We knew our Kekerengu site was special, but it’s always nice to hear it from an expert.
Columbia University organic chemistry professor Colin Nuckolls is one of the most credible independent scientific voices on cannabis chemistry.
Much of Nuckolls work explores the differences between indoor and sun-grown cannabis cultivars. His research shows sunlight doesn’t just help grow cannabis, it transforms its chemistry. Natural sunlight provides a full, dynamic spectrum of light, including UV exposure that plants have evolved with for millennia.
“Sunlight creates complexity in the plant. Sun-grown cannabis expresses a broader spectrum of compounds, more terpenes, more nuance, more of the chemistry people value.”
So, it’s a great endorsement when a leading sun-grown expert singles out our site as his preferred place.
“If I had to pick a place in the world to grow sun-grown cannabis, this would be it.”
And it makes sense, in Marlborough, we’re fortunate to have some of the highest sunshine hours in New Zealand. Combine that with ocean airflow, warm days, cool nights, and living soil rich in beneficial microbes, and you have conditions that technology simply cannot reproduce (which is why we picked it!).
Similar growing conditions exist in Humbold County, California one of the worlds most respected cannabis growing regions due to their near mirror latitudes on opposite sides of the equator.
“This place is exactly where you’d want to grow cannabis, just like Humboldt County. It’s coastal, there’s cool air and mountainous.”
“Nature is doing a lot of the heavy lifting at these sites, the growing conditions are ideal”
Exceptional growing conditions is one thing. Maintaining quality at scale is another.
“Usually when things scale up, quality drops. But here you’ve kept the artisanal care and the love for the plant”
“I just don’t think I have come across this kind of scale and quality together, it really is quite a unique experience”
“To me, for an outdoor cannabis operation looking to operate at scale and still make a significant impact, this sets the standard.”
