MJ Biz reports…
An executive at Canadian licensed producer Canopy Growth acknowledged that images circulating on social media depicting cannabis plants laden with powdery mildew were taken at its facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario.
However, Mario Castillo, vice president of manufacturing, said the photos are not representative of Canopy’s cultivation operations.
He said the plants depicted in the images had already been slated for destruction after an irrigation-system failure in a small number of rooms.
“There are quite a few fairly upset cultivation employees in our Smiths Falls facility, because it is a photo taken completely out of context. We had an irrigation system failure on Dec. 25 and 26,” Castillo said in a phone interview.
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