wannabeagrower
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I'm currently reading about Sea of Green (SoG) which is the idea of growing a whole lot of small plants.
Sea of Green - many small plants
The advantage of SoG being that the vegetative stages extremely short, and you don't have to do any training, since each plant doesn't have to get very big. Each plant makes just one or a few big buds. So you got a sea of buds.
The downsides of SoG include: is it takes a whole lot of expensive seeds, or you need to make clones, and each plant is its own thing with its own needs. Especially if you were growing different strains, I imagine this could get out of control.
Regular - A Few Big Plants
It seems that a bigger plant can produce more weed by itself. And a bigger plant can grow a lot of long tall branches which can each turn into big long bud. It's also easier to care for fewer plants and there's less variation to worry about. If you fill the space with as many buds as you did with sea of green, I believe it should be able to get the same or more yields.
The downside being that it takes longer in the vegetative stage to grow your plants big enough to do this, before you initiate 12/12 for the flowering stage. Big plants also may not be an option for autoflowers.
Bigger plants is the "traditional" way of growing and involves having to train your plants, including topping and bending. Before you can initiate the flowering stage, you must get plants to the right flat wide size and shape, so all the bud sites are spread out throughout the tent about the same distance from the light.
Note: Pictures by GrowWeedEasy.com
In the end, a few bigger plants makes more sense for me probably. But I was wondering if there's any of you who grow a lot of small plants, and what results you've gotten.
If anyone has grown both ways I'd especially love to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons.
Sea of Green - many small plants
The advantage of SoG being that the vegetative stages extremely short, and you don't have to do any training, since each plant doesn't have to get very big. Each plant makes just one or a few big buds. So you got a sea of buds.
The downsides of SoG include: is it takes a whole lot of expensive seeds, or you need to make clones, and each plant is its own thing with its own needs. Especially if you were growing different strains, I imagine this could get out of control.
Regular - A Few Big Plants
It seems that a bigger plant can produce more weed by itself. And a bigger plant can grow a lot of long tall branches which can each turn into big long bud. It's also easier to care for fewer plants and there's less variation to worry about. If you fill the space with as many buds as you did with sea of green, I believe it should be able to get the same or more yields.
The downside being that it takes longer in the vegetative stage to grow your plants big enough to do this, before you initiate 12/12 for the flowering stage. Big plants also may not be an option for autoflowers.
Bigger plants is the "traditional" way of growing and involves having to train your plants, including topping and bending. Before you can initiate the flowering stage, you must get plants to the right flat wide size and shape, so all the bud sites are spread out throughout the tent about the same distance from the light.
Note: Pictures by GrowWeedEasy.com
In the end, a few bigger plants makes more sense for me probably. But I was wondering if there's any of you who grow a lot of small plants, and what results you've gotten.
If anyone has grown both ways I'd especially love to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons.
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