short veg period?

Has anyone experimented with short veg periods like only couple weeks? Looking to start making bho and trying to find a quick turnaround time what could one exspect yeild wise with little to no veg time?

If you want a short veg. period you would just need more plants to fill your light's footprint. It also depends what intensity light you're vegging under. I flower 4 plants per 600 watt light after a 6-8 week vegging period but I also veg. under low intensity fluorescent shop lights.

With a full 2 week veg. period under hid's (if we're talking healthy well rooted clones), I would think 9 should cut it. A good rule of thumb, regardless of how many plants you use, is to flip once 2/3 of the light-print is filled.

Clone or seed? You can throw clones right into flower or do 12/12 from seed. Both will hurt overall yield. Best bet is to clone till you see roots, then veg for 5-7 days. Or if growing from seed, wait till alternating nodes.. Patience and an extra week will make a big difference.

yeah but a lot of people don't realize its not about yield so much as space
depending on the person.
me personally if I had a 3 0z harvest im just as happy as if it was 4 oz
all I need is it to last me till my next havest im not tryin to build excess pot
just more risk

newbiegrowr4real said:

yeah but a lot of people don't realize its not about yield so much as space
depending on the person.
me personally if I had a 3 0z harvest im just as happy as if it was 4 oz
all I need is it to last me till my next havest im not tryin to build excess pot
just more risk

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I'm sorta the same way. I grow enough that I always end up giving it away so it doesn't just sit in a jar in my closet forever. I do like keeping track of yield though, just as one of the ways to compare it with other strains.

Oh and there's nothing wrong with a two week veg, just plant more seeds so that the light canopy is filled in.

I have been looking into the mini plants cus I would like to grow lots of small strains
Instead of 2-3 big ones. I think it would be funner to always have new stuff around but I
hear the plant will only start flowering when its mature.

ive only done 2 crops and they were full 1month vegs. anyone know the lagtime between light change and when buds show up if u flower at 2 weeks?

newbiegrowr4real said:

I have been looking into the mini plants cus I would like to grow lots of small strains
Instead of 2-3 big ones. I think it would be funner to always have new stuff around but I
hear the plant will only start flowering when its mature.

ive only done 2 crops and they were full 1month vegs. anyone know the lagtime between light change and when buds show up if u flower at 2 weeks?

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I don't know but you would think they would still show signs of flower within 2 weeks

Generally, it is a trade-off when you sacrifice yield for speed. Don't forget that quality is also a factor and that quality is less when you start cheating the calendar.

There are a number of posts dealing with skipping vegging altogether and going straight from seedling to flowering. To maximize yield we suggest vegging until you see pre-flowers. That is when you turn to 12/12. You should be aware that time skipped during veg mode will leave you scrawnier and shorter plants with less yield. You have to decide what you want - fast or good.

Good luck, BigSteve.

Generally I veg for 4 weeks but I try to keep my plants short because of light and space going to cut my grow down to 2 insted of 4 to produce bigger plants...don't think I'm going to shorten veg time maybe lengthen it

srichard722 said:

Generally I veg for 4 weeks but I try to keep my plants short because of light and space going to cut my grow down to 2 insted of 4 to produce bigger plants...don't think I'm going to shorten veg time maybe lengthen it

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U veg for 4 weeks how long ur flower period usually run like that ??

If you run from clones you can do little to no veg and get great yields per sq/ft. For the last 10 years I ran a SOG style grow with 45ish plants in a 4x4 flood and drain tray. They were in 6 inch pots of grow rocks or hydroton. They started as clones. Once rooted they got put into the pots and vegged for 1-2 weeks to build roots. They went into flower about 7-8 inches tall and ended about 25 inches. I usually got yields between 20-30g per plant depending on strain.

Don’t chop plants early to try to harvest sooner it’s not worth it.