Dave Crawford, better know as Mile High Dave, has built a reputation on growing"keepers" for dispensaries.It's Friday night in downtown Denver, and three chefs are serving Dave Crawford wagyu steak and foie gras French toast as he hits rosin out of a glass giraffe.
Commercial cannabis cultivation is largely split into two worlds: breeding and growing. Breeders cross strains with desirable traits to create new cannabis varieties. Growers buy clones of strains for a quick route to harvest — but cannabis isn't a one-size-fits-all scenario for every environment and growing technique.
After gaining attention for his work, he starting naming each of his prized phenotypes the"Mile High Dave Cut.", most notably the #6 and #8 phenotypes, look like they've been freshly flocked in snow and smell like old-school cherry and grape candies. His renditions of Chimera, Emergen-C and Jealousy Bx1 are also popular in Colorado dispensaries; Crawford estimates that around twenty of his keepers have made it into commercial growing operations.
"I'm looking into purchasing a cultivation license. There are a lot of people getting out of the industry right now, and they’re selling for pennies on the dollar," he says."Breeding is so cool, too. You’re creating something that leaves a legacy. I’ve made a name for myself off one pheno, but I've really gotten into breeding, too."
Crawford gives credit to breeders and acknowledges who they are when working with their seeds, but he considers genetics"public domain," and believes that pheno hunting and finding keepers is where the real skill comes in.
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