The record wildfires that have blanketed the West Coast in smoke and ash also have blocked out essential sunlight and set back the growth of outdoor marijuana plants by weeks, leaving growers with less-than-ideal options for when to harvest their plants.

Cannabis growers in California, Oregon and Washington state are contemplating two choices in the face of wildfires that have burned more than 5 million acres:

• Harvesting underdeveloped plants with lower yields in early October.
• Trying to regain those lost days by harvesting later in the month, risking freezing temperatures or early snow.

All of this further underscores the threat that climate change poses to cannabis and, more broadly, agriculture.

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