Outdoor Grown vs. Indoor Grown
From the Craft blog · Craft Cannabis, 27 January 2022
Why does outdoor grown weed get such a bad reputation? Cannabis is a plant after all, and plants naturally grow outside. So, why do so many cannabis consumers tend to look down on it?
Cannabis was exclusively grown outdoors up until prohibition. Growers only evolved to indoor grows because they ran more of a risk of being caught by authorities if they had their plants out in the open. Even by hiding the plants out of law enforcement’s sight, sometimes ideal growing conditions were sacrificed. Growing indoors meant that plants were losing that full exposure to the sun. Some growers were even forced to harvest earlier than normal due to fear of being raided by authorities. During the decades where growing cannabis was illegal, the production of outdoor grown weed was never going to reach its full potential. This, along with the technology developed for indoor grows, could explain the long-standing idea that outdoor cannabis cannot compare to indoor grow operations.
“Landrace” is a term for original, naturally grown strains from different regions across the world. They have unique characteristics that they acquire directly from the soil, elevation, geography, climate, and geology of where they are grown. In the wine community they call this, “Terroir”, and this applies to cannabis as well. Strains like “Maui Wowi”, “Hindu Kush”, and “Panama Red” are all examples of Landraces that have gotten their distinctive profiles by growing naturally in each of their own unique environments. It is nearly impossible to recreate the complex ecosystems that influence outdoor grown cannabis in an indoor grow system.
At Craft Cannabis we have a wide variety outdoor and indoor grown cannabis. You will find that outdoor grown typically tends to be cheaper in cost compared to indoor grown. This is because outdoor grows do not require the same equipment that indoor grows must have. Indoor grows have to invest much more money into equipment such as lighting, ventilation, and filtering systems and maintenance is much more extensive. Although expensive, there are many benefits to growing indoors. The grower has much more control over the plant and environment which gives you consistent crop yields.
