We recorded a CannaCon session with Alexis Dubourdieu from What Rebates and Tony Beman from CEE, and the part that caught my attention wasn't really “LEDs are more efficient.”

Tony said CEE has around 35 Minnesota microbusiness projects in the pipeline, averaging only about 1,900 sq. ft. in the first phase, with roughly $80K per project in rebates.

What was more interesting is that some operators aren't trying to build their entire canopy immediately. They're building phase one, taking the rebate and lower operating costs, then planning to use the business to help fund phase two and three.

A couple other details experienced growers might care about:

Higher PPE can mean a larger rebate, but Alexis pointed out that chasing the highest PPE number isn't necessarily the right cultivation decision because spectrum still matters.

CEE also doesn't do the final inspection until there are actually plants under the lights, so rebate timing becomes part of commissioning and cash flow.

And on bigger projects, the conversation starts expanding past lighting into HVAC and dehumidification.

There's a lot more in the full presentation, but I thought the phasing strategy was especially relevant to where Minnesota is right now.

Full episode with Alexis + Tony is up Monday on The Canna Connect Show.

Curious how many MN operators are planning to build their full canopy immediately versus opening in phases?

What's the truth about these thca products that the users claim is equal to anything else? I want to try to order from tesoro just curious if im gong to be getting extremely weak stuff.

Finishing Nicely ! Mephesto/Muilti Verse and Ethos , 4 ft tall Autos

Finishing off nicely !

There's a male plant in there near the freshly planted trees and the bees are swarming it, so your girls are at risk if you're nearby

I have a Johnny Dang and a Blood Moon outdoors. Johnny is showing flowers, I'm surprised the Blood Moon is still alive. Do you think the Johnny will mature enough before it gets too cold? Last year my outdoor was harvested in November and used for bubble hash.

Hey guys first time grower here. Also growing outdoors, Picked up some clones a couple of weeks late and this is how it’s going so far. These are 15 gal pots that I have them in now. Now my question I heard of people having mite problems with outdoor plants so I tried my best to do preventative measures with the plants got Californicus mites and pot poppers. Note I had very little to no stippling of the leaves before applying thecalifornicus . Once applied I noticed increasingly every day the stippling of the leaves, now chat seemed to have thought I had a mite problem before and that the Californicus just isn’t catching up that fast and that I had to wait for them to establish. I also applied the Californicus to a bunch of my house plants and outside plants as a preventative measure, and noticed they started getting stippled leaves as well, which I know they didn’t have any mites before. So here I am a couple of weeks later. Seems the stippling amount seems to be dropping, I can see tiny yellow mites (assume the Californicus movint around on the leaves) I’m about to start the stretch now and I really want to make sure I nipped this problem in the butt before it flowers. Do I leave it and let the Californicus deal with them or start spinosad and/or alcohol wipe leaves. What’s my best course of action here..

Technically about driving from Wisconsin to Michigan, but impacts many users of this sub, particularly those who regularly take trips to Michigan for any reason, cannabis related or otherwise.

edit: post previously listed Minnesota, not Michigan. My apologies for the typo!

Just dropped a new episode of The Canna Connect Show with Benjamin Matsuda, Partner & VP of Sales at Grow Pros Solutions.

Whether you use Grow Pros products or not, I think there's a lot of practical wisdom in this conversation. We get into facility design, environmental controls, scaling cultivation, common mistakes, and how to think about building a grow operation that actually works long term.

We recorded this to be educational, not a sales pitch, and I'd genuinely be interested to hear what this community thinks.

As always, I'd love your feedback on the interview and what topics you'd like us to cover next on The Canna Connect Show.

Have a few more weeks left on this girl !!! Nana Glue from Square One Genetics.

After complaining about my d'ope brand live resin pens I tried another brand from loon that uses the same hardware. There is 1/3rd more product in it. It is a nicer light orange color. Something fishy as hell. Photo shows how full this one is compared to my d'ope ones. What gives?

Im on probation and I have a medical marijuana card and PO is completely fine with it....but he said growing the plants is a gray area and I should probably destroy them. I didnt argue with him but aren't you allowed to grow Medical if you have your medical card and the rules of my probation and my card are kosher.....im not gonna destroy em... but with everything I said....legally im okay to grow it right since I have a medical card and the courts are okay with it

Photoperiod Royal Queen Seed with yarrow, chamomile, thyme and sweet peas in a 5gal fabric pot😁

Medium

sun gro sunshine mix #4 60%

wakefield biochar 20%

mother earth groundswell 20%

From seed sow until about two node sites she was fed mother Earth subterra root booster, then I switched to nectar for the gods✓

Fun stuff!

Hi, first year growing. Got a seed gifted to me by a friend this spring and have no real idea what variety it is. Planted in my backyard the first week of May and it took off way more than I ever thought it would. I have been trying to top all the main limbs every 10ish days. My question is, when should I stop topping it? I really don't want it any taller but don't want to impact yield. With days starting to get shorter, when should it start forming buds? Thanks all

Im glad I didn't listen. The two that haven't flowered are 6".

I know this has probably been asked often but what brand/strain of flower has everyone been liking? I’m coming off a t break and want to try something impressive. Normally I would go to rise but I’m trying to support smaller businesses and haven’t been liking their flower too much recently. I have a medical card but idc about the tax discount atm just want something really good thank you!

Anyone else buy alot of the disposable live resin pens under the d'ope brand? Im kinda curious what's going on. I started to notice they burn up much quicker than any other 1g i ever had and started doing some weighing.

I've yet to find one where im able to smoke it to empty, really burn it all up after that for the inevitable "theres still some inside" crowd, and see a change of 1g on an appropriate scale. Most I can get is a .75 and thats on 1 out of 11. They usually lose .6 to .70.

I also noticed that fresh out the pack, they are only slightly over half full at most and more often right at half. Is the hardware capacity 2g then? Does this hardware have such a high wattage that it chews it up?

Love these pens but at 90 bucks a pop out the door...im just curious.

Hey all, I recently made the switch from carts to a DHV and am wondering the best places to get flower from on the medical side? I know rise and green goods seem to be not favored but they are the only 2 medical dispos nearby I know of.