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Cultivation license types

Cultivation license types

Cultivation license types are based on the:

  • Type of production and lighting used
  • Number of plants grown or size of the canopy. The canopy is the area where mature (flowering) plants are grown.

The cultivation license types are:

Specialty cottage

  • Specialty cottage outdoor – up to 25 mature plants or up to 2,500 square feet of canopy
  • Specialty cottage indoor – up to 500 square feet of canopy
  • Specialty cottage mixed-light tier 1 and 2 – up to 2,500 square feet of canopy

Specialty

  • Specialty outdoor – up to 50 mature plants or up to 5,000 square feet of canopy
  • Specialty indoor – 501 to 5,000 square feet of canopy
  • Specialty mixed-light tier 1 and 2 – 2,501 to 5,000 square feet of canopy

Small

  • Small outdoor – 5,001 to 10,000 square feet of canopy
  • Small indoor – 5,001 to 10,000 square feet of canopy
  • Small mixed-light tier 1 and 2 – 5,001 to 10,000 square feet of canopy

Medium

  • Medium outdoor – 10,001 square feet to 1 acre of canopy
  • Medium indoor – 10,001 to 22,000 square feet of canopy
  • Medium mixed-light tier 1 and 2 – 10,001 to 22,000 square feet of canopy

Large

  • Large outdoor – more than 1 acre of total canopy
  • Large indoor – more than 22,000 square feet of total canopy
  • Large mixed-light – mixed-light site with more than 22,000 square feet of total canopy

Nursery

For cultivators that only grow clones, immature plants, seeds or other types of cannabis used for propagation

Processor

For cultivators that only trim, sift, cure, dry, grade, package or label cannabis