Jogro
Well-Known Member
It can be done fairly easily with photoperiod plants in a "perpetual grow" type setup.
Just plant a new batch of photoperiod seeds every four weeks (for example), and keep them running on a 14-10 light cycle from seed to harvest. Obviously, you'll cull the males when they appear, and re-pot the female seedlings into larger pots as necessary, just as you would do with autos. If you use small pots and train the plants, they'll stay small. After the first seeds are harvested, you'll have a new harvest every four weeks, give or take a small bit, depending on how long the particular strains take to mature.
The main difference using photoperiod plants here is that they won't pack on as much weight during flowering under 14-10 lighting as autos will under 20-4. Consequently, your total yield per square foot of grow space may be lower with the photoperiod plants. On the upside, though, you can run any strain you like this way, and if you happen to find one you really like, you can clone it, something that isn't readily done with autoflowers.
I pulled about 4oz off the Diesel Ryder in my journal & have pulled almost the same amount from an Easy Ryder (Joint Doctor), so you can get big yields off these Autos - They spent a month under my fluros then spent the rest of the time under the HPS until they were done (about 60 days in total from germination to harvest)