NY · Adult use since 2021
New York finally has a functioning legal market, and home cultivation for adults came online with it: six plants per adult, three mature at a time. For city growers that usually means a tent; upstate it means a backyard season that runs tighter than most seed charts admit.
| Status | Adult use since 2021 |
|---|---|
| Possession | 3 oz flower and 24 g concentrate |
| Home grow | 6 plants (3 mature) per adult, 12 per household |
| Retail | Licensed dispensaries |
| Statute | MRTA, N.Y. Cannabis Law (2021) |
| Outdoor window | Late May to early October, shorter upstate |
Adults 21 and over may grow 6 plants (3 mature) at their private residence, 12 per household. Home cultivation became lawful statewide in 2022 under the MRTA rules.
Long Island and the Hudson Valley get a workable window from late May into October. Upstate is a different contract: frost can visit Rochester and the Adirondack fringe in the last week of September, so anything that needs 10 or more weeks of flower outdoors is gambling. Balcony and closet growers dominate the five boroughs, where an 8 to 9 week indica-leaning cut in a 4x4 tent is the standard graduation project.
The nurseries quoted on this board ship to New York as tracked nursery stock; orders land in New York City, Buffalo, Rochester and everywhere between. Orders ship from the nursery in up to 2 weeks, tracked door to door. Every cut listed here ships as a fully rooted clone, 8-12" tall. Time your order so arrival lands after your last frost if the plant is headed outside.
Computed for NY
Eight cuts scored against the state's season using the worst case of each flowering range, favoring outdoor-rated and frost-beating finishers.
Adults 21 and over may grow 6 plants (3 mature) at their private residence, 12 per household. Home cultivation became lawful statewide in 2022 under the MRTA rules.
Yes. The nurseries on this board ship rooted clones to New York as tracked nursery stock, delivered to New York City, Buffalo and statewide in up to 2 weeks.
For New York conditions the board computes Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze, Super Lemon Haze and Strawberry Sour Haze as top picks, using each cut's worst-case flowering window against the state's real season. The full list of eight is on this page.