How Grow Bags Deliver Labor and Cost Savings

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During a time when the industry is struggling, cultivators are looking for every way to reduce labor and operational costs. However, many of them are missing an opportunity that can help them reduce labor and costs while improving results – grow bags.

The truth is the right pre-filled grow bags can deliver measurable savings in labor and costs to both indoor and outdoor cannabis cultivators. Let’s take a closer look at some of those savings.

A Healthier Head Start Leads to Less Risk and Better Results = Overall Savings

Many outdoor cannabis cultivators have discovered that their fields are contaminated, most commonly with soilborne pathogens, such as fusarium, or by heavy metals that can come from previous use, animal use, and other factors. As a result, they’re nervous to plant directly in the ground for the simple reason their plants’ roots could touch the contaminants.

The safer and smarter solution is to use containerized growing, so the plants’ roots aren’t exposed to the contaminated soil. For example, bio365’s clean living soil grow bags are tested below all thresholds for heavy metals and contaminants. Since bio365 media is consistent bag to bag, you know it’s safe to use and will deliver predictable outcomes.

With that said, it’s important to choose the right soil. There are already enough pests and pathogens in the local ecosystem, so there is no reason to add risk by buying soil that could be contaminated. No cultivators should ever import problems! Therefore, it’s best to start clean.

When you use bio365 soil, you’ll avoid that risk and end up saving money and time. The reason is simple. You’ll be growing in the cleanest, healthiest soil that actually provides your plants with an immune system to pests and pathogens in nature. In other words, bio365’s biologically active, clean soil gives your plants a big head start to reach their fullest, healthiest potential.

Fewer Inputs and Less Wasted Time = Cost Savings

How much time and money do you waste on single amendments? How much time do you spend watering and feeding? If you use the right soil – a clean, high quality, nutrient-dense media – you can significantly reduce the need for added inputs as well as your overall costs.

For example, indoor and outdoor growers that switch to bio365’s grow media have to feed plants less often, spend less time watering, and don’t need to use as many (or any) single amendments. As a result, worker productivity goes up, costs go down, and revenue increases.

Reduced Labor Hours and Fewer Highly-Skilled Workers = Labor Savings

The fewer times a human being has to touch your plants or manually monitor or manage any part of the grow process, the more your costs decrease. That means you can either hire fewer people or reallocate each employee’s time to other revenue-generating activities.

How much time do you waste watering and feeding? How much time do your employees spend preparing soil or washing and filling containers? What does that time equate to in terms of costs on an annual basis?

Most cultivators look for savings by using software and other technology, but chances are, you could save money on labor hours and hire fewer highly-skilled workers by switching to the right pre-filled grow bags.

For example, cultivators who grow in bio365 grow bags quickly learn that bigger isn’t always better when it comes to container size. They can grow denser, higher quality plants in smaller grow bags – whether they’re switching from a 4-gallon container to a 2-gallon bio365 grow bag or from a 40-gallon container to a 20-gallon bio365 grow bag.

In either situation, the plant outcomes are the same (or better) in smaller bio365 grow bags, and less soil is needed. The cost savings keep adding up!

Improved Efficiency = Operational Savings

If you choose grow bags that are pre-filled with the right grow media, you can boost efficiency without sacrificing quality. Increased efficiency and more streamlined processes lead directly to cost savings and labor savings.

Let’s use bio365 substrate as an example again. Cannabis cultivators who use bio365 pre-filled grow bags can improve efficiency immediately thanks to several innovative features:

  • Hydrated and immediately ready to use

  • 100% consistent media from bag to bag for reliable outcomes

  • Macro hole pattern tested to optimize drainage

  • Micro-perforation technology with thousands of tiny micro-perforations that optimize air exchange in the root zone and provide uniform dry down to enhance root growth and yields

What does all of that mean?

It’s simple. When you use bio365 grow bags, you’ll benefit, not just from the patented grow media ingredients that have been proven to deliver higher plant quality and bigger yields, but also from the innovative bag design and production.

Key Takeaways about How Grow Bags Deliver Labor and Cost Savings

Switching to grow bags isn’t right for every cultivator, but it’s definitely something every cultivator should consider. The labor savings and cost savings can be significant when you choose grow bags pre-filled with the best grow media.

Cultivators who use bio365 grow bags tell us they get better results and save money over time. Some of the benefits outdoor and indoor growers report include:

  • Nutrient savings

  • Water efficiency

  • Fewer amendments

  • Less soil per plant

  • Reduced labor

  • Consistent, predictable outcomes

  • Less transplant shock

  • Faster crop cycles

  • Higher yield per plant

  • Healthier plants

  • Better chemotype expression

  • More cannabinoids, like THC and CBD

  • Increased terpenes

  • Easier, more forgiving media

  • Decreased disease pressure

  • Less crop loss

The best way to get started is to run a test. At bio365, we work with cannabis cultivators every day who want to test bio365 grow bags to see how outcomes compare to their current substrate grow bags and processes. Contact us to request your free trial.