Cloning/Growing Fast Buds

An easier method is just grow autos...

that way you keep the lights 18/6? and get an extra 6? hours extra light a day

afterall more light = bigger buds

good luck

 

Works great for sea of green, if you do this with a number of plants you can get a very good crop But some of these guys are veging out 1 plants for a couple months and getting more then half a dozen plants can do with a couple weeks veg. Its all preferences. Try both if you're curious.

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It's pretty much what I do. I have moms I take clones from, these clones get a week or two veg (sometimes even less). It's basically how you would grow Sea of Green, lots of small plants so you're saving lots of time by not having to veg.

This is my current round, I think these got two weeks of veg and turned out to even be too much because they stretched quite a bit so I had to train them and remove some of the plants (notice the front pots are empty)

 

This is why people love this method, its fast and look at those colas...

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Yes the mothers need to be sexually mature, usually that happens 2-3 months from germination and you can tell when it happens because the internodes start growing asymmetrically. But once they reach maturity you can keep the moms indefinitely under 18/6, or longer, light schedule.

Sea of Green (or SOG) is basically what you were saying in your first post. Clones (from a mature mom) are flowered with very little (or none at all) veg time, packing the space with as many plants possible (depending on genetics this can vary).

There are tons of videos on YT if you search for SOG grow

 

SOG can be done many different ways, hydro or organic soil, coco or 2liter bottles.
Usually I do mine in a big 100gallon smart pot, but i'm now experimenting with shallower beds/pots. The pic I showed you is in 3gallon pots that sit in a bottom watering tray, or SIP if you will.

 

I do this exact thing.
Take clones and let them root up good,
After roots are established i plant in 16oz solo cups and leave them under the t5 for 10 to 14 days. Transplant into 2.2 gal air pots and switch. Now depending on space, lights, genetics this can be a very fast way to have a continuous harvest cycle going.
I run 3 strains right now doing this technique. A NL hybrid, Blue Gelato and Afgan Kush. All 3 work well due to being a dense, short flowering strains. I average a 13 to 16 week run with averaging a quarter pound a plant. Ive offset my plants in flower by 2 weeks this run, so I'll have 2 finish and 2 go in, 2 weeks later 2 more finish and 2 go in. And the last plant is 2 weeks from that. So I've set myself up to start a bi-weekly harvest starting in mid October. these are just at week 3 today. The clones came out on Aug 3rd, I went right to the airpots just a week out of cloner and stuck in flower.

 

I’m sure more people would do that if they didn’t have a plant count to stay legal. You have to remember, in the states that allow you to grow medical, they usually have a plant limit! A lot of people won’t go over the limit cause they want to stay legal!

 

My question is, how you you clean and sterilize you’re room if it’s always in use? I’m a firm believer in sterilizing EVERYTHING, after each harvest. If sterilization wasn’t an issue I’d have a hard time doing it that way cause I’d rather have a bunch to do and have a few months off. Trimming and drying a full time job, your way. Not a bad thing if that’s what you’re into.

 

Yes SOG has more potential because of the reduced grow time.

When growing SOG you really want as much uniformity as possible in plant size, so they are all the same height and distance from the lights.

 

Oh I go through everything monthly and clean. Just move plants out of the way and clean up quickly then wipe everything down with food grade disinfect wipes. Really I keep my area really clean anyway.

 

The other method is called Screen Of Green (SCROG for short)
How To SCROG