Time to chop down the Zpectrum plants. Then launch a curing process to dry, trim and package the yield. A pot farm this big produces an enormous amount of odor, which is still taboo, even though weed is legal. The perfume plants release during harvest is unavoidable, and perhaps the most pungent.
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Alexander Lawrence watches as Bruno Gagliardi breaks down one of the freshly harvested Zpectrum plants at Alien Labs in Phoenix on Jan. 7, 2025.
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Bruno Gagliardi shows off a fully grown Zpectrum flower in a drying room at Alien Labs in Phoenix on Jan. 7, 2025.
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Alexander Lawrence inspects a Zpectrum bud from a bin during burping at Alien Labs in Phoenix on Jan. 16, 2025.
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John, a quality control staffer, shows a mason jar filled with a research and development strain at Alien Labs in Phoenix on Jan. 16, 2025.
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Keoni trims Zpectrum buds while speaking to KJZZ reporter Matt Casey at Alien Labs in Phoenix on Jan. 21, 2025.
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Bruno Gagliardi holds a freshly packed jar of Zpectrum flower in Alien Labs’ packaging room on Jan. 23, 2025.
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