Don't be fooled, in New York, cultivation itself is a misdemeanor, but they weigh the wet plants (stalks, leafs, buds, and sometimes roots) as marijuana and charge you accordingly. The only way a grower in New York stands a chance of receiving no felony from marijuana cultivation is having plants that are so small they don't weigh a felony amount, which would only likely be seedlings or clones.
Busts in the news. I don't live in NY, but my state laws are very similar.how do you know about the logistics of cultivation laws?
the above is correct. as long as you don't have elbows curing in the closet you are fine. aint nobody weighing rootballs non-fed in NY. lived here 35 years, and I scour the internet for busts/keep my ear to streets. Plus, only people getting busted for growing in the STATE of Ny are sloppy, junkie types. people getting ratted on and such.
indoor cultivation is not a high priority crime in NY.
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because compared to other states in the nation NY isn't really known for having dank marijuana.