Field Build Plan

At a glance — who owns what, and when (full detail in each section)

Project	Owner(s)	Order / engage by	Ready by
P1 · Warehouse + tents	Max (Marco teams)	This week	~Jun 14
P2 · Prop house	Max + Marco; Alec (structure)	~Jun 6	~Jun 20
P3 · Irrigation	Alec (lead) + Soilscape/RainFlo/Netafim	Scope w/ Alec now; parts ~Jun 9	Before transplant
P4 · Pot matrix	Max + all-hands; Alec (tractor)	This week	~Jun 24
Trellis + deer fence	Max + Marco; Alec (layout)	~Jun 9	By transplant

Standing roles

Person	Role
Marco	Head of Resin Quality Management — trichome monitoring, harvest-timing advice, fresh-frozen optimization. Teams with Max on the build.
Steven	Remote monitoring & crop nutrition.
Athena Ag (Brett & Owen)	Advisors — nutrient & pest/disease protocol, spacing, fill-system guidance.

0How the four projects fit together

The whole season turns on one moment: moving rooted young plants out of small pots and into the field. That is the transplant. Everything below exists to make that moment happen on time and without scramble.

The plants travel through four places, in order:

1. The warehouse — small starter plants ("clones") arrive ~June 15–18 and recover under lights in grow tents for a few days.
2. Up-potting — they move into 4-inch pots and settle.
3. The propagation house — a covered hoop tunnel just outside the warehouse where they "harden off," adjusting to outdoor sun and air under shade cloth until their roots fill the 4-inch pot.
4. The field — once roots show through the bottom of the 4-inch pot, they are transplanted into 45-gallon pots already filled with soil and hooked to water.

The four build projects run in parallel, not one after another. Projects 1 and 2 carry the plants through their early life; Projects 3 and 4 prepare the field to receive them. The timeline below shows how they overlap and where they must converge.

1The timeline — start here

Blowing the timeline is the single most likely way this season goes sideways. So timing comes first, and every project below repeats its own "order by / build / ready by" dates. Read this section before anything else.

The critical path — the chain that cannot slip

Irrigation design (engage now) → soil delivered → pots placed & filled → drip run to every pot → field 100% ready → ★ transplant when roots show (~Jun 24–26).

The plant journey (clones → tents → up-pot → harden off) runs on its own biological clock and largely takes care of itself. The risk is all on the field side. If irrigation design slips in week one, every step behind it slips too — which is why engaging the designer is the most time-sensitive single decision in this document.

Order-by / engage-by dates for the long-lead items (the week-one list)

Item	Why it has lead time	Order / engage by
Irrigation design	Design must finish before parts can be ordered and laid	This week (Jun 2–6)
Soil (bulk)	Vermont Compost + McEnroe quoted; book delivery now — 2–3 wk lead; ~4 loads (40–60 yd)	This week
45-gal pots (1,030)	Volume order may backorder or ship freight	This week
Grow tents + LED + climate kit	Must arrive and be built before clones (~Jun 15)	This week
Prop-house tunnel + shade cloth	Must be standing before plants leave warehouse (~Jun 21)	By ~Jun 6
Irrigation parts	Ordered right after design lands	By ~Jun 9
Deer fence + trellis materials	Perimeter and trellis go up before/with transplant	By ~Jun 9
Tractor sprayer	Needed for first preventative spray after transplant	By ~Jun 20

2Field plan drawing

A top-down schematic of the field: rows, plant pairs, the irrigation backbone, water and pump location, and the deer-fence perimeter. This is a working sketch to align on layout — not a survey.

Plant pairs are shown representatively, not counted one-for-one. Manifold dots (violet) sit at each row head where the main line feeds that row's drip sub-line.

3Project 1 — Warehouse & grow tents

Turn the existing dirty warehouse into a clean, climate-controlled room where clones recover under lights for their first days, and again briefly after up-potting.

Build steps, in order

1. Deep clean. Clear, sweep, wipe every surface, finish with a horticultural sanitizer on floors and walls. Young cannabis is highly vulnerable to mold and pests; a dirty room is the most common early killer.
2. Set up grow tent(s) — reflective, sealed, controllable space inside the larger warehouse.
3. Hang LED grow lights inside each tent.
4. Add climate & air: humidifier, carbon filter + inline fan, oscillating fans, and a temp/humidity controller you can read and (ideally) monitor remotely.
5. Stabilize and test the room for a day before plants arrive.

Climate targets — starting points to dial in

VPD = a combined temp + humidity comfort target; PPFD = light intensity at the canopy

Stage	Temp	Humidity	VPD	PPFD	Light
Clone recovery (first days)	70–78°F	70–85%	0.6–0.9 kPa	100–250, ramp gently	18h on / 6h off
Early veg (after up-pot)	72–82°F	58–75%	0.8–1.0 kPa	300–600	18/6, blue-dominant

Sources (Jun 2026): Athena Ag veg-stage protocol (72–82°F, RH 58–75%, VPD 0.8–1.0, PPFD 300–600, LED 18–24″ off canopy); Blimburn / Pulse / MaryJane.farm for clone-stage ranges; Ed Rosenthal / Koolfog on LED leaf-temp offset. Treat as heuristics.

How many tents, and how big the kit?

Equipment & ballpark cost — tap to expand

Rough planning estimates, Jun 2026. Confirm against final tent count + actual quotes.

Item	Why	Qty (1,000 plants)	Ballpark
Grow tent, 10′×20′	Sealed, reflective recovery space	1–2 (Max confirms)	$2,000–2,500 ea
LED grow light (veg/clone grade)	Low-to-moderate light for young plants	per tent coverage	$400–1,500
Commercial humidifier	Clones need high humidity	1–2	$150–600
Carbon filter + inline fan	Air exchange + filtration; sized to tent CFM	1 per tent	$150–400
Oscillating fans	Airflow, stem strength, mold prevention	2–4	$100–300
Temp/humidity controller (remote-capable)	Hold + monitor conditions; alerts	1 per tent	$80–250
Temp control (portable AC / heater / mini-split)	Hold a stable range	as needed	$300–2,000
Cleaning + sanitizer supplies	Deep clean before plants	bulk	$100–300
Project 1 subtotal (rough)			~$3,300–11,000

Tent/LED prices: LED Grow Lights Depot, HTG Supply, Growers House (Jun 2026). Other items: commodity ranges, rough estimate — verify with quotes. Scales weakly with plant count; driven mostly by tent count.

Effort: roughly 40–70 person-hours, ~2 people, spread across week one (clean is the time sink; assembly and climate are fast). Estimate — refine with Max.

4Project 2 — Propagation house

A simple covered hoop tunnel right outside the warehouse where up-potted plants harden off — adjusting to real sun, wind, and outdoor air — before the field.

What it is

A hoop / caterpillar tunnel (curved steel bows, covered) sized to hold ~1,000 plants in 4-inch pots, with shade cloth over the top to cut harsh midday sun. Not a heated glass greenhouse — a fast, affordable shelter.

How big? — sized generously on purpose

1,000 four-inch pots packed edge-to-edge cover only ~110 sq ft, but pots need walking room, table gaps, and airflow. Rather than size it tight, plan for breathing room:

Element	Recommended range	Reasoning
Table surface for pots	~250–400 sq ft	~2–3.5× the packed pot footprint, for spacing + airflow
Tunnel footprint	~16′×40′ to 20′×50′ (≈640–1,000 sq ft)	Leaves aisle + working room; err larger — extra space is cheap insurance against crowding and mold

Erring large here is deliberate: crowding young plants is a disease risk, and a bigger tunnel costs only a little more at ~$2–5/sq ft. The owner finalizes the size against the actual table build and site.

Equipment & ballpark cost — tap to expand

Rough planning estimates, Jun 2026.

Item	Why	For 1,000 plants	Ballpark
Hoop / caterpillar tunnel kit (incl. 6-mil cover)	The structure	~640–1,000 sq ft	$1,300–5,000
Shade cloth (roof + ends)	Prevents sun scorch on young plants	sized to structure	$150–600
Tables (sawhorse + ply/mesh or racking)	Keep pots off hot asphalt	~250–400 sq ft surface	$300–1,500
Basic drip lines + timer	Water trays without standing there	1 small zone	$150–500
Fertilizer-mixing setup (batch tank + measuring)	Mix nutrients into the water	1	$100–400
Fans	Airflow, stem strength, mold prevention	2–4	$100–400
Project 2 subtotal (rough)			~$2,100–8,400

Tunnel pricing: Farmers Friend ($1.77–2.02/sq ft kits), Bootstrap Farmer (<$5/sq ft built; 20′×100′ ~$1,600 kit), Jun 2026. Tables can be near-free from scrap lumber/pallets. Mostly fixed cost; does not scale much with plant count.

Effort: roughly 50–90 person-hours, ~3–4 people, ~3–5 days (tunnel raise + tables are the bulk). Estimate — refine with the leads.

5Project 3 — Irrigation & fertigation system

Get pressurized water — with nutrients mixed in ("fertigation") — from the 10,000-gallon store out to every one of the 1,000 pots, evenly and on a timer.

What the system is (the "Pump & Delivery System")

This is more than a tank. It is a Pump & Delivery System sized to feed 1,000 drip emitters evenly. Its core parts:

1. Pump — pulls water from the 10,000-gallon store and pressurizes it to a steady, regulated level.
2. Filtration — protects the tiny drip emitters from clogging.
3. Pressure regulation — drip irrigation runs at low, steady pressure; this holds it there.
4. Nutrient injector — meters liquid nutrients into the water line (the "fertigation" part).
5. Controller / timer — runs watering on a schedule, unattended.
6. Captive-air / pressure tank — Alec's read: likely not needed. It can smooth pump short-cycling and hose pressure, but include it only if the final design calls for it.

How the water reaches the plants

Pump & delivery skid → main line out to the field → a manifold (a junction) at the head of each row → a sub-line down each row → one drip emitter into each pot. About 16 manifolds, ~3,200 ft of sub-line, and 1,000+ emitters.

Equipment & ballpark cost — tap to expand

Parts counts scale cleanly (1 emitter per plant, 1 manifold per row). Parts sizing (pump, pipe diameter, regulator) comes from the design. Treat the table as the shopping frame; the designer fills exact specs and firm prices.

Rough planning estimates, Jun 2026 — design-dependent. Alec's plan + vendor quotes (Soilscape / RainFlo / Netafim) govern.

Component	What it does	For 1,000 plants	Ballpark
Pump + filtration + pressure regulation	Pressurize + protect emitters + hold steady pressure	1 set, sized to design	$800–3,500
Nutrient injector (fertigation)	Mix nutrients into the water	1	$300–1,500
Controller / timer	Unattended scheduled watering	1	included / $100–500
Main line + ~16 manifolds + sub-line (poly) + fittings	Carry + split water to rows	~3,200 ft sub-line	$1,000–4,000
Drip emitters + stakes	Deliver water to each pot	1,000+ (+ spares)	$300–1,000
Captive-air tank (optional)	Anti short-cycle / hose pressure	Alec: likely skip	$0–800
Project 3 subtotal (rough)			~$2,500–11,000

Component ranges are commodity/market estimates, Jun 2026; the design quote replaces them. Sub-line and emitter counts scale linearly with plant count.

Effort: design is separate (designer + Alec). Install across 16 rows is the labor item: roughly 80–160 person-hours, ~3–4 people over several days, overlapping pot placement. Estimate — refine after design.

6Project 4 — The 45-gallon pot matrix

Place ~1,000 forty-five-gallon fabric pots in the field in the right pattern, fill them with soil, cap with mulch, and have them ready for the drip lines.

The layout — what we're actually trying to achieve

The goal is roughly 5′×5′ to 5′×6′ of space per plant — enough that mature plants in 45-gallon pots aren't crowded, which protects airflow and cuts mold risk. We reach that spacing logically with 10-foot-wide trellis rows holding two plants across the width (each plant gets ~5′ of the 10′), and pairs repeating every ~5–6′ down the length of the row. Putting two plants across each row means we need about half as many rows as planting single-file — less trellis, less drip line, less walking.

Measure	Value	Plain meaning
Trellis / row width	10 ft	2 plants across, ~5′ apart
Spacing between pairs (down-row)	~5–6 ft	Gives 5′×5′ to 5′×6′ per plant
Plants per 200-ft row	~66 (at 6′) to ~80 (at 5′)	Pairs × 2
Rows for 1,000 plants	~13–16	Baseline 16 at the airier 5′×6′
Tractor aisle between rows	~6 ft	So a tractor + sprayer can drive every inter-row

The soil — how much

A 45-gallon fabric pot holds about 6 cubic feet brim-full (27″ across × 18″ tall); we fill to ~85% ≈ 5.1 cu ft each. For 1,000 pots:

The fill method — Brett's proven system

This is the exact workflow Brett used to fill 45-gallon pots at volume. The key to speed is that the skid steer never stops moving.

Step	Action
1	Dump close. Each soil truck holds ~40–60 yd and dumps directly in the field, as near the crew as possible — about 4 loads for the ~190 yd. Closer dumps cut walking.
2	Shuttle continuously. A car-hauler trailer is hooked to the farm truck; a skid steer runs non-stop between the soil pile and the trailer, keeping it loaded.
3	Fill off the trailer. Truck + trailer inch forward down the row while the crew fills pots straight off the trailer with shovels.
4	Mulch. Cap each filled pot with mulch so the soil doesn't bake and dry.
5	Drip. Project 3's emitters get run to each pot.

Crew & time

Brett's experienced crew of 8–9 filled 1,500–2,000 pots per day, split as: 1 truck driver, 1 skid-steer driver, 2 setting pots in place, 5 shoveling.

Plant count	At ~800/day	Budget (with margin)
800	1 day	2 days
1,000 (baseline)	~1.25 days	2 days
1,200	1.5 days	3 days

Equipment & ballpark cost — tap to expand

Rough planning estimates, Jun 2026. Soil is the dominant line and the biggest variable.

Item	For 1,000 plants	Per-plant rate	Ballpark
45-gal woven fabric pots	1,030 (+3% spare)	1.03	$4,600–8,200
Soil — bulk organic blend (by the yard)	~190 cu yd	0.19 cu yd	$9,500–28,500
Mulch (cap layer)	all pots, depth TBD	per pot top	$200–1,000
Skid steer (rental if not owned)	1, ~2 days	—	$0–1,000
Car-hauler trailer + farm truck	1 each	—	owned / $0–300
Shovels + hand tools	5–6	—	$100–300
Surge labor (beyond owners)	~4–5 hands × 2 days	—	$1,300–3,000
Project 4 subtotal (rough) — soil-driven			~$15,700–41,800

Pots: 247Garden / HTG / GrowGeneration bulk pricing ($4.28–6.48+ ea), Jun 2026. Pots and soil scale linearly with plant count; equipment is fixed.

Effort: the fill itself is ~140–160 person-hours (8–9 crew × ~2 days), plus pot placement and drip hookup. The all-hands day(s). Estimate — refine with Max + Brett's guidance.

7Trellis, tractor access, deer fence & cold-frame option

The field infrastructure around the pots: what holds the plants up, how the tractor gets through, what keeps deer out, and whether to plan for late-season rain protection.

Trellis & tractor access

Each 10-foot-wide row is trellised to support the plants. Critically, we want a ~6-foot aisle between every row so a tractor with a mounted implement can drive each inter-row — for spraying (a tractor-mounted sprayer), mowing, and general work. Leave ~15–20 ft of headland at each row end for the tractor to turn. Aisle width should be confirmed against the actual tractor + implement before rows are pegged out.

Tall posts & the cold-frame question

An option worth weighing now: driving in tall posts (~12 ft) along the rows that serve double duty — trellis support and a frame to pull plastic over the plants late in flower if heavy rain threatens. Covered ("cold-frame") outdoor plants often finish cleaner, because keeping rain off dense late-season flower is one of the best defenses against bud rot.

Option	What it gives	Trade-off	Rough cost
Plain trellis only	Plant support	No rain protection late season	$2,000–6,000
Tall posts now, plastic only if needed	Support + the option to cover	Heavier posts up front; plastic bought later	+$1,000–3,000 over plain
Full cold-frame cover	Support + rain protection + cleaner finish	Most cost/labor; wind management	+$1,000–5,000 over plain

Costs rough, Jun 2026 — confirm with a structures quote. The middle option (tall posts now, plastic on standby) is often the sensible hedge: low extra cost, keeps the door open.

Deer fence

A perimeter deer fence (~8 ft tall, ~1,000 linear feet) protects the entire crop — deer can destroy an outdoor planting fast and jump short fences. Put a temporary hot-wire or mesh up before transplant if the permanent fence isn't finished.

Rough planning estimates, Jun 2026.

Approach	Per foot	~1,000 LF	Note
DIY woven-wire / poly mesh, 8 ft	$2–6	$2,000–6,000	Farm labor does it; most cost-effective
Professionally installed	$5–12	$5,000–12,000	Faster, higher upfront

Deer-fence pricing: HomeGuide, dtefence, Angi, Design Transition Studio (Jun 2026). Scales with perimeter, which scales with field size/row count.

8Spray program & plant health

A plan for keeping plants healthy with sprays that are legal in New York cannabis, organic-approved, and safe for resin quality and extraction.

How to build the actual list (the gate every product passes)

1. OMRI-listed — organic-approved active.
2. OCM-allowed for NY cannabis — on the state's permitted list for cannabis cultivation.
3. Extraction- & resin-safe — nothing that taints flavor/aroma or concentrates through extraction and shows up on a COA.
4. Athena Ag protocol fit — consistent with our advisors' program.
5. Logged — every application recorded in inventory tracking, with rate and date.

Program shape (fill products after verification)

Mode	Purpose	Typical organic categories to verify
Preventative (scheduled)	Stop problems before they start — the bulk of the program	Biological fungicides (e.g., Bacillus-based), neem/azadirachtin-type botanicals, beneficial insects/biocontrols, foliar plant-health inputs — each to be confirmed OCM-allowed
Reactive (as-needed)	Knock down a specific pest or disease on detection	Targeted OMRI insecticidal/fungicidal actives matched to the diagnosed problem — confirmed OCM-allowed and extraction-safe

Application equipment

A tractor-mounted sprayer lets one person cover the field quickly. A standard 60-gallon 3-point-hitch unit with pump and boom runs roughly $700–1,800.

9Genetics selection

Which plants we run matters as much as how we grow them. For NY outdoor, the genetics should be chosen to survive a wet Northeast finish and beat the frost.

Prioritize cultivars by these traits, in roughly this order:

1. Disease resistance — especially Botrytis (bud rot) and Septoria (leaf spot), the two that punish a wet Northeast fall. Favor structures that are dense-but-airy, not tight and moisture-trapping.
2. Early finish — cultivars that mature in late September / early October, before hard frost and the worst rain. A late-finisher can lose the crop to weather regardless of how well it's grown.
3. Proven outdoor / Northeast performance — vigor in shorter seasons and cooler nights.
4. Market fit — potency, aroma, and yield that the brand and buyers want.

10People, hours & hiring

Who does what (likely, pending discussion), roughly how much labor each project takes, and the standard we hold for anyone we bring on.

Likely owners by function (pending team discussion)

Person	Likely scope
Max	Primary on most things. Leads the grow tents and the care of the plants; crew lead on the pot fill. Marco teams with him across these areas.
Marco	Head of Resin Quality Management — monitors resin-head (trichome) development through flower and advises on harvest timing. Works with Alex to optimize the fresh-frozen operation (cut→freeze window). Teams with Max on grow tents, prop house, and the fill.
Alec	Leads irrigation (he raised it and is scoping the approach; quotes from Soilscape / RainFlo / Netafim). Also: water test, greenhouse/structure design input, tractor driving during the fill, plant health, and setting up cameras, sensors, and remote data/monitoring.
Steven	Remote monitoring & crop nutrition — watches the remote sensor feeds (tent/prop climate, field soil-moisture) and the plants’ nutritional status (tissue-test results, fertigation EC/pH), flagging drift early. Partners with Alec on the data side and Athena Ag on the feed program.
Athena Ag (Brett & Owen)	Advisors — nutrient and pest/disease protocol, fill-system guidance, spacing. Not on-site owners.

Rough labor by project

Estimates to size the crew — refine with the leads. Several projects overlap in time.

Project	Person-hours	People	Window
P1 · Warehouse + tents	~40–70	2	Week 1
P2 · Prop house	~50–90	3–4	Weeks 1–2
P3 · Irrigation install	~80–160	3–4	Weeks 2–4
P4 · Pot fill (all hands)	~140–160	8–9	Weeks 3–4
Trellis + deer fence	~60–120	2–4	Weeks 1–4

Hiring standard — for every role, even part-time

11Security, monitoring & data

Protecting the crop physically, watching conditions remotely, and being disciplined about who knows what.

Get up before plants are in the ground

• Security cameras covering the field, entry points, and the warehouse/prop area. If field power is limited, use cellular/solar units. A high-value outdoor crop is a theft target.
• Remote environmental sensors in the grow tents and prop house (temperature, humidity) with alerts — so a climate failure is caught from a phone, not discovered dead the next morning.
• Remote soil-moisture sensors in the field, tied to the irrigation, so under- or over-watering is visible before plants show stress. This is also the early-warning system for the watering-failure risk.

Rough planning estimates, Jun 2026 — verify with quotes.

Item	Ballpark
Security camera system (4–8 cams, cellular/solar if needed)	$300–2,000
Environmental sensors (tents/prop) with remote alerts	$100–800
Soil-moisture sensors (field) with remote readout	$100–1,000

Visitors & information discipline

12Equipment list & budget

The per-project equipment tables above are the full purchase list. This rolls them into one budget. Items that scale with plant count are noted.

Budget roll-up — rough ranges, Jun 2026.

Line	Ballpark range	Scales with plants?
P1 · Warehouse + grow tents	$3,300–11,000	Weakly (tent count)
P2 · Propagation house	$2,100–8,400	Weakly (mostly fixed)
P3 · Irrigation & fertigation	$2,500–11,000	Yes (emitters, sub-line)
P4 · Pot matrix (pots + soil + fill)	$15,700–41,800	Yes — soil & pots linear
Trellis + tractor access	$2,000–6,000	Yes (row count)
Deer fence (~1,000 LF)	$2,000–12,000	Yes (perimeter)
Cold-frame option (if chosen)	$0–5,000	Yes (row count)
Tractor-mounted sprayer	$700–1,800	No
Cameras + sensors	$500–3,800	No
Clones (~1,000 @ ~$10)	~$10,000	Yes (linear)
Indicative total (excl. reefer, already committed)	~$38,800–110,800

13Most likely ways this goes wrong

Named honestly and in order of likelihood, with the move that prevents each. Awareness is the cheapest insurance.

#	Failure mode	Why it's likely	Prevention
1	Timeline slip — field not ready when roots show	Four parallel builds + long-lead orders + a hard biological deadline	Order the week-one list now; protect the critical path (design → soil → fill → drip); pad the fill to 2 days
2	Watering failure — uneven or interrupted water	1,000 emitters on one system; a pump or clog fails silently	Use a designer; filtration; controller with alerts; soil-moisture sensors; daily checks
3	Disease in a wet finish — botrytis / septoria	Northeast fall is humid and rainy; dense flower traps moisture	Airflow-first spacing (5′×6′), resistant + early genetics, preventative spray calendar, cold-frame option on standby
4	Bottleneck breaks the plant flow — heat on asphalt, fill jams, clone quality	Asphalt cooks pots; first-time fill crew; clones can arrive weak	Tables off asphalt + shade cloth; conservative fill plan + all-hands; inspect clones on arrival, isolate anything suspect
5	Security / labor — theft, deer, or a weak hire	High-value outdoor crop; seasonal hiring pressure; open site	Deer fence + cameras before transplant; high hiring bar; approve all visitors; share information narrowly

14Open decisions to confirm

The holes. None are papered over with guesses. Each needs an answer to lock the plan.

1. Team go/no-go & commitment. Get everyone on a call to confirm comfort with the plan, individual roles, time commitment, availability, and that the project is feasible before committing spend. Do first.
2. Irrigation approach — Alec to lead/scope. Discuss with Alec, then get quotes from Soilscape, RainFlo & Netafim and assemble the build/buy list. Captive-air/pressure tank: Alec's read is not needed. Lock this week.
3. Down-row spacing — ~5′ or ~6′ between pairs? Sets row count (13–16) and fence length. Confirm with Brett + against real field width.
4. Real field dimensions. Provide the marked-up site map so the drawing, row count, and fence length go to scale (area may be wider than older images show).
5. Grow-tent count. Confirm against the 25-per-tray clone shipment (~40 trays). Gates the tent + kit order.
6. Soil delivery. Vermont Compost + McEnroe quoted — book delivery now (2–3 wk lead vs the Jun 24 transplant). Confirm container-ready vs. needs amending. Biggest budget swing.
7. Pot vendor & true fill volume. Confirm the maker's actual volume (trade-size varies ~10%) before the soil order.
8. Trellis / cold-frame choice. Plain trellis, tall posts on standby, or full cover.
9. Spray list. Verify products against the OCM-allowed list + Athena protocol + extraction safety; then build the calendar + reactive playbook.
10. Genetics. Select resistant, early-finishing cultivars with the genetics source + Athena.
11. Clone arrival date (~Jun 15–18). The whole timeline anchors to it — confirm with the supplier.