The 46-year-old was caught growing the class B drug in his specially-adapted home at Rosemary Place, Sneyd Green.
Christopher Dutton (pictured) claimed he used the drugs as medication for his severe arthritis.
But he narrowly avoided jail when he appeared before Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Prosecutor Paul Farrow said: "Officers executed a warrant at an address in Sneyd Green. The defendant opened the door and officers searched the house.
"They went into a rear bedroom where they discovered 16 cannabis plants behind a partition along with the usual equipment. The defendant said they were his.
"A further search found two small bags in the kitchen, with an estimated £40 worth of cannabis inside. The estimated yield of the plants was 630 grams, a street value of £5,100."
Dutton was interviewed and told officer he would use around six plants for medicinal purposes.
He said he had arthritis and would turn the plants into oil and also eat the cannabis.
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