Hey, This might be a thread already but it didnt show up when I searched it. So how long does it take from when you first plant your seed till smoking time?
I believe it depends on the flowering time of your strain, and how long it takes your plant to dry and cure, but Im not sure, as I havent started my first grow yet
The time is up to you. You can veggie and flower as long as you want. If you want a plant with big buds you want to veggie for about 6 weeks and flower for about 8-9 weeks. If seen people only veggie for 4 weeks and flower for 8 weeks and get a really good yield. If you use a HPS system then you'll get a good grow.
if you start from seed germination- 1 week veg-2 week(at very least) flower-7 week(at very least) Harvest-1 week Cure-2 week (if you want very great bud then this is a must) now these times are like the absolute least time possible for better grows add 1 more week to veg and 1-3 more weeks to flower
Once you get a good rotation going though you can get good smoke every 8 weeks or so. You just need to have some mother plants and cut some clones. Growing every harvest from seed would take a long time, not to mention the annoyance of culling males and so on.