Node Labs

Plant tissue micropropagation and culture

In the node

In botany, a node is the part of the stem that sprouts a leaf. In tech, a node refers to the intersecting data point within a network. Both speak to connection: The emergence of something new from that which currently exists.

For San Francisco-based tissue culture company Node Labs, sourcing fire phenos from around the world is the starting point.

Cleaning, banking, and preserving special genetics is the mission.

But offering breeders unique varieties that have the traits they need and achieving peak outcomes with their own cultivation?

That’s the real challenge.

Bringing innovation to cultivation

Node Labs Bringing innovation to cultivation

A lot of our work is partnering with breeders to find unique varieties – to go pheno hunting with them, finding strains that we can stand by, and creating a lot of the data and information that goes into producing high-quality flower and eliminating some of those mistakes for cultivators.

Daniel Adler-Golden
Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Node Labs

Data holds the key

Each client comes to Node Labs with their own benchmark of success. For those looking to lock down yield targets, Node Labs packs their genetic library with phenos that can be steered to maximize grams per square foot.

For those looking to target specific terpene profiles and physical characteristics, Node Labs knows the main deliverables are replicable quality and consistency.

No matter the goal, when it comes to ensuring the plant expresses itself as intended, nothing is more important than the data.

Data is essentially the roadmap that we use to create a repeatable representation of what the product should look like.

Cristian Ramos
General Manager and Head of Cultivation, Node Labs

When we deliver a strain to a cultivator, that cultivator should 100% be able to trust that it's gone through testing and that we've validated the expression that it's supposed to show.

Cristian Ramos
General Manager and Head of Cultivation, Node Labs

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Bridge the gap

Using AROYA helped the Node Labs cultivation team go from a highly subjective process that left them wondering how well the plants were watered to simply glancing at the data.

These days, setting objective targets and repeatable processes is about more than streamlining production – it’s also crucial to how they manage their day-to-day.

OG meets new tech

The major difference coming from traditional cultivation over to a science-based company with tissue culture and creating strains for cultivators is the necessity to be extremely disciplined with data collection and standardization of practices.

Cristian Ramos
General Manager and Head of Cultivation, Node Labs

A legacy worth preserving

As legalization expands at home and abroad, Node Labs remains committed to their vision: travel the world conducting pheno hunts, find and preserve native varieties, and share knowledge and experiences with producers around the globe.

Beyond helping growers maximize their bottom line and exposing customers to cultivars outside of what’s trendy, Daniel’s looking to collect and preserve varieties that have been cultivated all around the globe. “I wanna make sure that we don't eliminate a lot of the diversity that we have today in cannabis,” he says.

That’s definitely a mission we can get behind.