carlo987
Active Member
Hi Y'all,
Having been around growers most of my life in US and EU, I saw growers in the US growing perpetually, always going for big plants with long veg periods, whilst EU, predominantly Dutch growers, would let the clone root and put it directly into bloom in a SOG setting.
I mostly know the latter myself and have run the numbers myself many times and the result is always the same. The Dutch method wins: With the right strain up to 8 harvests a year, where only 40g/ft2 are expected and everything on top of that is a bonus. Clearly, very limited and very expensive square footage influenced this growing style. But if one were to calculate yield/ft2/time, the no veg SOG always wins.
I bring up this argument with my Dutch buddy every two years or so. We're planning an outdoor grow and he wants to go with indica automatics, so we can have two harvests during the summer, but I actually can't stand christmas trees and am always amazed to see those 16 pounders from the US. He is arguing that little plants are easier to take care of and the impact associated with loosing a big plant is more severe as the time and money invested in growing it is concentrated in one plant instead of being spread out to multiple plants, thus lowering the risk.
With the power of the crowd, let us settle this once and for all...
Or at least make Dutch growers understand the method in the (as they see it) madness.
Also because I really don't want to see those stupid christmas trees....
Why perpetual grow?
What are the benefits of running a commercial operation like that?
Why go big with outdoor plants?
Having been around growers most of my life in US and EU, I saw growers in the US growing perpetually, always going for big plants with long veg periods, whilst EU, predominantly Dutch growers, would let the clone root and put it directly into bloom in a SOG setting.
I mostly know the latter myself and have run the numbers myself many times and the result is always the same. The Dutch method wins: With the right strain up to 8 harvests a year, where only 40g/ft2 are expected and everything on top of that is a bonus. Clearly, very limited and very expensive square footage influenced this growing style. But if one were to calculate yield/ft2/time, the no veg SOG always wins.
I bring up this argument with my Dutch buddy every two years or so. We're planning an outdoor grow and he wants to go with indica automatics, so we can have two harvests during the summer, but I actually can't stand christmas trees and am always amazed to see those 16 pounders from the US. He is arguing that little plants are easier to take care of and the impact associated with loosing a big plant is more severe as the time and money invested in growing it is concentrated in one plant instead of being spread out to multiple plants, thus lowering the risk.
With the power of the crowd, let us settle this once and for all...
Or at least make Dutch growers understand the method in the (as they see it) madness.
Also because I really don't want to see those stupid christmas trees....
Why perpetual grow?
What are the benefits of running a commercial operation like that?
Why go big with outdoor plants?
