For pot yield of growers’ dreams, fickle plants need constant care

Originally published June 28, 2014 at 7:49 PM | Page modified July 28, 2014 at 5:28 PM

By Bob Young
Seattle Times staff reporter

A marijuana grow room in Sodo blazes from a dozen 1,000-watt bulbs. The light is so intense that Mark Arnold, assistant grower for pioneering pot producer AuricAG, wears blue-tinted lenses to cut the glare.

Surveying the tall plants — made happy, Arnold believes, by his own positive attitude — he beamed: “Who says money doesn’t grow on trees?”

If all goes according to plan, AuricAG could fetch $2 million a year for its products.

But it’s not easy cultivating high-quality pot on an industrial scale. “It’s remarkably hard to do consistently,” Arnold said.

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