Lazy grow in South China - anything I can do to improve their chances?

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seacow386

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Alright, so I live in Southern China, and have a personal garden on my roof. The dirt bud that I get usually has seeds in it, so I figured "what the hell", and decided to have my gardener plant them up on the roof last week. I know that planting well is far more involved, but I might as well try, right?

Now, I have a couple questions. First of all, I know that the quality won't be good, as I'm planting them (really) late and using crappy seeds. It's more of a proof of concept to myself than anything. I had about 8 seeds and planted them way too close to eachother; I figure I'll deal with this if and when they sprout. Anyway:

- The weather in South China is hot pretty much all year round, extremely sunny, and gets tons of rain. Is this an ok environment or will the plants struggle? Are there certain strains that would be better for this environment?

- The seeds were just planted, and there's a tropical storm coming our way. Should we do anything to improve the seeds' chances? Will the heavy rain be good for them, or will it drown them?

- Everything I read is from the perspective of growing in Canada/The USA, are there any resources available for growing in this kind of environment? We're about as far south as Nicaragua.

Thanks!
 
JohneyGreenApple

JohneyGreenApple

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Good drainage is key for seedlings. And conditions will be a major factor determining the quality and quanity of smoke you end up with!
 
howhighru

howhighru

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If you are gonna have some kinda tropical storm with crazy winds and rain, I would not recommend leaving seedlings out in that. Dont think they would withstand that weather. IMO..
 
hybridbuds

hybridbuds

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seacow386 said:
Alright, so I live in Southern China, and have a personal garden on my roof. The dirt bud that I get usually has seeds in it, so I figured "what the hell", and decided to have my gardener plant them up on the roof last week. I know that planting well is far more involved, but I might as well try, right?

Now, I have a couple questions. First of all, I know that the quality won't be good, as I'm planting them (really) late and using crappy seeds. It's more of a proof of concept to myself than anything. I had about 8 seeds and planted them way too close to eachother; I figure I'll deal with this if and when they sprout. Anyway:

- The weather in South China is hot pretty much all year round, extremely sunny, and gets tons of rain. Is this an ok environment or will the plants struggle? Are there certain strains that would be better for this environment?

- The seeds were just planted, and there's a tropical storm coming our way. Should we do anything to improve the seeds' chances? Will the heavy rain be good for them, or will it drown them?

- Everything I read is from the perspective of growing in Canada/The USA, are there any resources available for growing in this kind of environment? We're about as far south as Nicaragua.

Thanks!
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A tropical storm will probably kill seedlings unless extra measures for protection are taken. I'd preferably just set up a big tarp(clear) over the plot and all the rain would run off, but with high winds that will probably need to be VERY secure to stay put. It would be best to keep em inside longer till it passes, but hopefully they'll pull through. To help with your other question about the environment in which your plants are grown in, I'd look at some of the old journals on icmag.com
Some are of grows in conditions of yours I have seen them, but don't have links. You will also note that the jungle weed is usually a Sativa dominant pheno. I love Sativas because I live in a humid/hot environment and they really take the heat and moisture better than some of the denser Indicas. Hope this helps and happy growing
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seacow386

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As the days usually stay lighter longer over here closer to the equator, is there a different time of year I should be looking at harvesting when I do this for real?
 
Dubious06

Dubious06

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Yeah no kidding-- not worth getting executed, especially for what you say are some crappy seeds. Do be careful bud. Good luck.
 
Pirax

Pirax

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Start your seeds in cups indoors under some cfl lights if you can. Get it on 24/7 light until you want to flip to flower, in which case you could just stick the plant outside and let it do its thing. Id keep it on 24/7 under some CFLs for like a month then stick it outside. especially if you have 6 seeds, do this to all 6
 
*BUDS

*BUDS

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You will need a nice Thai sativa for mold resistance ,keep them healthy and put some stakes in.
 
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pmumbry

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i would go with a sativa plant, from the sound of it. i think i read somewhere that you should grow indicas at latitude 30 and up, and sativas below 30. i wish you good luck in your endeavors. As for the storm headed your way i would try to bring the seedlings inside and just stick them somewhere where there is light on until the storm passes.
 
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