I had a legal grow in Northern California for almost 10 years.
You can get a lot more than $500 per plant, even at $500 per pound.
I've seen guys with 10'x10'x4' raised beds for each plant. They start them indoors or in the greenhouse so they're already several feet tall when they're transplanted outdoors at the beginning of spring. One friend in particular consistently harvested over 5 lbs per plant this way. So did most of his neighbors.
Yeah ten pounders are not that hard to achieve, just veg all winter and plant in a yard of in a huge hole dug by a backhoe. Important too to use strain that rocks up at the end.
You can get a lot more than $500 per plant, even at $500 per pound.
I've seen guys with 10'x10'x4' raised beds for each plant. They start them indoors or in the greenhouse so they're already several feet tall when they're transplanted outdoors at the beginning of spring. One friend in particular consistently harvested over 5 lbs per plant this way. So did most of his neighbors.