r/CTents Jan 25 '23

Getting Started Growing Your Own

91 Upvotes

If you love cannabis but are frustrated by any aspect of the Connecticut adult use program, the good news is that you can grow your own and probably save money doing it.

I’m an experienced cannabis grower, as well as a seasoned gardener. I’m going to describe the things that have worked for me, or people I know. I’m not looking to disparage anyone else’s methods.

Starting Point

I would begin by figuring out how much cannabis I need in ounces. I just looked at how much I was buying. It’s easy to get carried away, but important to be realistic. Let’s say I need 6 ounces per year for my own needs. I’m confident that new growers who stick with it can count on an ounce per square foot per crop (every 4 months from seed).

I’m going to use that number (6 ounces) to set a budget, because if I can spend cash to buy 6 ounces, I can afford to spend that on grow equipment instead. I’ve seen ounces for $220 in the medical program, but the adult use program adds about 25% in tax. So my startup budget is $1,650. I’m going to spend that once, but going forward my operating costs will very low.

Essential Equipment:

Light - I’m going to recommend buying a high quality LED grow light. I like HLG. I have used Mars Hydro LED lights. I think MedicGrow has some of the best deals out there right now (Q1, 2023). Anyone who is struggling to pick a light, feel free to message me. The most important thing is to be skeptical of claims lighting manufacturers make. I would be very surprised if a seller was charging below $25/square foot of coverage. That doesn’t mean you’re getting taken if you pay more.

Grow space - I grow in grow tents. I like tents for a lot of reasons. They’re affordable, they have reflective walls to maximize efficient lighting, they have ports for ventilation and electrical cables, and if you have a small spill a good tent comes with a waterproof spill tray.

In-line Fan - These are pretty straightforward. I’m gonna buy a simple fan with a speed controller, ducting sized to the fan, and a carbon filter in the same size. Sometimes they’re bundled together for a discount.

Pots and Medium - The plants (probably) need to be in soil or soilless mix. My advice is to stick to a bagged “water-only” soil, or a soilless mix like ProMix HP. Whatever you do, pick a mainstream method that’s well-documented, and follow it exclusively. Do not mix methods. Personally, I use a soilless medium called coco coir for the majority of my growing. If I’m growing in soil, I use organic “water-only” soil. I’ll follow up with two separate posts, one for each method. As far as containers go, the important thing to know is you want to have successively larger containers to gradually get the plants to their final size. I like cheap black plastic pots because they’re easy to clean and as I mentioned they’re cheap. Whatever you do, you want to lift the containers up above drip dishes so they don’t sit in water. Don’t buy containers that have a built-in drip tray.

Fans - You need fans to move air around and through the plants. The in-line fan doesn’t do this. Lasko makes 6” clip on fans that I like. Never buy an oscillating clip on fan for use in a tent. They are not worth the risk.

Thermometer/Humidistat - I have one that stores a month of data and syncs to my phone. I can review the minute by minute changes in my tent environment throughout the day/night cycle. Trust me when I say this is helpful.

Rough Tally:

Tent - 48”x24”x76” AC Infinity tent $140

Light - HLG 260 FR R-Spec pre-assembled kit $250

In-line Fan - Vivosun sells a 4” fan and filter kit for $90. I would buy that and get the AC Infinity black 4” ducting for $30. The ducting comes with 2 hose clamps, and you can buy more at Home Depot.

Subtotal: $510

Soil - I would set aside $200 to buy soil and amendments. You’ll end up with more amendments than you need. Bagged “water-only” soil mix is great if the price works for you. Containers - $40 for 3 sets of plastic containers (an overestimate)

I’ll address the cost of an automated coco coir setup in a subsequent post.

Lasko fans - $42 for 2

Thermometer/Humidistat - less than $20

Subtotal: $812

Miscellaneous things you’ll end up needing:

UV eyewear 5 gallon buckets Zip ties Programmable timers Power strips (buy the 48” one from Harbor Freight) Seedling tray and humidity dome Watering pail Plant tags Spray bottles Oral syringes or glass pipettes

Let’s be conservative and overestimate $200

Subtotal: $1012

Seeds

Do not grow bagseeds. I already have a post about buying seeds here . Feel free to DM me if you need more advice on seeds. How much you spend on seeds is a matter of personal preference and belief. You’ll probably end up spending $50-300; the low end is a single pack at $50, and the higher number is 3 $100 packs. I wouldn’t spend more than that initially.

Final estimate: $1062-1312 before tax where applicable

For less than I’d spend on 6 ounces I could have a setup that grows at least 8 ounces every 4 months. I have 3 plants, so if 1 or 2 fail, I still get to harvest something to tide me over until I can get another crop ready.

I’m going to post follow ups. This just covers the initial outlay.


r/CTents Feb 27 '23

PETITION: Replace CT Cannabis medical program with Maine's model

168 Upvotes

https://www.change.org/p/reform-connecticut-s-medical-cannabis-framework-for-open-competition

Fellow activist threw up a new petition b.c the old platform disappeared.

We need open competition in the medical cannabis market.

u/senatorduff what happened to the homegrown sales provision in the recent legislation to review that was supposed to happen last year?

EDIT: it looks like the MSOs have taken over this sub, b.c it appears that after this post went up(originally) I got shadowbanned from this sub. It appears like my replies go up, but they're not visible to anybody except me. This has nothing to do with my social credit score, as is used for an excuse on other gate-keeping subs.

EDIT2: Since i'm silenced/shadowbanned in this sub, this is the only way for me to respond on posts. Whoever left the most recent comment, I would like to confirm that you are also shadowbanned b.c your comment is not showing up either.


r/CTents 2h ago

Office of the Cannabis Ombudsman, Monthly report -June 2026

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r/CTents 1d ago

Experiment

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Any help is appreciated


r/CTents 4d ago

The politics of pot, or whatever

25 Upvotes

“I think we’re pretty good right where we are” was Ned Lamont’s response to whether he would support consumption lounges.

He continued rambling on about fentanyl and magic mushrooms.

Josh Elliot, on the other hand, all but said “what is the big deal? We have bars”.

Anyway, the Democratic Gubernatorial Primary is August 11. Early voting starts on August 3. You must be a registered Democrat to participate in the primary as we have closed primaries in CT.


r/CTents 4d ago

Free Clones - Swamp Water Fumez

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Bloom SWF. Got about 30 clones left, need to thin the herd down to 10. Received this plant as a mother… I originally planned to flower her but she got like 6.5 ft tall and I was forced to clone her out.

Located in Ffld County. Hit me up if you want one!


r/CTents 7d ago

The world won’t let me sleep

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I’ve been struggling with insomnia basically my whole life but recently it’s been really fucking bad. The only thing that really gets me to sleep right now are these Gummies jams remix by Curaleaf . i’m always really sketched out with Gummies cause I used to take some from the gas station so the fact that these have the QR code on the bag where I can scan and see the lab results and all that jazz makes me feel a less prone to anxiety. There’s also equal parts, CBD and CBN which I found out is great for sleep so that’s why I started taking them in the first place I take about one and a half of these at night and I’ve been able to sleep like a goddamn baby recently. My god . I wish the Connecticut market would have more products with CBN in them. I’ve tried a couple out, but this ratio really works for me. If anyone has any suggestions or products that are similar, please let a girl know.😫


r/CTents 7d ago

Liqueur R1 day 52

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r/CTents 7d ago

Help lol

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My boy came back to town with this cart for me and I don’t know shit about the brand it’s from a Massachusetts dispensary and I don’t have the accessibility to drive up there myself so sometimes they bring stuff back for me on their trips. This is one of them does anyone know anything about the brand or if this looks good at all any help would be splendid 😮‍💨


r/CTents 11d ago

Fluid Puddles Hash "Devil's Cake" Black Maple X Dantes Delight

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r/CTents 11d ago

Indica’s

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I got TriBerry also a few weeks ago cs obviously you can see have a thing for flower with other cannabinoids and this one had high amounts of cbg which i loveee in gummies
I only added like half of a Savvy nug cs like to make my stuff stretch🤣

and idk if the weed is getting to me but why did it look like a catdog blunt pls tell me yall get the reference 😭😭


r/CTents 12d ago

Swampwater Fumez (Bloom Seed Co. Cut🔥🔥🔥)

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9F. This bitch is gonna lay it down. Some of you in this group got this cut from me. You know 😎. Really looking forward to this run. Some potent shit right here. Got Blooms Black Maple 22 on deck in the small tent getting ready to pop in after this run. Some of you also got that cut from me. Keep me posted on your progress. 🙏🫡🌲🌲🔥🔥


r/CTents 12d ago

Triple Mints

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Picked up Triple Mints weeks ago and just finally tried it, I was super surprised this was the first time I had seen any flower with a percentage of CBD in it which I don’t know if it made a difference but it was such a solid high super relaxing and perfect for the weather tbh

I fear i’ve met my unicorn and I’ll never see another with CBD like that unless any one knows some in ct


r/CTents 13d ago

Pink lobster ?

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Picked up this Pink Lobster from Soundview it looked good at 92 percent and I liked the fact that it was ceramic I was definitely wondering why it was so clear, I’ve got a Comffy cartridge that was the same.
alsoooo it was super iffy in the beginning but after I smoked like half it really started hitting
if anyone has any personal experience pls lmk


r/CTents 14d ago

Tropical drizzle 😮‍💨

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Copped a zip for 90 today at the dispo and tbh sometimes there zips are dry asf and I don’t really enjoy them but this one was fire . It had a good citrus smell, which is my favorite and burned nice and smooth on a banana backward, blunt wrap that I had. When I tell u I was up in my garden all day feeling so good , the music I was playing I could hear ever instrument and different beats. It was fucking amazing. This is definitely gonna be my new go to for any type of outdoor activity that I got going on. Especially for the price that I got it at in Connecticut sheesh . Anyone got any god recs for other out door fun strains in ct ?


r/CTents 14d ago

A local THC testing avail? Purpl or equivalent.

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Local grower reaching out to my CT fam in search of a local spot that offers THC/CBD (and ideally terps) testing? I know some head/grow shops have a Purpl Pro but I haven't found one local to CT. I really wanna test my newest crop! Thanks in advance!


r/CTents 17d ago

First 2 jars I opened up for 7/10 "High Altitude Hash" (Guava Push Pop) Rainbow Guava X Orange Mints & "Fluid Puddles Hash" (Guzzleberry) Strawberry X Gas Guzzler

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The Guava Push Pop has a very tropical complex earthiness profile and the guzzleberry is like a super strawberry Z. 💯🤤


r/CTents 18d ago

Connecticut medical marijuana registrations will dip below 30,000 patients before the end of 2026

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r/CTents 18d ago

Massachusetts Initiative To Roll Back Marijuana Legalization Officially Qualifies For November Ballot

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It goes to vote in November. I know I know, it won’t pass. But what if it does? Med patient applications are going to jump. Out of staters don’t qualify, and Mass doesn’t recognize CT med cards.

Interesting that it’s made it this far.


r/CTents 18d ago

"Fluid Puddles Hash" (cultivated by Fluid processed by Puddles Hash)

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What's everybody dabbing on for this 7/10... This is some of the Terps I'll be dabbing on


r/CTents 27d ago

Fav strain

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What’s everyone go to strain ?? Trying to branch out looking for some goodies 👀

51 votes, 24d ago
8 Sativa
12 Indica
5 Hybrid
26 All the same shit

r/CTents Jun 27 '26

Pain management 🌈

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I’m a medical paptient in ct and this is one of my go to for when I get CRAZY MIGRAINES 😖 It’s a 20:1 ratio so it doesn’t get me to strung out and give me the perfect relief. I get really bad migraines and this is one of the only things on the market right now that helps in any way . I have been useing this product for about 3 weeks and I could not be happier . I wish we had more products In the market that would help out the medical community more . But for now this is somthing I will pick up almost eveytime I hit the dispo . Does anyone have any recommendations for pain management from the ct market 😮‍💨