Re: How many months behind should the follower be
There is not set rule or amount of time. However, from the starting point that it is about 2 years from pup to flowering (depends on your climate), if you spread them out about 6 months apart, you get a nice progression.
The hard part is getting them to send up a new pup every 6 months. Some varieties send up pups continuously, while other seem to only pup after the parent has flowered (Popoulu and African Rhino Horn in my experience). Some send up a whole bunch at one time, and not every so often. So it is more art than science, in the end.
Also, in most non-tropical climates, they do not grow 12 months of the year, but something more like 6-8 months, which also affects when you will get pups and your ability to space out your harvest..
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