Timing for fermentation with work/holiday...

[Brett74]

I have my 4 first kits and equipement waiting at home for me and am in a bit of indecision about when to start due to my work situation. When I get home I have 3 weeks off and then I head back to work for 2 or maybe 3 weeks.
The kits are Bulldogs Evil Dog, Raja's Revenge, Strawberry Pale Ale and Mangrove Jack's NZ Hopped Pilsener.
I have 2 ideas.

Idea #1

Put all 4 on as soon as I get home (3 weeks Home), hopefully be able to bottle the Pilsener before I go back to work and Rack the 3 Bulldog Kits to secondary ferment for the 2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks while I am away and then bottle them when I get home. I don't think they will be ready for bottling before I leave.

Idea #2

Put on the Pilsener straight away and wait until just before I leave to put the 3 Bulldog Kits on, they can get going while I am away for 2 or 3 weeks and I can see what is going on when I get back, my wife can look in on them for me to make sure they are not going wild...

This is my first attempt ever at brewing anything so I am a real greenhorn here...any advice would be great.
Have already received such help with my first post, cool forum....

 

[Simonh82]

Three weeks should be enough time to get them into the bottles. Although bottling 4 batches is a bit of a mammoth task. 2 weeks fermentation should be fine in most cases.

Then they have a few weeks to carbonate and they will be spot on when you get back.

I don't think you need to wait and stagger them if you are confident you will have enough time to do the brewing and bottling in your first 3 weeks.

Bottling will be the most time consuming bit.

 

[Brett74]

Three weeks should be enough time to get them into the bottles. Although bottling 4 batches is a bit of a mammoth task. 2 weeks fermentation should be fine in most cases.

Then they have a few weeks to carbonate and they will be spot on when you get back.

I don't think you need to wait and stagger them if you are confident you will have enough time to do the brewing and bottling in your first 3 weeks.

Bottling will be the most time consuming bit.

If they are not ready yet and I rack them to a secondary FV will they handle 3 weeks more in there while I am away before bottling?