According to LA Weekly, California’s winter-grown, mixed-light cannabis is among the best flowers of the year. The crop falls into two categories, light-assisted and light-deprivation grown. The first is self-explanatory. The second is the term for farmers controlling the natural light cycle by mechanical means. Most of the stuff growing right now is light-assisted, but there are still a few people without power producing some really flavorful weed up north this time of year.
The light-deprivation is shortened to deps. for simplicity. A lot of dep farmers take the heart of the winter off and still get in three runs a year. But those perpetual light-assisted grows that use the power of the sun year-round are able to just perpetually pump out whatever number of tables on their fixed 52-week schedule. Barring the perils of mother nature, there are farmers using the sun and a little extra light to help through the rainy days, and shorter ones are producing crazy high-end cannabis.
One of the most respected owner-operators in the light-assisted space is David Polley of Preferred Gardens — a lot of people have him with a seat at the table when discussing not only who is growing the best mixed-light cannabis in California but also in Florida.
Polley explained that you can run some nice deps. in the winter with enough natural light, but the production isn’t there.
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