When I first started growing, I was lagging behind in harvest vs. consumption. my better half smoke like they are candy cigarettes ..dont even get me started how much she smokes on her days off..lol I started growing 3 plants in a 2x4x5 , start to finish and when they were done, I would pop more seeds. Sure, you have one large harvest, but now you got to "ration" what you smoke when you notice supply getting low and you still got 3-4 weeks before a chop dry, cure. Jars would be empty before new harvest was even close to being chopped. Then I ran into a thread about perpetual grows. I now have a stock pile of smoke and different varieties. I pop a seed about every 20-28 days. One plant gets chopped, another is right behind it about a month. Always three plants ..sometime four plants at different stages. Smartest thing I have done regarding growing for your self.