Ben Petty

Co-Founder

Ben Petty, co-founder of Northwest Local Cannabis, wearing a black Real Ones Only cap, seated in a car in Seattle.

Ben Petty is a co-founder of Northwest Local Cannabis. He has worked in cannabis on and off for over twenty years, both growing and in distribution, across Washington's medical and legacy markets. Today he operates in the state's regulated i502 recreational market as a licensed producer/processor. He writes here about cultivation science.

Posts by Ben Petty

A dense canopy of flowering cannabis plants bathed in warm overhead grow light inside the Northwest Local Cannabis flower room.

August 12, 2026

CO2 Enrichment in Commercial Cannabis: What Actually Works

What the research actually supports about CO2 enrichment, why an enriched room has to run warmer, and what a sealed flower room really consumes in a day.
A deep purple, nearly black cannabis flower in late bloom, its sugar leaves heavily frosted with trichomes and threaded with orange pistils, against a pale grey backdrop.

August 4, 2026

Why Cannabis Turns Purple — And What It Actually Costs You to Chase It

Anthocyanins, not cannabinoids. What the research actually says about purple cannabis — why color isn't potency, and the bud rot risk of chasing it.