In a way it maybe less, I am talking about more of a breeding program, some people had to have one. Indicas can grow very quick, depending also on other factors. I have had plants that were done before suggested grower times. I was surprised and asked around, finally I found out that depending on your lighting schedule and your nutrient program, you can cause your plant to finish early, maybe a week at most, so say I am just joe average pollen chucker, I find a pheno from a strain that flowers early, I adjust the lighting schedule and give alternating doses of nutrients in a controlled environment, I could theoretically produce three generations per years, maybe four if timed right, again, this would be on pure breeding terms, not on final product or flower quality per se.