@JimmiP Thanks for your comment. My husband is using a sesame seed size oil orally to help nausea while he is taking chemo. He was told he has 4 - 6 months to live in 2017 and nearly in death bed in 2018. But thanks to RSO, he bounced back and he is still doing well. But he has a very low tolerance to THC. So, he has been getting 1g of RSO (equivalent to 0.25oz of buds) daily treatment by the suppository method. *** When taking a suppository (but you have to stay within external and internal sphincter - which is 1-1/2 inches from the entry point), you don't feel high.
Because he needs 1g (0.25oz of buds) RSO daily, I need all 5 plants and can't afford to mess it up. 1 lb of buds makes 60g RSO, which is 2 months treatment. Since growing from a seed to harvest/drying/curing takes 4-5 months, I need to get a minimum of 2-1/2 lbs of dry buds from the 5 plants. And if you are experienced in growing cannabis, you know it isn't going to be easy.
I am all setup as well. Since we are limited to 5 plants, I have to come up with a creative way to grow the plants. I am thinking about staring 5 plants, but only let 2 or 3 plants to flower and keep the rest in the veggie state longer and keep applying HST/LST to create more bud sites. I can keep 2-3 plants in flowering and follow by 2-3 plants in veggie, I can harvest 2-3 plants every 2 months. Well, this is one of my plans and I don't know if it will work or not, but the perpetual harvest is the goal.
That is why I was so happy to found this thread where IL residents can talk about this and perhaps we can help each other.
And as for growing outdoor, it isn't allowed in IL. Maybe it will change in the future, but in the upcoming year, our cultivation will have to stay indoors.
Here is the article stating this.