Dramatic Temperature Swing in Colorado Kills Millions of Dollars Worth of Cannabis Plants

Some growers were prepared for the low temperatures, but not necessarily for the nine inches of wet snow that accompanied it. James Lowe, the owner of the PotCo outdoor cannabis farm outside Pueblo, CO, said, “We were on pace for the largest harvest we’ve ever had. The weight of [the snow] was what ended up being the problem.”

His farm has about 7,000 plants trellised together, but the moisture from the heavy snow caused much of the canopy protecting them to collapse. Lowe believes his losses from the incident could total $4 or $5 million.