve in the cannabis recreational production control.

Oregon Liquor Control Commission

Oregon Health Authority
ODA Oregon Department of Agriculture
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Bureau of Labor and Industries
Business Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Consumer and Business Services
Oregon State Parks Department of State Lands
Department of Land Conservation and Development
Oregon Secretary of State
Oregon Department of Energy
Oregon Water Resources Department
Oregon Employment Department

845-025-1000 to 845-025-8590 Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

General Requirements applicable to all marijuana Licenses

The tracking process describe in this manual is the description of our provisional
tracking processes. Our process will be integrated with the “Cannabis Tracking
System” or “CTS” system for tracking the transfer of marijuana items and other
information as authorized by section 23, once the Oregon Tracking System the
system gets launched in Oregon.

Finally, we need to consider that this manual is an outline description of our

cultivation processes. Our facility has not been tested yet, and we apply general rules
of the Oregon Recreational Marijuana authorities. Once we initiate production and
the definitive rules are in place, our processes will increase in detail.

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 First part. The formal cannabis botanical description is as an annual plant, dioecious, flowering
herb.
Cannabis Essentials
» Annual plant. Completes its life cycle within one year or less.
» Dioecious species, separate male from female.
» In nature, cannabis goes through distinct growth stages: seeding, vegetative,
pre - flower, and flower.

Plants with male flowers produce pollen, with once dispersed the female-bearing
plant will produce seeds when fertilized. The life cycle starts again when the new
generation of seeds sprouts the next season..

Cannabis wether cultivated indoors and outdoors has the same standard
requirements for growth and environmental needs:

» Light
» Air
» Water
» Temperature
» Humidity
» Soil or medium
Besides those elements Cannabis crop can be improve with an adequate
use and combination of:

» Nutrients
» Pest control

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1. Life Cycle 1.1. Cannabis reproduction.
Cannabis reproduction is basically obtain through two methods: seeding and
cloning.

1.1.1. Seeds and Seeding

The natural resproduction process of Cannabis is through seeds. There are many
varieties of cannabis strains, and seeds are an easy way to introduce them into our
garden.
During the seeding stage moisture, heat, and oxygen activate the embryo. The
embryo then expands, nourished by a supply of food stored within the seed.

Seeds germinate between 3 to 7 days after absorbing water for the medium, and
then transform into little sprouts.

The seedling growth stage lasts about a month. During this stage the seeds will
establish a root system and create leaves to harvest sunlight. The roots also serve to
anchor the cannabis plant in the growing medium and provide support for the grow
above the soil. Seedling growth plants receive 16 to 24 hours of light to maintain
vegetative growth, and most cannabis varieties will keep in this stage as long as the
light exposure keep the same.

1.1.2. Cloning.
In this process Cannabis plants are asexually reproduce. As a simple description a
growing branch cut or branch tip, place it into an adequate growing medium, and
keep it moist until root growth.

1.2. Vegetative Growth

The vegetative stage is basically the growing period between the reproduction stage
and the pre-flowering stage. The cannabis plant will keep in this stage as long as
receive a minimum of 18 hours of light daily. Important changes and actions are
taken during this period, all of them intent to support a healthy and
perfect environment for the plant grow above and below soil.
At the end of this stage the plant starts the pre-flowering stage.

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 1.3. Flowering stage
This is the last life cycle stage. During this stage plants nutritional characteristics
change. It is an important part of our process, because it is during this stage that
flower size increases, smell increases and maintenance activity increases.

2. Environmental During its life cycle the cannabis plant has different environmental needs. In this part
of the manual we will summarize the different environmental needs variables.
needs.
The second part of the manual we describe in particular our cannabis life operation
processes, and the ideal environmental conditions for each production stage.

Is necessary to highlight that we are only able to control the environmental factors of
indoor areas like the nursey and flower indoor house. For plants that are in outside
gardens, nature determines the environmental conditions.

This manual analyze in each cannabis life cycle stage the humidity, temperature, light,
growing medium and water requirements that the Cannabis plant request. The
requirements change during the different stages.

This requirements are determined for the plant genetic conditions. As a growers we
intent to procure the ideal environment for a healthy plant.

Our grower staff, have the obligation to learn all the basic concepts before interact
with our crops. Educated and trained staff is part of our secret recipes for excell
organics crops.

2.1. Temperature.
Cannabis need an average temperature between 70° and 76° F. Any increase or
decrease in temperature slows marijuana rate of metabolism and growth,
although during night or dark periods the temperature can drop 5 to 10
degrees with imperceptible effect in the growing process.

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Young Marijuana plants are tolerant to lower temperature levels. At temperatures
below 60°F photosynthesis and plant metabolism slow. As soon as the temperature
rises, the plant resumes full functioning. When the temperature falls bellow 40°F,
marijuana plants experience tissue damage and require about 24 hours of warmer
conditions to resume growth. If the high temperatures continue the plants can die.

Individual marijuana varieties differ in their temperature preferences by a few

degrees. The ideal temperature condition is tight to light conditions, more light
prefer higher temperatures.

Desirable temperature in Cannabis life cycle

STAGE TEMPERATURE

Germination 70° - 78° F

Cloning 75° - 80° F

Vegetative 68° - 78° F

Flowering 62° - 78° F

Our indoor crops temperature levels are constantly monitored through our
mechanical temperature control equipment, in the other hand our outdoor crops
are naturally regulate by the environment. We keep a daily record of the temperature
levels in our outdoor and indoor crops.

The Oregon Rogue Valley have ideal summers that in our experience generate
the best environment in United States for cannabis organic outdoor gardens.

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2.2. Light.
Plants evolve under the sunlight. Cannabis plants are accustomed to natural sunlight
and have adapted to her spectrum, intensity and photoperiod.

The light time exposure or photoperiod is the relationship between the duration of
the light and dark in a 24 hour day. Most cannabis strains are short period plants.

The vegetative stage is normally maintain by 18 to 24 hours of light and a 6 hour dark
period. Flowering is most efficiently generate when plants are at least two months
old, after the plant has developed male or female characteristics, when it receives 12
hours of light and 12 hours off darkness naturally or artificially generate. The 12
hours photoperiod represent the classic equinox and is the classic daylight to dark
relationship for cannabis flowering.

Desirable light exposure in cannabis life cycle

STAGE LIGHT EXPOSURE

Germination No light

Cloning 18 to 24 hours light / 6 hours darkness

Vegetative 18 to 24 hours light / 6 hours darkness

Flowering 12 hours light / 12 hours darkness

Sunlight contains 4 percent ultraviolet radiation, 52 percent infrared radiation (heat

source), and 44 percent of visible light. Our indoor light system mimics the natural
sunlight through supplemental light, and is daily monitored to avoid
plant deficiencies. The information is recorded in the garden bitacora.

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2.3. Water.
Water is essential for all plants life. It provides a medium to transport nutrients
necessary for plants to live and is an essential medium for cool down the plants and
evaporate waste products. The water absorption can be by the roots or the foliar, in
our facility we use both mediums to provide the plants with nutrients and defensive
organic pesticides.

Cannabis thrives in moist and ariaited soils. If the plant become dry it will slow
growth and halt photosynthesis adapting to the limited factor, as dry conditions
continue, it cost the plants more energy to tear the water from the soil or medium
and the leaves will lose tungidity and wilt.

When overwatering the plants, they will draw extra water. As a preventive measure
we check the soil water level using the moister meter, and normally water when the
level is between 2 or 3. For the maximum results a moist and aeriated soil will give
you great conditions.

Every water characteristic influence how the plant evolve. In this manual we describe
our water conditions related to: water temperature, metals and mineral levels test,
we determine the desirable PH level depending of the action that we want to
accomplish and the plant stage.

Before we water or spray our plants we always measure the water PH level and
quality as part of our protocol, the results are recorded in the garden bitacora.

The water quality level, water infrastructure system and water waste management is
describe in our BOP Business Operation Manual and other documents.

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2.4. Humidity.
Temperature, water and ventilation generate humidity in any environments,
cannabis grows best in an environment when the humidly is between: 40 - 50 %.

Plants growing in drier areas may experience a slight ironic wilt and necrosis of the
leaves tips. Plants growing in a more humid environment usually experience more
problems, but the flower can become more susceptible to molds.

In our outdoor gardens the humidity is the one that Mother Nature provide, in our
indoors gardens the humidity is controlled and monitored by our environmental
control system infrastructure. The description of our environmental control system
is describe in our BOP.

2.5. Air Circulation.

Plants depend on the air movement to grow strong and vigorously, air flow within the
growing space is essential to the plants’ health.

Marijuana depends on air currents to move air and renew the micro-environment.
When it is moved vigorously, the growth wait slows and the micro-environment
remains CO2 depleted. The carbon dioxide is essential for the photosynthesis
process and the oxygen is used for respiration, burning carbohydrates and nutrients
to provide energy.

Adequate air circulation also helps prevent pest and fungus attacks. It is difficult for
mold and spores to land when constant air is available. Also insects and spider mites
find it difficult to lay eggs in an environment that has air currents.

Outdoors gardens have a natural environment that guarantee the carbon dioxide
and oxygen management, in the other hand indoor garden depend of supplemental
air equipment to simulate outdoors environments.

In our facility oxygen and carbon dioxide levels conditions are monitored
by our environment control system, which is extensively describe in
our BOP.

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2.6. Soil or Medium.
Soil is a fundamental element for a plant. For the Cannabis plant it has two basic
functions:

» As the organic substance that roots use to extract essential nutrients: quickly,
efficiently and in the adequate amount.
» As a perfect growing medium to hold chemical elements like: organic based
fertilizers and water.

Three major elements contribute to Cannabis roots ability to grow in soil: texture, PH,
and nutrient content.

As organic growers our soil is 100% organic. During our growing process we need to
maintain a close inventory of the soil food web or population of living organisms in
the soil.

Our organic soil medium VE OG potting soil with be described in detail in our
Pesticide and Nutrient manual.

2.7. Environmental Needs Reference Table.

For a healthy Cannabis crop it is essential to have the right combination of light,
water, temperature, humidity, air ventilation and adequate soil.
These elements vary depending on the life cycle stage that the plant is in.

For the purpose of our cultivation manual we will use the following type of chart at
the beginning of each stage with the intention to illustrate the conditions that the
plant needs.

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 ENVIRONMENTAL STAGE Type of information
NEEDS
· Environmental need
· Pest Control
Light · Feeding
Water · Determine if is flower
· Vegetative
Temperature · Seed
· Seeding
· Cloning
Humidity level

Air ventilation I deal range for each

element
Soil or Medium
Differents elements
to be consider

3. Controlled Canabis 3.1. Nutrients.

Cannabis requires different types of nutrients during its growing process and we
elements. supplement them at the right time and in the right quantity.
Nutrients and
pest control. As part of our cannabis feeding protocol we constantly inspect the plants looking for
nutrients deficiency in:

» Macronutrients as Nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous.

» Secondary nutrients as calcium, magnesium and sulfur among others.
» Micronutrients or trace elements, zinc, iron , manganese, boron among others.
Our inspections evaluate any abundance off nutrients in the growing medium
that disrupt the plant nutrient clinical balance.

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Cannabis plants are living entities and is unrealistic for us to create a uniform formula
for all our crops, because our feeding processes are individualize. Gardens change in
every crop, and plants are different even when they are located one next to the other
and belong to the same strain.

Transparency is one of our core principles. We keep a detailed record for each
substance that is used on our plants, and our products have an extensive
component analysis. We use the same organic nutrients that have been approved as
acceptable for use on food crops.

The master cannabis manager is the responsible during the cannabis feeding
process for:
»Determine the feeding formula that will apply during each stage, considering the
special necessities and deficiencies that the plant expose. Nutrient uptake or
nutrient lock are cause by lack of knowledge and evaluation before feed the plants.
» Control the abundance off nutrients in the growing medium, maintaining the
growing balance.
» Leach with water the built up nutrients out of the growing medium.
» Adjusts the water PH when necessary as part of our regular protocol.
The detailed description of all the products used as nutrients in this manual are
described in our Nutrient and Pest management manual.

3.1.1. Feeding options

Plants can absorb water and nutrients above soil through their leaves and below soil
through their roots. We use the foliar and root feeding techniques as a regular
feeding practice.

» Foliar Feeding: is the action of feeding leaves using an spray with water and spray
nutrients. Leaves have stomata that serve the same purpose as pores: they
open and close as needed to regulate the absortion of CO2, water
and nutrients.

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When a plant receives foliar feeding 95% of the nutrients are absorbed. Foliar
feeding is especially helpful when plants are suffering from a deficiency, because the
needed nutrients are delivered to the plant parts that need it, the leaves.

This method is the best method to feed the plant when the root is damaged or
stressed. It is also best for the clone process.

The foliar feeding starts during the reproductive stage; once the plant has germinate
if is product of seeds or once the plant has roots if is a product of cloning. The foliar
feeding can continue during the vegetative stage and early flowering. Stop spraying
once the flowers are 3-4 weeks old and are beginning to develop water-trapping
crevices. The flower at this stage is susceptible to mold and infections promoted by
excess humidity.

» Root feeding: the majority of nutrients absorption begins at the root hair, and the
flow continues to the vascular system. They are different techniques for watering
gardens. In our facility we use the dos apron system, a fertilizer injection system that
irrigate the plants with precise nutrients. The specs of the system will be detail in the
BOP.

Depending on the type of nutrient we will mix them following the product
instructions and the master manager recommendation.

3.1.2. Root and spray feeding table.

The table below illustrate the format that we use to in the different feeding recipes.
The recipes are generic and consider the differents life cycle stage.
The formula can be change by the area grower manager in case that him consider
that the nutrients necessities are different. Any change in the formula must be
recorder in the inspection form, and it can just use the products approved by the
OLCC inside of the BOP manual, Nutrient and Pest management manual and
our organic cultivation manual.

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Action
· Root feeding Life cycle stage
· Foliar Feeding

ROOT STAGE
FEEDING

Function Process benefit

Water
Product name Measure
Formula
Product name Measure

Period

Frequency

Inspection

Water formula specs temperature and PH level

When is the
inspection?
Process
Recipe and measure

Start and finish time

How often is the

process

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