Longest you’ve vegged for?

[Star Dog]

I'm not guilty of long vegging for long periods, 5 weeks from seed would be about the maximum, 3/4 weeks for clones.

I had a mother for around 7/8 years but I re started it a couple of times, even in a 6" pot it went like a shrub with constant trimming which takes it toll on the structure, fk knows how folks manage 10/15 years.

 

[speedwell68]

The batch I am currently flowering vegged for 6 months. I normally veg for 2 months. The difference is like night and day. Everything about them is better. From now on I am vegging for a minimum of 3 months, more if possible. I have set up a second veg tent and I am planting seeds/taking clones well ahead of when I need them.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

I normally veg for 2 months. The difference is like night and day. Everything about them is better. From now on I am vegging for a minimum of 3 months, more if possible.

What exactly is better other than size?

 

[speedwell68]

What exactly is better other than size?

As I said, better everything. Better size, meaning better yield. They look better, better resin production, they smell sublime, the structure is perfect. Everything you'd expect from a fully mature plant rather than one that has been vegged for just a few weeks.

 

[MickFoster]

As I said, better everything. Better size, meaning better yield. They look better, better resin production, they smell sublime, the structure is perfect. Everything you'd expect from a fully mature plant rather than one that has been vegged for just a few weeks.

How much do you yield per plant on the average with an 8 week veg?

 

[speedwell68]

How much do you yield per plant on the average with an 8 week veg?

About 50 - 60g, but I have no idea how much the 6 month veg ones are going to yield yet to make a factual comparison, but I can tell it is more just by looking at them. Also, I have a pair of plants that are 3rd generation clones (Sweet Zombie by Expert Seeds) and that one has never bloomed and had so many stacked colas as it does this time around. I will post up my results when the are all done and have cured a little.

I wish I could post pics but I can't.

 

[MickFoster]

About 50 - 60g, but I have no idea how much the 6 month veg ones are going to yield yet to make a factual comparison, but I can tell it is more just by looking at them. Also, I have a pair of plants that are 3rd generation clones (Sweet Zombie by Expert Seeds) and that one has never bloomed and had so many stacked colas as it does this time around. I will post up my results when the are all done and have cured a little.

I wish I could post pics but I can't.

I only veg for 3-4 weeks and usually yield around 5-7 oz. per plant.
Last grow I only vegged for 23 days and yielded 19.4 oz. from 3 plants.
I would expect to yield more than 60g from a plant that vegged for 8 weeks.
But that's just me.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

I only veg for 3-4 weeks and usually yield around 5-7 oz. per plant.
Last grow I only vegged for 23 days and yielded 19.4 oz. from 3 plants.
I would expect to yield more than 60g from a plant that vegged for 8 weeks.
But that's just me.

I'd be upset with myself if I vegged for 8 weeks and only got 50g-60g out of it.

 

[speedwell68]

I'd be upset with myself if I vegged for 8 weeks and only got 50g-60g out of it.

I have a dozen like that. I keep my plants restricted in size. I only grow in a tiny space.

 

[MickFoster]

I have a dozen like that. I keep my plants restricted in size. I only grow in a tiny space.

I'm confused........it seems contradictory.

The batch I am currently flowering vegged for 6 months. I normally veg for 2 months. The difference is like night and day. Everything about them is better. From now on I am vegging for a minimum of 3 months, more if possible. I have set up a second veg tent and I am planting seeds/taking clones well ahead of when I need them.

Can you explain how you restrict the size of your plants when you veg for 6 months the batch you currently have in flower.........and from now on will be vegging for a minimum of 3 months?

 

[speedwell68]

I'm confused........it seems contradictory.

Can you explain how you restrict the size of your plants when you veg for 6 months the batch you currently have in flower.........and from now on will be vegging for a minimum of 3 months?

Keep them pruned.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

Keep them pruned.

So you veg them longer so they get bigger and bigger yields but you prune them because of limited space? I feel like I'm missing something here.

Plants don't start producing resin or terpenes until they flower. How does a longer veg make any effect on those?

 

[speedwell68]

So you veg them longer so they get bigger and bigger yields but you prune them because of limited space? I feel like I'm missing something here.

Plants don't start producing resin or terpenes until they flower. How does a longer veg make any effect on those?

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

Are you being obtuse on purpose?

It's a legitimate question.

 

[speedwell68]

Ok then. Based on my experience with other plants, they tend to start doing their thing after a reasonable amount of time.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

Ok then. Based on my experience with other plants, they tend to start doing their thing after a reasonable amount of time.

Could you explain how vegging longer increases resin and terpenes?

 

[Dank Bongula]

Ok then. Based on my experience with other plants, they tend to start doing their thing after a reasonable amount of time.

Lol wtf does this even mean?
Are you being obtuse on purpose?

 

[MickFoster]

I think we're being trolled.
If I only yielded 50g - 60g off of a plant that was vegged for 8 weeks........I wouldn't be giving advice, nor would I expect anyone to believe me.
But that's just me.

 

[speedwell68]

Lol wtf does this even mean?
Are you being obtuse on purpose?

Exactly what I said. Take a tomato plant it doesn't start producing flowers until it is ready to do so. We are forcing the plants to flower by controlling the environment, if the plant hasn't had enough time to mature then it isn't going to do very well. A plant that has taken time to mature will perform much better.

 

[speedwell68]

I think we're being trolled.
If I only yielded 50g - 60g off of a plant that was vegged for 8 weeks........I wouldn't be giving advice, nor would I expect anyone to believe me.
But that's just me.

Where I am sat the penalty for cultivating cannabis is 14 years in prison. Has it occured to you that I only want to grow 60g a plant? The plants in my flower tent have way more than that on them and I am very worried that I have grown too much. I can't sell it and I can't give it away. I have 12 plants in 120x120x90 space. I have a choice, I can grow two massive plants with multiple heads and yield more than I can deal with or I can grow lots of very small plants with 4 heads each, giving me the amount that I need and my choice of multiple varieties. I normally expect to get 500 - 600 g per grow.

Due to various factors I had a batch of 12 plants that weren't flowered they were left in the propagation tent. They got big and gnarly. They are all off 3rd generation clones, so I know what to expect. So I pruned them right down and flipped them to flower, they have responded better than these clones ever have. The only difference with this batch of 12 is they have been vegging for 6 months.