Doc, fantastic pics as always! I'm curious, how many ladies do you have going in your "garden" at anyone time? Seems like you've always got a batch about ready to harvest!
Good question. I'm feeling a bit wordy, so I'll give the long answer.
I usually make twice and many clones as needed and end up culling several a week simply due to no room. But I always end up with the best ones in the veg room and can also help my VP of gardening get his meds growing.
I usually have perhaps 30% more plants in veg than I can put into flower, which means I am culling really nice, nearly perfect vegging plants every few weeks....because I have no room for them in the flowering room. I often just cut 'em up and add to the rescue soil, sometimes I give them away, sometimes toss them in the bin. I'll often take clones of them before doing any of that.
So, what this means is that I always have plants, usually in groups of 4 or 5 that are ready to bloom the moment I harvest. Literally, I replace the harvested plant with a fresh one the minute I cut it down, so there's no lag time. I toss odd-balls in the mix every now and then, like Harlequin, or a new strain I'm trying like this Afghan, but mostly I'm putting down 4-6 at a time coinciding with harvest schedule.
Every now and then I cull an entire generation of vegging plants and simply re-clone them to stall the process a month or so if my timing gets off.
Also, every now and then I get an order to x-amount of something and if it means putting 9-10 plants of a certain strain in I can do that.
My medical card allows 90 plants.....so does my wife's. We never get anywhere close to that amount, but I usually have 18-25 plants blooming at any one time. My small collective has the ability to legally grow several hundred, but I'm not at all interested in doing that at this time, because I'm still learning to grow.
When I feel like I'm hitting the top of my game, and have pushed my limits and exhausted all my resources for improvement I'll change my focus from 95% R and D and 5% production to perhaps 50/50, which means I'll be growing hundreds of plants...someday, but not any time soon.
Whatever I do let go has to be something I am 100% proud of! My helpers will confirm that I often toss harvested plants and/or buds in the trash if I don't like something about them. I won't give them away, because I don't want anyone thinking I grew that stuff....and I won't make hash out of something substandard, nor edibles.
I've definitely pissed off a few people who begged to have what I was about to throw away....and in all but one case I tossed it anyways.
I set extremely high standards and I'm focused on reaching those goals! That's how I derive enjoyment and fulfillment from this wonderful plant.
then you could PM. I'm definitely interested in seeing what you've got going.
and yeah its already a legend. I too think it could ve gone longet and the next batch will do for sure. Thanks again doc!
