. >> reporter: tom lauerman hoped to ride the green wave of legal marijuana in washington state. >> our garden is called the garden of the green sun here in washington. >> reporter: but a funny thing happened on the way to profitability. they grew too much pot, prices plummeted. >> in the early days, we were able to get $1700 to $2200 a pound. wholesale. and now like $700 $800 a pound. >> reporter: still profit snbl. >> no not profitable at all. i have all stuff stashed away for later. >> reporter: how c there be so much with high demand? several reasons. most of them due to the difference of the way washington has set up legalization versus colorado. first, in washington grow outside and the weather made for a bumper crop in washington. the taxes are higher. and medical pot here isn't taxed at all. many locals are not switching over. in washington the state handed out growing licenses more quickly than retail licenses cating an imbalance between farms and stores at least temporarily. and in washington they are not drawing the same number of out of state tourists that colorado does. >>