Why Is Everyone Obsessed With California’s Emerald Triangle?

It’s no secret California produces some of the best cannabis in the world. Specifically, weed farmed in the northern region’s Emerald Triangle—where Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity Counties converge—is revered as having some of the dankest of the dank. But why do people think this county carries weed magic? The answer lies in a few different places.

In the Emerald Triangle, cannabis is cultivated in abundance. Here, weed plants have been rumored to grow into actual trees (sometimes reaching more than 15 feet tall) thanks to some of the most ideal natural conditions on the planet. The area’s rich soil and Mediterranean climate are to weed what the geology of the Napa Valley is to wine.

… Over the last five decades, growers have developed techniques and strains exclusive to the Emerald Triangle, subtleties that ultimately rely on the area’s biodiversity. “Micro-climate-specific, and strain-specific knowledge; how to deal with pests and diseases naturally, knowing what strain to plant where, which plants are more susceptible to producing powdery mildew, and [knowing] how to use companion planting to your advantage” is crucial to cultivating cannabis says Simon Evers of Elysian Fields in Mendocino County.

Some chalk it up to the climate, others love the growing process. Evers describes the weed-growing business in Mendocino as a lifestyle, telling Proper, “We are stewards of the land. We don’t use chemicals or pesticides. We really don’t even use liquid fertilizers. We try to go one step further than organic farming. We’re aiming for long-term sustainability, and what we believe will allow us to achieve that is really focusing on the soil and cultivating living soil.”

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