Arizona’s 6 Leading Legal Cannabis Farms
With the legalization of adult use in 2020, Arizonans 21 and over will be able to simply walk into over 80 retail stores across the state and buy marijuana this year. But which pot is good?
Business in Arizona quickly switched from 10 year old medical to newborn “Rec.” New farms and businesses come online every week. High Times is hosting its 2021 Cannabis Cup this month.
But why wait for the jury to choose? Leafly rounds up a glass of Arizona’s hottest, top rated flower growers to date.
You can’t bring cannabis across state lines – not yet. But you can bring branding and growing skills with you.
The exotic potmasters from California – Alien Labs and Connected Cannabis Co. – expanded to Arizona in 2020. Expect award-winning jelly, melonade, as well as biscotti, el jefe, and guava grown to their high standards.
Waxing, drying, curing, and storing indoors controls the scorching heat, drought, and monsoons of the Grand Canyon State.
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Recreational cannabis sales in Arizona started months ahead of schedule
Adam Pressler-Smith, Vice President of Operations at Connected Cannabis Co, said, “We can recreate the same environment for the plant to succeed just as we do in California,” he said.
Arizona Ents on Reddit flex their Alien Labs Galactic Gas Ounces or El Jefe Eighths – available at Harvest. How is Arizona Connected? Under a cultivation contract with Harvest, which has 22 stores in AZ; the greatest player.
“Demand is hot right now,” said Pressler-Smith. New flavors are coming soon.
With a decades-old medical program, Arizona has brought seasoned weed smokers to the latest flavors. These aesthetes love to live on Potent Planet’s boutique cruises of the latest novelty.
Potent Planet growers are exploring the zesty, raunchy side of dope, stemming from the likes of OG Kush Breath.
Look at the White Truffle Breath Cross, Purple Breath and Breath of the Wounded Warrior.
They also drop a bunch of Stankasaurus – this is Dino Meat # 8, which was crossed with Mr. Stinky. Great! This is a THC-rich, partisan taste – lovable, hateful, but never to be forgotten.
Lab tested pesticide and fungicide free, medical first, 100% locally owned and limited edition in Tuscon, AZ
Grow Sciences has never run a buy one get one free special, and yet lines are forming for its limited, sought-after releases of Exotic Genetix’s Strawberries and Cream, GMO Cookies, Grape Cream Cake, Runtz Breath, Limedog OG, Secret Triangle and MAC.
Since 2018, the Phoenix-based grower-retailer crew has tracked down and popped the best strains in contemporary cannabis. They test everything in the laboratory for mold, mildew and pesticides.
The small business cannot expand fast enough and quadruples its growth space. Arizona does not have strict canopy limits, rather the cultivation areas are limited to two locations per dealer. Each grow site is linked to a store. Arizona has about 120 retailers in total, which means it can have about 240 farms in total.
We’re going from small to large with Sunday Goods, one of the state’s largest breeders.
The multi-state company has a seven-acre Dutch glass greenhouse in Willcox, AZ, where high quality, sustainable herbs are grown. The greenhouse helps control the harsh environment from AZ and it has its own geothermal well.
Sunday Goods has Arizona’s reliable supply of the latest hits: Wedding Cake and Gelato # 33 as well as some new jams like Lemon Brulee and Granola Funk. Granola Funk crosses Forum Cut GSC to Wookie 15. Also popping: their Auto Cherry Kush x 3 Bears OG
Arizona’s equally huge Copperstate Farms have something special under the glass – DNA Genetics strains that have been world leaders for 20 years.
It’s so cool that there is world-class pot in a six-month-old legalization state.
On the shelves of DNA / Copperstate this season: Tahiti Lime, Grim DG OJ, Miss DNA and Ztrawberriez. Find it at Nirvana, Herbal Wellness Center, Curaleaf Stores and more.
Shango brings the epic cannabis culture of Portland, Oregon to six states, including Arizona. There, Shango rocks in part of a former Revlon makeup factory – a huge 600,000 square foot space with four grow brands.
Look for Gorilla Cookies, Chem Fusion, Amnesia Haze, Alien Cookies, Modified Banana and trade with Alien Pharaoh.
And that’s just a snapshot of what’s popping up in Arizona. Be sure to keep your flowers cool on the drive home from the shop – a hot car in the desert summer will burn terpenes in minutes!
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David Downs
David Downs heads Leafly.com’s news and lifestyle coverage as California Bureau Chief. He has written for WIRED, Rolling Stone and Billboard and is the former cannabis editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and author of several cannabis books, including “Marijuana Harvest” by Ed Rosenthal and David Downs. He is the co-host of The Hash podcast. TW: @davidrdowns | IG @daviddowns
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