From Legacy Grower To Lab Leader: Sean Stidacks’ DIY Journey In Cannabis Tissue Culture
In an exclusive interview with Benzinga Cannabis, Sean Stidacks, founder of Stidacks Genetics, shared his journey as a self-taught entrepreneur making waves in the cannabis industry. Originally from North Carolina, Sean moved to Rhode Island to pursue his passion for cannabis cultivation legally. “I moved up to Rhode Island from North Carolina, basically a legacy grower,” he said.
Discovering Tissue Culture
Sean’s journey into tissue culture began in 2019 at a Gene Traders event. Intrigued by a vendor’s display of plants in cups, he got into researching tissue culture, a technique unfamiliar to him despite his broad scientific interests.
Building Stidacks Genetics
His journey to establish Stidacks Genetics began with a keen interest in science and a talent for self-learning. He first encountered tissue culture at a Gene Traders event, where Cannomic Laboratories displayed plants growing inside cups.
“They had a couple of plants inside some cups, and I had never seen this before, so I was very intrigued. Pretty blown away by what I was looking at because I was like, how is this possible? They explained that it was tissue culture, so I bought two samples from them. I went home and just spent the rest of the evening doing research on tissue culture, trying to figure out what this was. Come to find out, it had been around since the early 1900s,” Sean explained.
“Once I finished my studies, …