Harvest time at San Diego’s only legal pot growing facility.
Marijuana plants proper in a grow lab at the OutCo company growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Irrigating marijuana plants at the OutCo company in unincorporated El Cajon. All plants are bar coded for inventory and tracking of the product. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bill Crosier, a cultivator at OutCo , waters plants in one of OutCo’s labs in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
The OutCo company has a legal marijuana growing facility in El Cajon. L-r, Markus Roggen phD, VP of extraction, Lincoln Fish, CEO, Allison Justice, VP of Cultivation in one of the company’s grow labs. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
The OutCo company has a legal marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. These are samples of the components extracted from the trimmings of the plants after the buds are removed. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Steve Moya cut down marijuana plants at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Matt Zbiec, processing manager at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon, carries freshly cut plants from the grow room for processing. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Freshly cut marijuana plants hang in the drying room at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Gabriella Torres broke down marijuana plants for drying at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Gabriella Torres and Max Moya broke down marijuana plants for drying at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hope Barrett hung hangers full of marijuana plants to dry at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon to dry. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Employee’s at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon, cultivated a crop and processed it on Monday, November 13, 2017. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
A large bud on a marijuana plant at OutCo, a marijuana growing facility in unincorporated El Cajon. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hope Barrett broke down a marijuana plant in the processing department at OutCo, preparing it for drying. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)