Staggering harvest times

BurnzyBurnz

BurnzyBurnz

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So I want to get a solid idea of when to start new plants so that when I harvest one bunch (4) a month later I'll be harvesting the next 4 and so forth and so forth.

Every month I want to harvest 4 plants.
If I start from seed or clone how could I achieve this schedule ? Question: How long would I have my plants at a good enough veg time to switch to flower if I want to harvest 4 plants a month ?

I am sorry I feel like this doesn't make sense. I'm high but it's a real question.
 
Aussieaceae

Aussieaceae

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BurnzyBurnz said:
So I want to get a solid idea of when to start new plants so that when I harvest one bunch (4) a month later I'll be harvesting the next 4 and so forth and so forth.

Every month I want to harvest 4 plants.
If I start from seed or clone how could I achieve this schedule ? Question: How long would I have my plants at a good enough veg time to switch to flower if I want to harvest 4 plants a month ?

I am sorry I feel like this doesn't make sense. I'm high but it's a real question.
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Assuming yours is an 8 week strain, maybe two spaces for flowering plants, and a veg space for mothers / clones?
Maybe an extra flower space if it's a longer flowering variety.

1 month veg, to fill one flowering space per month.

Maybe something like that?
 
Thundercat

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BurnzyBurnz said:
So I want to get a solid idea of when to start new plants so that when I harvest one bunch (4) a month later I'll be harvesting the next 4 and so forth and so forth.

Every month I want to harvest 4 plants.
If I start from seed or clone how could I achieve this schedule ? Question: How long would I have my plants at a good enough veg time to switch to flower if I want to harvest 4 plants a month ?

I am sorry I feel like this doesn't make sense. I'm high but it's a real question.
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Its totally normal and called perpetual growing. I run a perpetual sea of green grow where I grow from clones. My plants stay small, and I only veg them for 2-3 weeks most of that time is rooting in the pots though. They go into flower about 7-8 inches tall. I put roughly 10 plants into flower every 3ish weeks.
 
BurnzyBurnz

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Thundercat said:
Its totally normal and called perpetual growing. I run a perpetual sea of green grow where I grow from clones. My plants stay small, and I only veg them for 2-3 weeks most of that time is rooting in the pots though. They go into flower about 7-8 inches tall. I put roughly 10 plants into flower every 3ish weeks.
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And how much do you yeild from this ?
What about topping ? At 2/3 weeks they aren't big enough to top.
 
BurnzyBurnz

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Aussieaceae said:
Assuming yours is an 8 week strain, maybe two spaces for flowering plants, and a veg space for mothers / clones?
Maybe an extra flower space if it's a longer flowering variety.

1 month veg, to fill one flowering space per month.

Maybe something like that?
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I don't think I need two flowering rooms as I could just cut down each plant as required because I don't do SOG. I use bamboo sticks and stretch em out from that + support. My thought is that the plants are to small at 1 month and won't yeild what I need come harvest. (4zips a month).
 
Chip Green

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I run a perpetual harvest system with 11 plants. 4 stages in the flower area, 4 full pot VEG(7 or 10 gal) stages, two stages of what I call Pre-veg,(#1 nursery square, and 1 solo cup) and one fresh cut in a cloner. 6-8(ish) zips, every two weeks(ish)
Every stage is 14(ish) days apart.
The clone I cut yesterday, will not be harvested until mid September...
Took me about 2 years to get this system running like it is.
250+ watts of DIY LED lights the VEG area, 700+ Watts of DIY LED, and one 315 CMH does the flower room.
 
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BurnzyBurnz said:
I don't think I need two flowering rooms as I could just cut down each plant as required because I don't do SOG. I use bamboo sticks and stretch em out from that + support. My thought is that the plants are to small at 1 month and won't yeild what I need come harvest. (4zips a month).
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You'd be surprised what a 4 week veg can get you imo.

I get what you mean. My only concern is halfway through flower you need to add another 4 plants.
You have the space to fit them in without causing issues?
 
BurnzyBurnz

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Aussieaceae said:
You'd be surprised what a 4 week veg can get you imo.

I get what you mean. My only concern is halfway through flower you need to add another 4 plants.
You have the space to fit them in without causing issues?
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Yeah damn I guess that is true. I didn't think of that. I included pictures of my clones and 2 from seed. Also I acutally think the clones are only 3 weeks old. I dont think they are big enough to flower ? The 2 seed ones I think are but I doubt they'll get me 4oz each.
 

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BurnzyBurnz

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Chip Green said:
I run a perpetual harvest system with 11 plants. 4 stages in the flower area, 4 full pot VEG(7 or 10 gal) stages, two stages of what I call Pre-veg,(#1 nursery square, and 1 solo cup) and one fresh cut in a cloner. 6-8(ish) zips, every two weeks(ish)
Every stage is 14(ish) days apart.
The clone I cut yesterday, will not be harvested until mid September...
Took me about 2 years to get this system running like it is.
250+ watts of DIY LED lights the VEG area, 700+ Watts of DIY LED, and one 315 CMH does the flower room.
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But the clone you cut yesterday won't be ready til mid sept ? That's 2.5 months in veg ?
 
OnlyOnCloud9

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I would think 4 rooms for a real perpetual grow.

First room would be the seeds and clone room and youll probably run those for 30 days

Second room would be the veg room for another 30 days taking cuts before she goes into flower.

Third room would be a flower room

Fourth room would be a flower room

The two flower rooms are because of the timing if it takes 8 weeks to flower the plants you'll have another cycle going in at 4 weeks so youll want two rooms to alternate finishing times.

After the first month the first flower room gets filled up, after the second month the second room gets filled up and the first room is empty to hang plants for 14 days and clean afterwards. Third month the first room gets filled up again and the second room is harvested and hung. back and forth till the end of time!

You dont really need two separate rooms for the veg and clones but you get the idea
 
BurnzyBurnz

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OnlyOnCloud9 said:
I would think 4 rooms for a real perpetual grow.

First room would be the seeds and clone room and youll probably run those for 30 days

Second room would be the veg room for another 30 days taking cuts before she goes into flower.

Third room would be a flower room

Fourth room would be a flower room

The two flower rooms are because of the timing if it takes 8 weeks to flower the plants you'll have another cycle going in at 4 weeks so youll want two rooms to alternate finishing times.

After the first month the first flower room gets filled up, after the second month the second room gets filled up and the first room is empty to hang plants for 14 days and clean afterwards. Third month the first room gets filled up again and the second room is harvested and hung. back and forth till the end of time!

You dont really need two separate rooms for the veg and clones but you get the idea
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Yes I think you are on the money here.
 
Aussieaceae

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BurnzyBurnz said:
Yeah damn I guess that is true. I didn't think of that. I included pictures of my clones and 2 from seed. Also I acutally think the clones are only 3 weeks old. I dont think they are big enough to flower ? The 2 seed ones I think are but I doubt they'll get me 4oz each.
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I hear you, they are pretty small.

OnlyOnCloud9 said:
I would think 4 rooms for a real perpetual grow.

First room would be the seeds and clone room and youll probably run those for 30 days

Second room would be the veg room for another 30 days taking cuts before she goes into flower.

Third room would be a flower room

Fourth room would be a flower room

The two flower rooms are because of the timing if it takes 8 weeks to flower the plants you'll have another cycle going in at 4 weeks so youll want two rooms to alternate finishing times.

After the first month the first flower room gets filled up, after the second month the second room gets filled up and the first room is empty to hang plants for 14 days and clean afterwards. Third month the first room gets filled up again and the second room is harvested and hung. back and forth till the end of time!

You dont really need two separate rooms for the veg and clones but you get the idea
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Have to 2nd this.
 
Chip Green

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Each flowering plant takes up roughly a 3x3 area....It takes quite a bit of space to get a train like this chugging....
You sorta have to work your way into it, by starting plants every two weeks, and finding how many stages youll need to get the size you want...
That's why it took me 2 years to get it in line.
 
BurnzyBurnz

BurnzyBurnz

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Chip Green said:
Each flowering plant takes up roughly a 3x3 area....It takes quite a bit of space to get a train like this chugging....
You sorta have to work your way into it, by starting plants every two weeks, and finding how many stages youll need to get the size you want...
That's why it took me 2 years to get it in line.
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Very true ! Great words of wisdom. Thanks my dude !
 
Thundercat

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BurnzyBurnz said:
And how much do you yeild from this ?
What about topping ? At 2/3 weeks they aren't big enough to top.
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I don't top the plants at all. I run 35-45 clones in a 4x4 flood tray under a 1k hps. They each get 2-3 weeks to root/veg then into flower. They become small plants, mostly one single cola. I usually remove the lower most sucker branches to encourage the single cola growth. They start out about 7-8 inches, and end up between 20-24 inches usually. Typically I average about 18-20g per plant, depending on strain. So, when everything is going correctly, every 3-4 weeks I harvest 8-10 ounces. Honestly its a lot of work to keep it all going smoothly.
 
BurnzyBurnz

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Thundercat said:
I don't top the plants at all. I run 35-45 clones in a 4x4 flood tray under a 1k hps. They each get 2-3 weeks to root/veg then into flower. They become small plants, mostly one single cola. I usually remove the lower most sucker branches to encourage the single cola growth. They start out about 7-8 inches, and end up between 20-24 inches usually. Typically I average about 18-20g per plant, depending on strain. So, when everything is going correctly, every 3-4 weeks I harvest 8-10 ounces. Honestly its a lot of work to keep it all going smoothly.
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Yeah man no doubt. That does sound like it has its advantages though. Probably less trim time per plant and all those stupid popcorn nugs. But time required to pay attention to all those plants is probably ungodly. Lol. I love it though ! We all got our own way and it works. Thanks my dude !
 
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