We build the lab. We train your team. You own it.
Collective Herb partners with licensed cultivators and multi-state operators to bring tissue culture in-house. Six months from kickoff, your team is producing clean Gen-0 stock without us in the room.
How We Work
Two engagement phases that meet you where you are: a full build if you are starting from scratch, or ongoing support and optimization if you already run a lab.
Lab Build and Implementation
A six-month engagement that takes you from facility assessment to a fully operational lab. By month six, your team is producing clean stock independently. The relationship is designed to end with you owning the program.
- Facility assessment and lab design
- Equipment and consumables sourcing
- Media development for your cultivars
- Full SOP suite and training curriculum
- Hands-on staff training in your lab
- Collective Herb lab platform instance for your team
- Launch support through first production cycle
Ongoing Support and Optimization
A monthly retainer, whether we built your lab or you already run one. Weekly strategy calls, quarterly on-site visits, protocol refinements, and a direct line to the Collective Herb team and our scientific advisors. Month to month after an initial term.
- Weekly strategy and troubleshooting calls
- Quarterly on-site visits and audits
- Continuous protocol refinement
- HLVd cleanup and cold storage rollout
- Staff development and lead-tech coaching
- Ongoing platform updates and access
- Direct access to the Collective Herb team and our scientific advisors
What We Build
Five core services, all anchored in tissue culture. Built for operators who want clean genetics, predictable production, and a program your team owns end to end.
Tissue Culture Lab Design and Implementation
Design and equip a tissue culture lab from scratch, or upgrade an underperforming one. We assess your facility, scope the build, source equipment, and stand up the program from layout to first plantlet.
- Facility assessment and lab layout
- Equipment sourcing and vendor guidance
- Media formulation for your cultivars
- SOPs across every stage, initiation through hardening
- Hands-on staff training to handoff
Tissue Culture Rehabilitation
Already have a lab that is not performing. We diagnose the issues (contamination, weak vigor, slow multiplication, HLVd pressure) and get the program back to clean, consistent output.
- Contamination diagnosis and protocol audit
- Media reformulation and stage tuning
- HLVd remediation through meristem isolation
- Staff retraining on corrected SOPs
- Production targets and quality benchmarks
SOP Development and Staff Training
Document the program so your team owns it permanently. We write the SOPs, train the technicians, and certify the workflow so the lab keeps running clean after we step out.
- Stage-specific SOPs with photo references
- Hands-on technician training in your lab
- Meristem dissection workshops under the scope
- Skills certification and ongoing assessment
- Lead-tech development and management track
Cold Storage and Genetic Preservation
Protect your cultivar library indefinitely. Cold storage preserves clean Gen-0 stock so a contamination event, a power outage, or a personnel change never costs you a cultivar again.
- Cold storage build-out and protocols
- Cultivar library tracking and labeling
- Recovery and reactivation procedures
- Archive scheduling and backup cadence
- Integration with your tissue culture workflow
Meristem Initiation and HLVd Cleanup
The hardest, highest-value technique in cannabis tissue culture. Meristem isolation eliminates HLVd (also written HpLVd), resets epigenetic decline, and restores seed-like vigor. Most labs skip it. We train your team to do it cleanly, in your facility, on your cultivars.
- Hands-on meristem dissection training under the scope
- HLVd remediation and virus elimination, qPCR-validated
- Genetic rejuvenation and clean Gen-0 mother stock
Your team logs in from day one.
Every Phase 1 build comes with your own instance of the Collective Herb lab platform, the lab management software we built for cannabis tissue culture operations. Your data, your workflows, no extra contracts. Phase 2 clients keep ongoing access, with continuous updates as we improve the platform.
Curious if a tissue culture program makes sense for your operation? Walk through your facility and your goals with us in 30 minutes.
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Beyond the Lab
Fifteen years in commercial cannabis show up across the whole operation. When clients bring us in for tissue culture, we often end up looking at the full picture. Engagements can stand alone or fold into a Phase 1 or Phase 2 scope.
Ready to bring tissue culture in-house?
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will walk through your facility, your goals, and whether building a tissue culture program makes sense for your operation. No pressure, no pitch.