Yet Another Grow Room Question

First off, hello to everyone here, I appreciate all the posts that I can read for help (both related to my topic and others). This seems to be a very nice/supportive community that I'd love to become a part of.

Sorry if this has been asked/answered, I looked around and didn't see it directly.

I have been approved to grow, live on 10 acres, and am planning on growing in my 450 square foot basement room (well insulated). It is 30 x 15 x 9. My house is extremely.......protected, so I don't feel at this time I need any advice relating to that issue (that's what I've been getting a lot of advice on lately, which is why I state that)
I will probably go soil my first time and am looking for 30 plants (is that room big enough for that many? If not...I have other space to grow)
It will have proper venting with air-cooled lights and an irrigation system, which I (or someone) will check daily to make sure everything is going smooth (pumps/lights/timers working, water reservoir, nutrients good, no bugs, proper humidity/temp, etc)

Before responses come in, I know lots of people say to start small...this is just the way I personally work. I do an extremely wide variety of different DIY "projects" and always do a ton of research, ask a ton of questions, and then jump in with both feet. It's the way I enjoy it and it nearly always works out to where at least I'm happy.

My question...

What's beneficial about multiple stage room vs single stage if using max space?

To me, it seems like most people do a veg/flower room. What is beneficial to that as opposed to doing all 30 plants in a veg...then all 30 plants in flower? If I ONLY want 30 plants, don't want, nor have room for, 30 vegging at the same time the previous 30 are flowering.
I read (extremely briefly) somewhere about a grow room setup doing 1 veg and 2 flowering rooms 4.5 weeks each. So if I was doing 30 plants, 10 in veg for 4.5 weeks, when those are done, 10 new ones in veg and 10 in flowering, and so on and this just keeps going and going.
Now, you harvest 3x more often, but 1/3 the amount each time, so the end result in yield is the same (right?). If I'm not in a major hurry to harvest, just going for max yield over a course of a year, whether there's 2 harvests or 6, in that year, what's beneficial about having different stage rooms, instead of just keeping all the plants in one room and changing lights from 18/6 to 12/12 when done vegging?

To further explain, let's just say you have 9 plants, and each plant yields 1 pound (this is not my expectation at all, just an easy number for math).
If I veg 9 plants for a month, then flower for 2 months...I get 9 lbs in 3 months. If I split it up and do 3 veg, 3 flower room #1, 3 flower room #2, then I get 3 lbs a month....which = 9 lbs in 3 months.

I hope I explained myself correctly and didn't repeat myself too much.
Thanks in advance for any responses.

You only need 2 rooms, one for your clones and mother plant and one for flowering. Basically, You take 9 clones from your mom and let them veg for a month. After a month, you take your 9 clones and move them to the flowering room for 2 months. A month before harvest, you take 9 clones from the mom again and let them veg so that after you harvest the first clones you took, your new clones in the veg room are ready to go to the flowering room, giving you a perpetual grow every 2 months. Assuming you get a pound per plant like you mentioned, you would be getting 9 pounds every 2 months as opposed to your 3 way grow room method of every 3 months. Two flowering rooms for your small space is ridiculous and unnecessary. The sea of green method is the way to go if your looking to get the most out of your time. Feel free to ask me more about the sea of green method and I will be happy to answer you.

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I suggest you watch this video on youtube. This guy will show you how to have a perpetual grow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf4ujhOEBAQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

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Thanks much for the quick response. I understand what you are saying, but what if 9 plants was all I had room for? I didn't have room for two - 9 plant rooms.
I forgot to mention...this process is assuming I plan on buying my clones (sorry, I know that's a big piece to leave out)
So if 9 plants filled my whole available space...and I wanted to do the 2 room method, I'd have to go 4.5 (I know I can't take half a plant people, lol, just saying for math) in flowering, 4.5 in cloning. If I harvest every 2 months, I'd be getting 4.5 lbs every 2 months. But if I bought all my clones....veg for a month....flower for 2 months...harvest 9 lbs in a total of 3 months, then buy more clones...isn't that "mo betta"?

Yes, I've watched that video and was truly helpful in understanding the basics. The way he talks to the camera like we're a bunch of kindergarteners helps me take in the information ahah.

Yeah the video was for spencer more so. If your buying the clones, then your all set! Those clones if they have roots are ready to flower. Basically your veg room becomes the place you buy your clones from. Depending on the size of the clones, the time you have and the space you have, you probably will only want to veg those clones for 2 weeks at the most. What I would do is instead of 9 clones vegging, I would get 16 clones and put them into flowering right away. More, smaller plants will always out yeild bigger fewer plants, in the long run because of the no vegging time. This is the sea of green method. It is a proven method, look it up.

BC's Finest

Alright I will look into that, thanks again!

No problemo amigo! Trust me, sea of green is the only way to go if you want the most bang for your time.

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Ya it sounds like it. However...now a new question...if I'm limited legally to 30 plants (doesn't matter the size) and I want to stay legal, is SoG still the way to go, or at that point is it better to let them veg because I can't get more clones than full plants to makeup the difference at harvest time?
If it's still the way to go, can I just buy clones with roots, put directly into flower stage, wait 2 months, harvest, buy more clones? Or would that week or two of veg make a huge difference?

Ya man, you harvest more in the long run. You gain 2.5 harvest per year over the vegging method, not only that but you can yield a lot from sea of green, or even screen of green or scrog method. This is what commercial growers do, because they make more money with sea of green.

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You earn more harvests, but you get less per harvest, right?

Well no because you have to grow less plants if you veg longer because your going to get bigger plants that use more light and space, plus the time it takes to veg. Sea of green you get a uniform canopy of nice buds rather than a couple of trees with one fat nug at the top and a bunch of popcorn nugs all around. Sea of green man, there is thousands of grow journals with pics out there and videos. Google!

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Ok thanks