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)