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We The Growers sits with Derek Sipkoi from Sipkoi in Moreno Valley, CA. In this episode, we talk about what Derek and his team do differently at Sipkoi, his background as a Pro BMX Rider, what eventually led him to Cultivation, Undercanopy Lighting from Craft Farmer, and much more.
We are also available to listen to on Spotify and Apple podcasts:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5VrbpGbAE9JYn3I0Vo8zSy
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-growers/id1620427747
More information about Derek Sipkoi:
https://www.instagram.com/sippy.dkoi/
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Flying / Being A Pilot
00:07:37 Background as a Pro BMX Rider
00:10:34 When Derek started growing
00:13:20 Starting a Bike Company
00:15:08 Learning how to run a Business
00:16:25 Starting Sipkoi
00:20:00 Cannabis as a plant medicine
00:21:17 Cultivation systems at Sipkoi
00:24:53 How many Employees at Sipkoi
00:27:33 Veg / Media Choice
00:30:55 The Team at Sipkoi
00:31:46 Checking Runoff
00:33:22 Using Substrate Monitors
00:34:20 Feeding Pro Line in Rockwool
00:43:24 Using Athena Products
00:49:00 Irrigation Strategy first 3 weeks of Flower
00:53:47 The Miracle Room
00:54:43 Mixed Lighting / Lighting Choice
01:01:42 Undercanopy Lighting from Craft Farmer
01:08:07 Undercanopy Lighting at Jungle Boys
01:09:35 Taxes in California
01:10:39 Plans to Expand Sipkoi
01:12:16 No Room For Mistakes
01:14:33 Give first and you’ll receive
01:15:00 Clone Dunker by Sipkoi
01:23:43 Sipkoi Family
01:24:03 Traditional Market Days
01:27:55 Younger Brother Paralyzed
01:30:00 Closing / Putting in the work / Be patient
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tradecraft secret, don't chew gum in interviews.
This guy does not strike me as a smoker
5 cultivators for 500 lights is nuts. Glad it's working for you but my ears hear 5 people doing more work than they are paid to do. I've seen master cultivator jobs in this industry pay $18/hr. That's $1.50 more than minimum in my state
What is this????? I don’t care about flying! Talk about weed!
Love his professional business mindedness, disciplined character, and winning spirit.
Packed with alpha. Thank you.
Derick is the homie. he's such a great humble guy & his success couldn't be more deserved.
Trust the process
These pods are soo enlightning
How are you guys laying out the under canopy lighting? is it one down the middle of a 4×4/5×5 or are you doing multiple? Thanks!
mini John cena
Another
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I like that clone dunker, i had the same idea so im glad to see someone bring it to life! I would love to try some!
Craft is a rat
BeanFiendz, then Seatown and now Sipkoi on a roll boys
Another banger
I've been fiening for more content haha
Yesss man !!! Looked up to him since bmx days !
I would buy that clone dunker.
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Bro we the growers podcast changed my life that bean fiendz episode. I had gavita LEDs, everything was pretty cool until I ran my og cut I’ve had. I thought it was maybe a virus it’s the fire og cut from LA I got in 2009. I never experienced any viroids but when I ran my og under LEDs it was pretty much dud. I was so confused why this happened , when I had a lot of grandiflora genetics under my LEDs that came out fire. Turns out I had no viruses and it was the led. I listened to the bean fiendz episode and put my HPS back in checkerboarded with led. And my ogs are expressing and hitting again! Thank you guys so much. I don’t know why gavita is pushing led when they have growers like you , bean fiendz , kenji fujishima, Josh’ D, and everyone is saying the same thing.LED cannot grow good kush period, only hps can, the other newer strains do good under led but not kush. If I can’t grow og kush and bubba kush I’m out! I don’t even want to grow anymore, I was giving up but you guys with that episode that dove in on spectrum , hps vs led changed my life. Thank you we the growers , the whole Athena team, and bean fiendz !
My favorite episode yet. Derek is a very knowledgeable and personable guy.
Having pics or videos while people are talking would be nice
This guy that interviews everyone a has a RDF Resting D…… Face!!!
Thanks for being an example that growers can look up to boys. Keep on keepin on
Great episode
great interview
LFG