The SOG grows I know of are done for commercial harvest, where the planned plant count is far above the current legal limits to start with. In that scenario its not an issue unless the 5-0 knocks on the door and your lawyer isn't doing what you pay him to do...

If you are only growing for your own personal usage (up to 6 flowering plants in CA), then it is totally feasable for you to germ seeds once (hopefully you get a female), and keep taking clones before each bloom period. Just don't stress the plants because any stresses will pass on to the next generation of clones taken, and the generation after that, and the generation after that, and the generation after that, etc.

Eddy Lepp had 35,254 plants going when he got nailed back in 2004, though I don't think his grow was SOG.... I am sure he had some mother plants!

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Good tip that.

Is there a consensus as to how big your plants should be before putting them into flower?
These are the smallest plants I've tried to bud, maybe I should have waited a bit but I'm
trying to set up a 2 week rotation.

Nothing like that here, 10 plants or one ounce of Bud and the onus is on you to prove you
aren't a dealer. As one plant can yield an ounce of flower you are pretty much fucked from
the start.. Who's gonna worry about a few mothers with 35,000 plants on the go anyway?

hmmm wonder if I could grow a coca plant with my existing set up...

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