Outdoor grow north facing Mendo

lagunitas

New Member
Hi,

Longtime lurker, first time poster (and thanks to all the unsung heros whom saved my ass). I've been researching this ad nauseam and am looking for some critical & objective (and experienced) advice. I'll try to keep it brief so here's the deets:

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North facing hollow deep in the woods that gets blasted June & July, then filtered sun into almost full shade in late fall (end of Oct-early Nov). Lots of condensation at about 2500 feet, rain is occasionally an issue (but I'm not complaining, we need it).
3rd year outdoor grow in 200 gal squat pots, 25 units. Organic soil & nutes, rain catchment.

I've done seeds & clones, but prefer seeds (and not into auto/fem). So far I've tried Strawberry Cough, Blue Dream, Blackberry Kush, Dream Queen, various Mendo purps, Ogre OG, Kona Bomb, blah blah, but I can't say any of them have exactly flourished. I've done well fighting off the pests and rot (and bears!) but come late October I'm so deep in the shade I weep for my soggy plants. (Moving/logging isn't an option either btw.) is there anyone who lives in a similar environment that has any suggestions for some good early finishers? (Side note: I asked my buddy that works at Harborside and his answer was "your mom". Lol) Trends & price are of no interest to me; I just want a couple solid strains to supply me with the sticky icky. Oh and huge yield isn't a concern for me as well.

So far, I'm thinking AK-47 and maybe Casey Jones (tho I did so much indoor of that it doesn't sound appealing). And I have a boner for the Cheese just because I could walk around with my head in a bag of it all day.

Okay sorry rely for the hella long post and thanks in advance!
 

King24

Member
We'll obviously you need to look for indica dominant strains as they finish faster than sativas and you should have no problem getting a bumper crop at the location you have.
 

Humboldt14

Well-Known Member
back in the 80's my parents always grew in the shade otherwise C.A.M.P. would come and take there plants. We have madrone groves on a piece of our ranch were most everything was grown in the 80's and early 90's and never had issues, to control the soggy plants they grew smaller plants but a shit load.
 
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