An old cucumber greenhouse is now home to Nevada’s largest state-of-the-art cannabis cultivation and production facility.
Flower One is celebrating day one of its first ongoing harvest of over 100,000 plants at its 400,000 square foot greenhouse and 55,000 square foot processing and custom packaging facility.
The company expects to produce 140,000 lbs (or 62,500 kg) of hydroponically grown dry flower annually.
The announcement signals ever-growing confidence in Nevada’s cannabis industry, which has exploded since the state legalized recreational cannabis in July 2017, making an estimated $608 million in cannabis product sales.
President and CEO, Ken Villazor is proud of what his team has accomplished.
“What a surreal and memorable day for the Flower One team,” said Villazor in a press release. “With a completed production facility, and operations now in full swing, we are proud to have completed Flower One’s inaugural harvest today, initiating our ongoing harvest and paving our ability to become the state’s leading provider of high-quality, hydroponically-grown cannabis.”
Villazor continues, saying they are excited to “witness the complete transformation of Flower One’s greenhouse for cannabis production at scale.”
“Not long ago, this facility was used to grow cucumbers. Growing healthy crops with a significant yield requires a broad team of dedicated professionals to deliver results. To now be able to observe the fully built production capacity – and the significance of our contribution to Nevada’s budding cannabis market – is a huge milestone for Flower One. We could not be happier with the results.”
Since renovations began back in May 2018, more than 138,000 hours of renovation and construction went into converting the building, which is 100 percent canopied.
Watch the project unfold in the timelapse in the video below.
Flower One also owns NLV Organics and operates a 25,000 square-foot indoor cultivation and production facility in Las Vegas with nine grow rooms. Combined, these facilities provide the company’s capacity for high-volume production and processing of flower, extract, and infused products.