Grouping multiple strains for grow by flowering time

I will be doing my first grow and growing multiple strains. Some end flowering at 8 weeks, others go up to 10 weeks. Should I try to group them so they all end at the same time or do you prefer to stagger them and harvest a couple of plants at a time? Would it be better to group them by growing style/height instead? I will be dealing with 7 or so plants.

TimeToBurn said:

I will be doing my first grow and growing multiple strains. Some end flowering at 8 weeks, others go up to 10 weeks. Should I try to group them so they all end at the same time or do you prefer to stagger them and harvest a couple of plants at a time? Would it be better to group them by growing style/height instead? I will be dealing with 7 or so plants.

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personally, I would start them all at the same time and deal with the staggered harvest as opposed to staggering the sprouting and having to deal with plants in different stages for ~ 4 months

^^^^^i agree. And grouping them by height is prob your best bet forefficiency. If you have 5 plants 3 feet tall and one 4.5 feet under the same light, the shorter ones won't get nearly as much light. Just harvest your 8 weekers then let the rest finish

start them all at the same time . Better to finish at different times . Harvesting 7 plants at one time would be a lot more work than you think . If you trim properly , it takes a while .

Thanks for the replies. Just for clarification, I intend to start vegging and then switching all plants to 12/12 at the same time. But I can group 7 seeds that will end at 8-9 weeks and have 1 big harvest or stagger it....example: 2 seeds ending at 8 weeks, 2 at 9 weeks and 3 at 10 weeks. I am going off the estimated grow time of the seeds I purchased.

It sounds like best option is to group by estimated height so I have an even canopy and just harvest 1 by 1 when they become ready.

I do multiple strains all the time cause the Mrs likes variety. It does present its challenges though. Thats when you find out that when it comes to MJ, they can be very very different from one another in every way.