[a fool in paradise]

>>this hot, dry, unforgiving climate has attracted more than a thousand marijuana plantations that fill the arid expanse between the Antelope Valley and the Colorado River.

Would the product grown in Wine Country or possibly Cuba be better? Does soil and climate matter?

[gr8eman]

A: it’s legal, B. Unless there’s an International market, who would give up their skunk buds for shake?

[BenLurkin]

Lots of things can be grown in the desert. Just set up shade houses and add water.

[BenLurkin]

[Boogieman]

The best stuff is grown indoors in 100% environmentally controlled conditions, so the local climate is pretty immaterial.

[dsrtsage]

How can they fit it in between the endless solar panels and raptor shredders?

[bert]

The increasingly harsh water shortage will make the process unprofitable

[Mariner]

“Does soil and climate matter?”

Yes.

Pot does best in a rich, well drained loam and temps between 60 and 90 deg. Quality and quantity suffer outside those boundaries.

[Qui is]

The water needs to be coming from somewhere. Determine where they are tapped into the water supply and cut it off. End of problem.

[NetAddicted]

I’m astounded they can grow good marijuana in a desert.