Welcome to the monsters. In episode 4, a farmer in California shows us his outdoor plants – and they are nothing short of gigantic. Some reach over three meters in height with colas as thick as a forearm.
Outdoor Growing: The Power of the Sun
What no LED in the world can replicate, the California sun delivers for free: the full light spectrum, intensity, and warmth. Outdoor plants develop a robustness and complexity in their terpene profile that indoor grows rarely achieve.
Monster Plants: How Is It Done?
The plants start early in the year – often as early as February as clones under artificial light. From April, they go outside. By harvest in October, they’ve had months to spread out. Combined with organic soil, compost teas, and California sunshine, the XXL specimens emerge.
The Harvest: A Herculean Task
Harvesting these plants is hard labor. Each one can carry kilos of flower. Hand-trimming takes days per plant. But the result speaks for itself: outdoor buds with a terpene profile that overwhelms the nose.
Sun vs. LED
The eternal debate. Indoor growers swear by control, outdoor farmers by nature. The truth lies somewhere in between – but anyone who’s tried a California outdoor flower understands the enthusiasm.
California: The Cannabis Paradise
Nowhere in the world is cannabis lived as openly as in California. The combination of ideal climate, decades of tradition, and a regulated market makes the state the benchmark for the industry.
