cool climate varieties

[olddave]

Hello Folks,

I have been a member for a couple of weeks now and very much enjoyed reading posts. I should also add i'm new to this life style as i'm recenltly became semi retired and a lot less anal. This is my 1st topic. I Googled Cool Climate weed seeds last night and found a lot of reference to cool climate strains. The following is a cut and paste from The Seedbank World Marijuana Seed Advisor.

 

The North part of Canada has a cold climate the best marijuana strains to use are strains that are strong and breeded for the colder climates and are mostly indica or indica/sativa mixed :

 

below are the varieties stated.

•Northern Light

•Purple Power

•Crystal Rain

•Big Bud

•Northern Light x Big Bud

 

The Central part of Canada is has the same cold climate as the north but for this region you can use strains that are sativa/indica mixed :

•Super Nova

•Early Misty

•Dutch Dope

•Northern Light

•Purple Power

•White Widow

 

 

The south part of Canada is still a cold climate but a little closer to the equator so you can use strains for these region that are mostly indica or sativa/indica mixed :

•Early Misty

•White Widow

•Purple Power

•Northern Light x Big Bud

•Super Nova

•Big Bud

•Misty

•Pride of Amsterdam

•Amsterdam Indica

 

I live in Brisbane and wonder if any members have grown an out door in Brisbanes winter and can suggest a seed variety for me to purchase or just some handy tips.

 

UPDATE;

Here is a collage of my grow that started by seed and planted mid december 2010

 

ANOTHER UPDATE . the 3 photos in the collage were taken today. the big 1 stated as 3 foot is in fact only 2 foot and the 5 inch as you can see just isnt growing. Ive been using powerfeed which is seaweed based. yesterday i started using thrive. funning thing i can see a difference straight away with the thrive.

 

 

 

Love from

Old Dave

Edited February 26, 2011 by olddave

[lucas_southoz]

Hey man welcome to oz stoners..

 

Im still learning but im pretty sure it depends on the daylight hours. Mj flowers at around 12 hours of daylight so if the hours are around then you won't get much if any veg time at all.

 

Im sure someone more experienced will come in and tell you what ya need to know

[Ozzy420]

You can grow out side in winter in Brisbane.

 

The min light they need as said is 12 hours for budding, the one thing u will have to watch is if u get fog and frost as that is one killer of mj plants in winter, if you are going to leave them out side over night to help keep the fog and frost settling on the plants u can put them inside a green house, or have a bit of shade cloth u can put over them till the the fog has gone, the frosty night air will settle on the shade cloth rather than the plants.

 

You can start ya the plants in side say under some clf's for the veg cycle of 18 hours until u get them to the size u want then place them out side to finish off.

[olddave]

thanks very much for the feed back, also i have just added a collage of my 1st ever grow. not what i would call a smashinhg success. one of the plants is a cutting from the big one. I took a few cutting but they got fryed the other day when the temperature went above 35 deg c

[TheTreeBoundRat]

What kind of yields are gettable from vegging in/ flowering out down there in SEQLD during winter asuming maximum sun(no shade) is given?

 

Thanks

[jabez]

I have no personal experience growing up there. But last time I was in north eastern NSW it was in the middle of winter and abnormally cold, full on frosty nights and shit. I saw some plants up there that were in the ground right out in the open with nothing to protect them from the frost and they were doing just fine, which kinda really amazed me.

Awesome environment to grow in.

 

From my understanding the biggest problem is after June 21st the days start getting longer, which will eventually kick the plant back into veg.

[demistify]

g'day Old Dave and others.

 

this is my experience from north of bris, OK? outside in the weather ... any weather ... is ok ... last June it rained much here and seeds germinated. I 'm deliberately careless with what I throw off the verandah to take advantage of any out of season or early rain. rain germinates weed seeds best. I potted out the best. come October they had heads. not big heads, not dense heads, but heads nonetheless.

 

now the size and density may have been due to the fact that I did not put a lot of effort into them ... maybe someone has done that and can advise this forum further. the main reason for me doing this was so that after I had cut the ripe heads off I had some guaranteed females ready to go come the heat of summer. they will also head a little earlier that seeds planted in spring.

 

around here frost tends to turn the plants purple! someone has said that frost is harmful. well, seems to me there is frost and there is frost. but also these weeds grow in the himalyas ... so ... I 'm puzzled.

 

hey Old Dave ... I 'm 63. are you that "old"?

[Psychonaut]

Hey Dave.

 

If thats your backyard which it looks like you could consider getting or building a greenhouse, for winter grows up that way I would think it would be a perfect setup; starting plants inside under 24/7 light before putting them out in the winter too so they dont auto flower, could be a good idea too.

 

Might want to look into soil mixes and preparation as well for outside, what mixes you using for that plant there?

 

Would not take too much notice of that guide for Canada, I think the warmest more southern parts of Canada are almost on the same longitude for the most southern parts of mainland Oz.

[olddave]

g'day Old Dave and others.

 

this is my experience from north of bris, OK? outside in the weather ... any weather ... is ok ... last June it rained much here and seeds germinated. I 'm deliberately careless with what I throw off the verandah to take advantage of any out of season or early rain. rain germinates weed seeds best. I potted out the best. come October they had heads. not big heads, not dense heads, but heads nonetheless.

 

now the size and density may have been due to the fact that I did not put a lot of effort into them ... maybe someone has done that and can advise this forum further. the main reason for me doing this was so that after I had cut the ripe heads off I had some guaranteed females ready to go come the heat of summer. they will also head a little earlier that seeds planted in spring.

 

around here frost tends to turn the plants purple! someone has said that frost is harmful. well, seems to me there is frost and there is frost. but also these weeds grow in the himalyas ... so ... I 'm puzzled.

 

hey Old Dave ... I 'm 63. are you that "old"?

 

 

hey Old Dave ... I 'm 63. are you that "old"? almost I'm 46

 

 

[demistify]

well Dave! what's in a nickname eh? not much it seems. and here I was thinking we could coach the young ones together and set good examples how not to waste their lives!