It’s harvest time for P.E.I.’s budding community of cannabis growers

Under a cloudy October sky, freelance photographer Sean Berrigan looks over his crop of organic outdoor cannabis plants while considering when the best time to harvest will be.

“There’s a little bit of an issue sometimes growing outside, especially in our climate here on the East Coast,” Berrigan said. “We live in a very humid and damp environment so humidity — or high humidity — can be stressful and can be challenging for some growers.”

Under the regulations around cannabis legalization, Canadians are permitted to grow up to four plants per household — either indoor or outdoors — as long as they follow the federal Cannabis Act.

That includes a requirement that any plants being grown must be safely locked away from those under the age of 19 or someone visiting a home. Plants grown outside must be out of view from public spaces and in a locked enclosure at least 1.52 metres high.