Life Cycle of Marijuana Plant?

I am new to this and I am just wondering what happens to the plant once it flowers and you pick all of its buds...do you put it back to 18 hour on 6 hour off lighting or do you keep it at 12 and 12. what do you do with the plant after it buds is what im asking?

Most people dispose of their plants once harvested.
Its alot faster to grow a new one than it is to reveg.

You should really have a read through the grow FAQ at the top of the screen, read everything there, it will do nothing but help.

jagresti said:

I am new to this and I am just wondering what happens to the plant once it flowers and you pick all of its buds...do you put it back to 18 hour on 6 hour off lighting or do you keep it at 12 and 12. what do you do with the plant after it buds is what im asking?

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After you harvest, the plant is done. You grow more seeds and start over. I've never tried to leave a node or two one and go back to veg. It would really stress your plant though and would hamper your next yeild.

Then the fun begins, you dry, you cure and then you smoke. It's a long process to get to the end, but don't skip the curing. You'll be thank ful. It might take an extra 3 months to finish, but if you time it al right, you can have new stuff constantly drying and when you are done your cure you'll have stuff two or three weeks behind with a constant turn around so you'll never run out again.

You can always have mothers and make clones to avaoid losing plants.

multiple things can b done up 2 ya personal choice... u can make bubblehash from ya waste, extract oil from the stem!! or make pollen from the leaves, i just shake my leaves through the pollom shaker and then bin the rest, u can re veg after crop but it takes so long to get going again u better off wit clones ir starting frm seed again hope this helps have a gd look through the faqs, plenty of info there, or jus google it