my outdoor grow in india (12 latitude)

elchupacabra

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Background:

so despite the massive hype about south india, blah blah blah, the best weed over here just doesn't compare anywhere near the weed i've smoked on trips back home to california, or weed friends and i have brought into the country unconventionally. and i have a strong opinion that the major problem is not so much in the seed quality itself, because i have come across the occasional relatively crazy weed (still nothing like mid-highs from cali) which a seasoned toker can tell has potential to be better, was poorly grown, harvested early, not fed, etc. the reason that weed is never anything worth comparing to internationally is threefold:
-there is no set price for weed here. it all depends on distance from the center of the city. we can get complete shit for $3-4 for about ten grams. you can smoke a joint to yourself and experience a very mild buzz, the taste will be un-weed like, and, more often than not, noob smokers or tourists wind up with a popular 20 gram packet of very very brown weed, with more stems seeds and leaves than buds, laced with one or several of rat poison, caramelized sugar (increases the mass and adds a shimmering golden coat when done properly, also rapes throat violently when smoked), battery acid, and many more, leading to a dirty dirty high, not weed like at all, and there are several people who don't know better, live here, and will proudly smoke that stuff because it's the only stuff they've ever smoked. so the market thrives on ignorance.
-be serious, in a country like india where people can't afford food more often than not, you think they can pay for electricity? all growing is done outdoor here, wherever it can be hidden from police. those under the poverty line (who are the people who grow and sell weed, and form 70% of the population) are not so influential with the authorities, and have to grow in places police will not find, or harvest early in case the likelihood of getting caught hits a maximum threshold. why people like you and me don't grow and sell weed is a long story about india's society and class divides for another time. the essence of the story is this - as a result, weed is ridiculously cheap, with relatively good quality (not laced, green buds, only a few seeds, very finely and sparsely crystal coated, smells invariably of raw mangoes when crushed - when simply smelt without crushing, just a leafy smell) coming in at 1000-1200 rupees (20-24 USD) for fifty grams (+/- 10) if you know your scores and languages. the flipside is that bad quality weed is invariably the same price. and there are also slightly smarter people selling weed at 500 rupees (10 usd) for 10-15 grams.
-people who grow rarely purchase or use quality soil or compost or any organic additive or chemical additive. if the plant is deficient, it's deficient, end of story. the soil we have naturally here is very very red - filled with clay and i'm guessing iron which lends the red color. not a good grow medium at all imo.

The Grow:
(yes, pics included)

so i've decided to grow from some relatively good quality weed seeds. we get around 11.5-12.5 hrs sunlight through the year. summers are hot and semi-humid, when i say hot, i mean about 40 degrees celsius this summer. i purchased quality potting soil, bone meal, sand, nutes, neem oil sprays, and ceramic/plastic pots at prices ridiculously cheap compared internationally. i'm growing outdoor, because i'm so close to the equator, and security is just not an issue in this country as far as growing goes. people will see it, perhaps point, possibly not know what it is, probably think it's something else, and definitely keep walking.

so without knowing anything about the genetics or gender, germinated some seeds, turned out to be mainly sativa, here are some pics it's been about a month now growing outdoors. i've been tying em down.

recently got some bricks and made a little enclosure which i'm gonna fill with my soil mix in a few days and transplant. it's been about a month. i'll keep you guys posted.

ALSO, got a friend to bring me down critical jack seeds from dinafem in a week, will see how those grow comparitively.

this is my first grow ever

have attached pictures:

1 - (april 14th) one month since the seeds were sown
2,3 - 2.5 weeks since germination, started lst on this one real early, topping as well
4,5 - same plants from (1) diff angle, topped a couple of them at different times and lst'd

i broke off a good 2cm of stem off of one of the plants in the first picture...now i figured out that when growth is almost horizontal, it doesn't matter, it's like topping, i think the auxins shoot to the rest of the plant and make it go into a crazy grow mode.

well that's that for now, will keep you updated
 

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elchupacabra

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just filled the enclosure with soil mix:

1 part potting soil
1 part sand
.75 part coco peat
2 parts worm compost (not castings)

felt the need for extra sand due to the massive monsoon season that's
just starting to come, need to cover my seedlings outside so the rain
doesn't mess with them, 5 just crumpled to the rain
 

elchupacabra

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people any idea what seeds i should buy to grow here? it averages around 35 celsius but goes up to forty and down to 27-28. it rains every other week and when it rains its like god pissing on us after a night of a lot of beers. i need a mold resistant, heat resistant, high yielding strain, and would prefer a hybrid simply because it flowers faster. i was thinking of el nino or ppp...was considerin durban poison as well...ideas???
 

elchupacabra

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unfortunately due to some poor dumbass engineering on my part, when it rained like hell my room flooded so i had to take apart the entire thing and put it back together again...lost one plant and managed to find one male in the process so i'm down to two plants and many many more seedlings but it's growing beautifully, ROOT SPACE MAKES A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE!!!! so does LST with spindly strains. i know this is a known fact but now I KNOW IT myself. haha
 

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elchupacabra

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damn india sounds wicked. u sound like u should be president or king there
haha people say a lot of stuff about india that's either true, unbelievably exaggerated, or complete bullshit.
india is a fucking wicked place with it's own charm. i have quantities of ganj that people abroad have never seen
in their lives. i've seen hash bricks the size of a car up in the hills in northeast india. it's a crazy country
 

Coho

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You could grow some monster sativas. I'll follow your progress. Please stay safe.
 

elchupacabra

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i think u said its humid and hot. depending on how soon it starts getting cold are raining if it does i have no clue. i go with a 7 or 8 week indica
see temperature isn't an issue. it doesn't start getting cold enough to inhibit ganja growth at all. how would something like el nino or big bang work? and i would prefer a sativa or at least a half sativa hybrid frankly so i was think arjan's ultra haze or ams? i got interested in purple widow by sjamaan but i've never heard of them in my life
 

RC7

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nice i am subbed. I have a few questions if you don't mind lol. I always wondered if weed was legal in India and the middle east (if you know) and is it a part of the culture? It just seems like it would be because Indians are smart and chill people lol at least all the ones i have met, also i have heard that alot of it grows wild there.
 

elchupacabra

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nice i am subbed. I have a few questions if you don't mind lol. I always wondered if weed was legal in India and the middle east (if you know) and is it a part of the culture? It just seems like it would be because Indians are smart and chill people lol at least all the ones i have met, also i have heard that alot of it grows wild there.
people say a lot of stuff like 'oh yeah shiva smokes the ganja man he started this shit it's religious people smoke it for god' it's all fucking horseshit, maybe .001% of the population that smokes weed smokes for a religious purpose. yes it grows a lot in the wild in northeastern india, where smoking weed is unheard of and every bit of marijuana is rubbed into hash. india has a very unique way of dealing with weed, nobody gives a crap unless they SEE you holding the joint close to them and they can smell the weed. growing - no problem if you're not next door to the police station, smoking in public depends on where really, walking down a busy road smoking isn't the most prudent decision but i'd daresay you can easily get away with it. people will walk by you, crinkle their noses, and keep on going. weed is like everything else in india, it's illegal, but it's abundant and people find their way around it, cops turn a blind eye unless they catch you red handed, which is really fucking hard because of the amount of influence every second person has. invariably even if you get caught, with the right contacts, it's easy to get away untouched. you can beat the fuck out of the cops and run away and get away with it. it all narrows down to influence.

in the middle east, they chop your dick off (or something like that) if you're caught with any kind of drug.
 

jimmygreenfingers

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Good luck with the grow man, intrested too see how they do as i could well be growing out in India at some point in the future. Never had decent herb when ive been out there but the hash was very good.
 

elchupacabra

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can just about anybody who knows enough answer my question please? what strains should i purchase? these are my options, ideally i want one more indica and one more sativa, so i can see how they grow here : ams, arjan's haze #1, hawaiian snow, el nino, big bang, purple widow, and then there's a mixed pack with hawaiian snow, arjan's haze #1, super silver haze, arjan's strawberry haze, and neville's haze. i'm also curious about the growing potential of 'the church'
 

Mauler57

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You're gonna love the Dinafem Critical Jack my friend. I just harvested my second run with this strain. I scrogged 3 plants under 400W HPS, 3 .5 weeks of veg and 62 days flower. I pulled 46 oz of wet trimmed bud which dried down to 10.5 oz dried and trimmed. Giving me roughly 23% yield from the wet weight. Buds are tight assed little "christmas trees" that look like it was doused in liquid sugar with all the heavy trichome production. They were sensitive to heavy nutes but seemed indifferent to higher temps, humidity and no problems with mold. The taste is off the chart with MAJOR lung expansion. An extra 2 weeks in the cure jars seemes to have mellowed down the expansion factor. I'd give this strain a 9 out of 10 on overall qualities of ease of growing, yield, eye appeal, taste and high. The only reason I'm changing up strains is because I have over 20 strains of AAA+ feminized seeds waiting to go. "So many strains, so little time....." Good luck my Indian friend!
 
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