Cresco Labs in Winchester has reached its first milestone as a cannabis cultivation facility in central Kentucky. Micky Sweeney, the facility's technical cultivation director, said the team examines and grows each plant from adolescence to full flower, focusing on cannabinoids and medicinal effects that may help with different ailments.
"Here is going to be sativa dominant, and it is going to provide an uplifting feel, maybe, you know, stress relief. energy, appetite." As of Tuesday, Cresco said it had harvested more than 1,300 plants expected to yield up to 200,000 grams of flower, which is roughly 440 pounds.
"Essentially, after harvest, when the plants are at maturation, they are cut down, they are brought into this room to hang dry and cure for about 10 to 14 days."
Peyton Brennock, vice president of national sales for Cresco Labs, said the company is excited to support medical cannabis growth in newer states like Kentucky.
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