Quote Originally Posted by wanderer46
The Hawaii medical marijuana law has this provision concerning how much mj a cardholder can have at any one time.

The qualifying patient and primary caregiver jointly may not possess more than an ??adequate supply? which shall not exceed a total of three mature marijuana plants, four immature marijuana plants, and one ounce of usable marijuana per each mature plant."

My question concerns the "usable" mj one can have. When a mature plant is harvested, it will have produced 10 - 15 ounces of usable marijuana. So do you only harvest an ounce at a time to comply?
Good question!

Complicated by things like wet vs dry weight, curing time, seed weight, stem weight, blah X3.

Even doing stepped harvests leaves one with an embarrassment of riches as new bud enters the drying process.
Best ya can do is get rid of stems and un-useable fan leaf straight away.
Then, dry and freeze the sugarleaf and popcorn buds rapidly. Then convert them to bubble hash in small batches.
That can compress your meds 10:1!

The hash is the same as bud, or schwag, in the eyes of the law.
So...

Also, it's a good trick to yield an elbow from most strains when grown outdoors this close to the equator.
Our nights are too long all year, and most strains will flower while still quite small.
Unless you extend their daylight hours with lights to keep them vegging longer, that is.:thumbsup:

In actual practice here, as long as you don't have "large amounts", or get caught selling, one need not worry much.:rastasmoke:

However, it is not legal to sell, or even give away excess meds, even to other patients.:wtf:

So, I now severely limit the size of my garden.
That is to service the letter of the law.

May not be a big deal here, but I like to stay squeaky clean.
No point in askin' fo' trouble, yah?

Aloha,

Weezard