Farms with over 1,000 cannabis plants have been wiped out in days, according to growers.
Thomas MitchellThat's an old bible proverb, but you don't have to travel back to ancient Egypt to be at the mercy of the swarm. Colorado cannabis farmers are losing battles to grasshoppers this year, with entire crops quickly wiped out after the insects arrive, according to growers and industry representatives.
"They eat at the base of the plant. We put 1,000 plants in the ground, and within a few days there were three left," McIntosh recalls. "Grasshoppers are eating full branches. We've lost about fifteen pounds, but there are entire farms being cleaned out," says Nathaniel Eaton, co-owner of Stargazer Farms, an outdoor grow in Ordway."Still, we've been lucky to avoid hail, although we're not through it yet."
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