aphrodisia
Well-Known Member
Every book on growing cannabis you would have read will have stated that plants have to be vegged for a minimum of 4 weeks before switching to flowering but does this actually make any sense ? By the way let me add a proviso here, if you are one of these people who like to grow trees and veg your plants for two months or more before flowering this thread isnt for you carry on as you are but if like most home growers who have had a quick read of a cultivation book and only veg their plants for 4 weeks before initiating flowering then carry on reading.
I grow 12/12 from seed and have been doing so for years now but before going the 12/12 route I too for many years used to waste valuable time and electricity in vegging my plants for 4 weeks before flowering and since begining to use the 12/12 from seed method the one thing that has really caught my attention is the fact that it doesnt make a blind bit of difference to your final yields whether you veg for 4 weeks or not and in fact in many cases it seems to me going the 12/12 from seed route provides you with denser bud and an increased yield than the traditional method.
to illustrate my point I carried out a little experiment, although I dont normally veg my plants I decided to veg 3 plants for 30 days before flowering and one plant I grew 12/12 from seed. have a look at the pictures of the 4 plants below, 3 were vegged for 30 days and one was grown 12/12 from seed, can anyone tell which is which ?
When you start a plant under a 12/12 regimen the plant doesnt just begin flowering right away, it still veges itself for a month before the flowering process begins anyway and since it doesnt make any difference to your final yields why waste an extra 6 hours of electricity a day for four weeks before begining to flower ?, it makes no sense.
Being a 12/12 from seed grower I'm so used to my grows finishing in 10 weeks (unless of course I am growing a pure sativa) that because of the extra month I spent in vegging these 3 plants this particular grow seemed to just go on forever, I certainly wouldnt be doing that again.
I grow 12/12 from seed and have been doing so for years now but before going the 12/12 route I too for many years used to waste valuable time and electricity in vegging my plants for 4 weeks before flowering and since begining to use the 12/12 from seed method the one thing that has really caught my attention is the fact that it doesnt make a blind bit of difference to your final yields whether you veg for 4 weeks or not and in fact in many cases it seems to me going the 12/12 from seed route provides you with denser bud and an increased yield than the traditional method.
to illustrate my point I carried out a little experiment, although I dont normally veg my plants I decided to veg 3 plants for 30 days before flowering and one plant I grew 12/12 from seed. have a look at the pictures of the 4 plants below, 3 were vegged for 30 days and one was grown 12/12 from seed, can anyone tell which is which ?
When you start a plant under a 12/12 regimen the plant doesnt just begin flowering right away, it still veges itself for a month before the flowering process begins anyway and since it doesnt make any difference to your final yields why waste an extra 6 hours of electricity a day for four weeks before begining to flower ?, it makes no sense.
Being a 12/12 from seed grower I'm so used to my grows finishing in 10 weeks (unless of course I am growing a pure sativa) that because of the extra month I spent in vegging these 3 plants this particular grow seemed to just go on forever, I certainly wouldnt be doing that again.
