Choosing the best strain for a Tropical Climate ( Other Advice is welcomed and appreciated!)

hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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emanO said:
You could do as they do in Colombia ,,which is to use lights to extend the daylight hours to hold back flowering until plants are bigger,,,or interupt the dark cycle with an hours light through the night,,
But using a greenhouse in an already humid environment, and then pay for ventilation sounds like a nightmare,,

use the tropical environment its a dream for many,,good luck
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How to Grow Cannabis in the Tropics
According to farmers in St. Thomas, there are two ways to go about cultivating cannabis in the tropics:
  • Veg plants inside of a building and use artificial lights for the entire 18-hour light cycle each day (like a traditional indoor veg room)
  • Veg outside and under a covered greenhouse, supplementing the sun’s 12 hours of light with additional artificial light for part of the day

  • But what would they know? Right? Cuz he’s got you to ask for advice. Lol.



 
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emanO

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hotrodharley said:
But what would they know? Right? Cuz he’s got you to ask for advice. Lol.
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You will be a busy guy educating the hundreds of growers in the tropics growing weed without greenhouses or lights,,so crack on ,go for it,,,
A lot depends on the strain you grow and timing flowering outside of the rainy season,,but if you can educate the guy ,,its all yours,,
 
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Romie101

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BudmanTX said:
you won't know till you look.....legalized isn't the point...js



don't with the weather you have risk for bud rot, and pm are to high, small pot outside to start....then move to medium pot.....then final place
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Lol fair point and would you mind elaborating more on the weather aspect and how they can affect the plant?
 
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Romie101

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emanO said:
You could do as they do in Colombia ,,which is to use lights to extend the daylight hours to hold back flowering until plants are bigger,,,or interupt the dark cycle with an hours light through the night,,
But using a greenhouse in an already humid environment, and then pay for ventilation sounds like a nightmare,,

use the tropical environment its a dream for many,,good luck
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Definitely some valuable insight that I had not taken into consideration, thank you so much! Any other advice/sources/resource you would be willing to share?
 
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Romie101

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hotrodharley said:
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How to Grow Cannabis in the Tropics
According to farmers in St. Thomas, there are two ways to go about cultivating cannabis in the tropics:
  • Veg plants inside of a building and use artificial lights for the entire 18-hour light cycle each day (like a traditional indoor veg room)
  • Veg outside and under a covered greenhouse, supplementing the sun’s 12 hours of light with additional artificial light for part of the day

  • But what would they know? Right? Cuz he’s got you to ask for advice. Lol.


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By all means please continue this information would be extremely helpful to me and many other growers
 
Flowki

Flowki

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twentyeight.threefive said:
@Flowki knows you need specific strains for low humidity, maybe he has a list for the tropics too.
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If you are going to twist my comments and take them out of context as a personal vendetta, at-least keep other users out of it, assuming the whole thing isn't a sad bait.

@OP some strains are more prone to bud rot due to their bud structure. In a perfect environment sure, we can argue it's down to the grower, air flow etc, but realistically, it's safer to run with strains that are less finicky toward heat and humidity fluctuations or extremes. As you are looking to grow outdoor then it makes a lot of sense to focus on people who are growing outdoor in a similar climate. If their strains are doing fine in the areas you are concerned with, then you can narrow it down more reliably.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Flowki said:
If you are going to twist my comments and take them out of context as a personal vendetta, at-least keep other users out of it, assuming the whole thing isn't a sad bait.

@OP some strains are more prone to bud rot due to their bud structure. In a perfect environment sure, we can argue it's down to the grower, air flow etc, but realistically, it's safer to run with strains that are less finicky toward heat and humidity fluctuations or extremes. As you are looking to grow outdoor then it makes a lot of sense to focus on people who are growing outdoor in a similar climate. If their strains are doing fine in the areas you are concerned with, then you can narrow it down more reliably.
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Maybe he should consider his elemental ppm with high humidity?

No personal vendetta. Just fine it humorous that you refuse to ever admit to giving wrong advice. You just chalk it up to someone "twisting your words". Kind of hard to twist a direct quote. Take care buddy.
 
Flowki

Flowki

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twentyeight.threefive said:
Maybe he should consider his elemental ppm with high humidity?

No personal vendetta. Just fine it humorous that you refuse to ever admit to giving wrong advice. You just chalk it up to someone "twisting your words". Kind of hard to twist a direct quote. Take care buddy.
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Why should he not consider his ppm rates with high humidity, or any humidity? despite the irrelevance of that comment here. Where in our conversations did I say you or anybody else MUST use elemental ppm?. I stated that knowing what ppm you are putting in (elemental being more accurate) means you don't need to use an EC meter to test run off, despite the fact testing run off is a far less reliable practice. So call me up on that, you think testing run off with an EC meter is a more reliable practice than knowing what ppm of the various elements you are actually putting in?. Hydro is a different topic, stay with run off ec, like I did, because that's what he said.

It's funny because when I ask you or your other clown a direct question like that, you both avoid it.

''seems to be'' ''might be'' ''I guess''.. are the types of terms I use when unsure. Quote what I have stated as a fact that is untrue. Let me help you out, I highly recommended against growing in low (under 40%) humidity environments because it is far easier to mess it up, for a boat load of reasons (make a thread and lets get into it if you want). Your clown buddy was putting across to people that it was easy, people lose plants because of morons like him.
 
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twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Flowki said:
So call me up on that, you think testing run off with an EC meter is a more reliable practice than knowing what ppm of the various elements you are actually putting in?.

It's funny because when I ask you or your other clown a direct question like that, you both avoid it.
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Here let me answer you directly. Your quote is 100% false like a lot of the advice you give out. Neither runoff EC or elemental ppm ratios are as important as actual feed strength.

It's more important to measure the EC of your feed than knowing the exact elemental ppm of the mix. If you follow the nutrient manufacturers feed schedule you should have a balanced nutrient feed elemental wise. Doesn't mean the actual strength of the feed, EC, is correct.

If I mixed up my Jack's full strength according to the manufacturer then it's come out to like 2.0 EC or so. I have no need to feed that high. However if I dilute the solution with water I can obtain the EC feed level I want while still retaining the elemental ppm ratio the nutrient manufacturer recommended.
 
Flowki

Flowki

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twentyeight.threefive said:
Here let me answer you directly. Your quote is 100% false like a lot of the advice you give out. Neither runoff EC or elemental ppm ratios are as important as actual feed strength.

It's more important to measure the EC of your feed than knowing the exact elemental ppm of the mix. If you follow the nutrient manufacturers feed schedule you should have a balanced nutrient feed elemental wise. Doesn't mean the actual strength of the feed, EC, is correct.

If I mixed up my Jack's full strength according to the manufacturer then it's come out to like 2.0 EC or so. I have no need to feed that high. However if I dilute the solution with water I can obtain the EC feed level I want while still retaining the elemental ppm ratio the nutrient manufacturer recommended.
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If it were hydro I would partly agree, knowing the elemental ppm going in at each change/top up while checking EC levels as a feeding indicator, fair enough. I did say keep hydro out of it, but that's the only place where what you are saying makes any sense. Why is there a need to test EC in waste run off?. It tells you nothing about what that EC is in relation too, Npk etc. Is it excess N giving the high reeding, excess k? etc?. You can cut the guess work out by knowing how much you are putting in. Further more, not all plants consume at the same rate, how do you know it isn't the environment effecting uptake > ec read outs of run off?. At that point you'd be looking at the leaves for clues, not EC of run off. What is the purpose of EC run off then?, please tell me, what are you achieving?. Im genuinely asking because I honestly do not see the reason why.

Where did I suggest following jacks feeding schedule?. But that highlights the very point I was making, and why I called your clown friend out for his BS. Telling people growing in below 40% humidity is fine, when they may be newbs, potentially following feeding recommendation on the label, which would ''probably'' lead to toxicity build up or nute burn even at 60% humidity. They put that shit into a below 40%, miss one feed for real life things.. draught >> sorry ass plants. Well done clown friend.
 
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