The 'Tesla of cannabis' is opening a massive, custom-built marijuana greenhouse

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March 1, 2017 4:27 PM

Tantalus Labs has been called the "Tesla of cannabis" because of the company's dedication to pioneering new, sustainable technologies.

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A marijuana cultivator that's been called the "Tesla of cannabis" is bringing the industry out of the darkness and into the light — literally.

Tantalus Labs, which could start selling product as early as 2018, has wrapped construction on a state-of-the-art cultivation site designed to give marijuana plants the benefits of indoor and outdoor growing. The greenhouse lets sunlight pour in, enabling the plants to grow fuller buds faster.

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Marijuana grows well in the outdoors. However, the vast majority of legal cannabis cultivation sites grow their marijuana in indoor facilities.

"Why is it that this industry was driven indoors? The core reason was stealth," Dan Sutton, founder and managing director of Tantalus Labs, says. "It's a lot easier to hide plants in basements and in bunkers than to cultivate it in the light, because it is federally illegal."

Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada since 2000, and the country is working to broaden its program to include recreational use by this spring. The legal marketexpected to generate $22.6 billion annually

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