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Joshua Deneau

West Hills

Summary

Experienced cannabis cultivator with over a decade in the industry, specializing in large-scale indoor operations, plant health management, and team leadership. Skilled in cloning, nutrient mixing, pest control, and coordinating cultivation teams to maximize yield and quality. Adept at working in high-volume commercial facilities with advanced lighting and irrigation systems.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Grower

Founderz
Los Angeles
04.2024 - 02.2025

This facility consisted of eight 120 light bloom rooms, two double stacked 30 light veg rooms , two 15 light mom rooms & a clone room.

Responsible for overseeing the veg , mom room & clone room.

Daily checks in veg & mom rooms , checking runoffs & pest inspections.

Team of 5 in clone room responsible for cutting & shaping & sticking clones daily . We would cut & shape one day then stick clones in cube the next day . Required to stick minimum of 2000 clones every other day.

Responsible for overseeing deleaf team (15-25 people) as they deleaf bloom rooms & lollipop veg . Also for cutdowns & trimming

Athena mix with some Moab was used at this facility

Grower

Unlicensed facility
Los Angeles
01.2021 - 04.2024

Worked an unlicensed facility that consisted of four 15 light bloom rooms & a double stacked veg with mom & clone room as well

Responsible for daily checks , mixing batch tanks , cloning & maintaining moms , managing the deleafing workers & trim workers.

HGV mix with some big bud & purple max was used at this facility

Cultivation Technician

Vbx labs
Chatsworth
03.2020 - 12.2020

Responsible for daily checks , making batch tanks, cloning & maintaining clones, transfers, cutdowns , cleaning & disinfecting rooms.

Facility is 300 bloom lights consisting off three 100 light rooms double stacked with the grow glide moving trays & led lights. Veg room is triple stacked also with the grow glide trays .

Athena mix is what we used at this facility

Grower

3 residential locations
Los Angeles
01.2011 - 01.2020

Each had two 6 light blooms & a veg pulling down monthly at each location

Responsibilities were communicating with the grower daily making sure rooms are dialed in , have supplies needed & coordinating dates for cutdowns, transfers, trimming etc.

Feeding advanced nutrients line with sba & sbb base

Budtender/manager/grower

Hip Collective
Woodland Hills
03.2010 - 09.2015

First grow was a 4 lighter in the back of the dispensary, after that moved up to two 6 lighter rooms with a veg. Then worked under Ken aka Orgnkid at a 50 light grow .After working the 50 light spot for about 8 months my employer got all his locations raided & was forced to shut down .

Responsible for daily checks , ipm regiment, feedings, making mixes, cloning , transfers, lollipopping /deleafing, take downs & drying product.

Feeding advanced nutrients line with sba & sbb base

Skills

  • Crop management
  • Pest inspection
  • Nutrient mixing
  • Plant propagation
  • Strain selection

Timeline

Lead Grower

Founderz
04.2024 - 02.2025

Grower

Unlicensed facility
01.2021 - 04.2024

Cultivation Technician

Vbx labs
03.2020 - 12.2020

Grower

3 residential locations
01.2011 - 01.2020

Budtender/manager/grower

Hip Collective
03.2010 - 09.2015
Joshua Deneau