My plan is to divide into four transactions, and I'm going by block count, not actual time, so divide up 1440 by 4 gives you 360, so I'm trying to send myself 1/4 of my coin every 360 blocks (right now they are just flying by). Since I'm still mining I'll have some more coming in right up to the end, so I'll probably have to lump all that into a fifth transaction where I'll try to stick that midway between two of the others. I'm thinking of a "clock" with 1440 sections, so if I miss sending something at block 720, then I'd try to send it again the next "day" at block 1440 + 720 = 2160. My "0" block is the one with my first transaction.
I think there are two opposing things which need to be balanced. On one hand, spreading out transactions will ensure that at least some of them will stake all seven times. However, when a certain amount of coin starts staking, it takes some time to actually get its reward. So you want to allow plenty of time for it to get its reward before the next set of coin comes up. Otherwise you'll end up where you can't stake all your coin in one day, so you lose out on rewards. Not only that once the staking starts you'll have newly staked coin being added and that will I think naturally spread out as well.
So it looks to me that going into the growth period, you want a few coins maturing at regular intervals around a 1440 block "day."
At least that's how I understand it. Please keep in mind that this is me learning all about this coin and the way Scrypt POS works. I did not work on the development and this is my first exposure to Scrypt POS, though I've been involved in POS coins with other algorithms, mainly NXT and its clones. So, think it through before following my strategy, and maybe others can weigh in.
Also, keep in mind you have to use the coin control feature to decide which coins get sent back to yourself. You can get a list of all your coins, and select the ones you want to consolidate, then send the exact amount minus the transaction fee and that seems to work.
Thanks Wiser for asking a lot of the questions I had, did your send to your own wallet work. I am an admitted noob but for the growth period would it be best to send all your coins to yourself in one transaction 24hr before last POW block. I understand no one knows exactly when that will be. What I'm wondering is if you are recommending having 4 6hr apart transactions just to ensure you can stake at least three times on the last day. By that logic would it not be better to split them up as much as you can. I don't understand weight so my next question is which is more important weight or amount of coins do those have an effect on your staking ability. would there be a disadvantage to having 12 incoming transactions 2 hrs apart. also if you are sending coins from in your wallet to youself which coins does the wallet choose to send most or least mature. Just trying to get my strategy right for this growth period.