Crop rotation. making an efficient cycle.

hey guys i want to setup a rotation for my crops, so i'm trying to design a nice efficient system.
a system that would crop out every 2 or 3 weeks, or dare i say every week


i was thinking about setting up one 600w MH and one 600w HPS in different rooms.


seedling/clone group A go under the MH for 30 days,
at 30 days new group B is put in under the MH with group A,
at 60 days group A is put under the HPS, and new group C is put under the MH with group B,
at 90 days group A is cropped out, group B is moved under the HPS, and new group D is put under the MH,
at 120 days group B is cropped out, group C goes under the HPS and new group E goes under the MH.
etc
etc
etc

both rooms would have their own ebb and flow system, which would make keeping track of nutes a lot easier. one tub is veg, other is flower, simple.


what do you guys think? 60 day veg, 30 day flower for each crop. a finished crop comes out every 30 days.


if each crop is 10 plants and i get about 0.666g/watt that's saying each plant will yield 1.5 oz in 90 days total, 30 days of flowering. that's saying 1.4 grams/plant/day. that sounds realistic right?

i think it should be 60 veg/30 flower for seeds, and 30 veg/60 flower for clones. asking each plant to grow 1.4g/day on a 60 day flower cycle seems like a very reasonable request.

i like crunching the numbers so i know what i'm getting into.

i have never put this in practice much less counted the days it took for each stage so i really need feedback from people that have.


let's limit the ideas to 4 lights, i don't think i can work with more than that right now. having something like 6 different stages would be too much work. most efficient ideas you got!

shower me with your wisdom!

need more info on your setup. I am rotating 6 plants every other month taking clones before they go into 12/12 for the next crop to veg. I have a bank of T5';s for veg and 2-400 HPS to flower. I tried 12 at once and it wasnt enough light to make a good yield. Experience is more valuable than pen to paper.

jesus of Cannabis said:

need more info on your setup. I am rotating 6 plants every other month taking clones before they go into 12/12 for the next crop to veg. I have a bank of T5';s for veg and 2-400 HPS to flower. I tried 12 at once and it wasnt enough light to make a good yield. Experience is more valuable than pen to paper.

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well it hasn't been setup yet, i'm just creating the space right now. what other info do you need? for each small room i was going to make a 2 or 3 foot high table for the flow tray to sit on, where the plants would sit in clay balls in their own pots, with the reservoir under the table flooding up every hour on the hour. i did this last time and it worked nicely.

yeah i was going to do the same, snip some clones off the big ones before i send em to flower. so yours are done in 120 days and you crop every 60 days?

did you try lst on those 12? i had 12 in my tray and just strapped them down in different directions so they were all lying down except the 2 smallest ones. i only had a couple leaves wither but they were all lower branches. had to chop em early but they were doing great.

have you finished that crop? how much do you get dry from 6 going for 120 days?