In the warehouses growing marijuana for Colorado’s cannabis industry, rows of plants, thousands of them, bask under bright lights.
The blazing lights are essential to the business — and also one of its biggest threats.
In the early stages of the pot plants’ life, the lights — often high-pressure sodium lamps like street lights — are on almost 24 hours a day.
The lights give off heat, too, fooling the plants into thinking it’s spring and time to grow. A few months later, they’ll linger…
In the warehouses growing marijuana for Colorado’s cannabis industry, rows of plants, thousands of them, bask under bright lights.
The blazing lights are essential to the business — and also one of its biggest threats.
In the early stages of the pot plants’ life, the lights — often high-pressure sodium lamps like street lights — are on almost 24 hours a day.
The lights give off heat, too, fooling the plants into thinking it’s spring and time to grow. A few months later, they’ll linger…