Wa Outdoor Strains

thinkin about what strains would best be suited for medical guerrilla growing in Washington..
Is it totally necessary to use ruderalis crosses to be able to finish in time? or would a hearty Dutch strain rally to finish?
Does anyone have any positive experiences with 100% Outdoor growing in the Great Pacific Northwest?

I do not know if Northwest is close to Michigan in climate, but Northern Lights is supposed to be really hardy.

i have grown it myself under lights but not 100% outdoor. i found it to be hardy but im looking for something that has been tried and proven to be successful. have you had experience with it?

Northern Lights is actually native to the Pacific Northwest. It was created specifically for this region and climate. I recommend it

i am aware of this. however i have talked to a few local growers who have said strains like that usually end up making buds that are best just turned into hash when grown 100% outdoor. do you have experience growing outdoor in WA? any experiences actually finishing a crop like NL outside?

I have not personally had an outdoor grow yet, though I have a buddy who had a decent turn out with it. They finish around September, so the weather still hasn't gotten cold or super rainy yet. But we have the La Nina winds this year, so who knows what kind of season we'll have in the PNW. I hope this helps. http://www.nirvanashop.com/us/outdoor-marijuana-seeds/wonder-woman-feminized-5-seeds-173.html <-- This is also a good one for our climate. It has a lower flower time for our seasons here

Strains that are proven to do well in outdoors here in the Netherlands are the Danish strains (Danish Passion, Early Dane, Lebanon27, Royal Dane etc,etc).
These strains are grown for years in Denmark(and the netherlands for the last couple of years).If they can do well in Denmark i'm sure they will do well in WA. Try looking here http://www.topseeds.dk/shop/index.php

cool thanks for the ideas. im trying out some avalanche from seed and some F1 Blueberry (M) x Avalanche (F) seeds i created. I feel like there must not be too many outdoor farmers in the Pacific Northwest.. there has gotta be some success stories out there.

brother unless you have a greenhouse and can use supplemental lighting in most parts of washington and northern oregon outdoor buds are what I call "hash materials" due the the PNW's incredibly high humidity during certain parts of the year due to the massive rainfall and just all around lack of good extended sunlight that more southern states use such as california, holy crap those mendecino growers can make some nice colas! But in the PNW unless you have a ruderalis and can expose the sucker so it gets as much sun as possible during the brightest point of the year or have a greenhouse outdoor in the pnw is best suited for hashish, in my humble opinion. Some years are better than others though. But whatever you go for make SURE it is resistant to molds. Mold/mildew is an incredibly common outdoor issue in the PNW. Last year just from the patients I know of there was approximately 20-25 lb's of cannabis lost last year when all their outdoor grow sites got mold and had to be early harvested to get something before the mold got the rest of them (have a lot of info about medical cannabis and mold but the basic's are "NO!" any medical patient under your care should NEVER be exposed to a molded product and especially not given any to consume. Many medical patients have very complicated lung conditions and or mold allergy's) a hard fog hit last year with a strange cold snap and a hard rain to follow with a few days of warm weather perfectly warm enough for mold to propogate like it was incubated! It was horrible... so many patients I know had struggles last year because it can be difficult to grow medicinal grade outdoor's in the pnw without a greenhouse.

Also if you are in the "middle" of licensing and don't have any legal reason to be growing (I grow medicine I keep a mindset that everyone else here is too if not well just don't tell me that please.) I would then reccomend a ruderalis for a BIG reason. Do you know how many MILLION's they spend on choppers and such to find your crop each year in washington and oregon? way too much my god the taxpayer's should rise in arms with outrage. And with gadhafi making fuel for chopper's even more expensive I fear what the state costs will be for them this year. Damn tangent's all stoned...

Sorry for the tangent and off subject banter but hope the meat of the points helped ya, and everything I say is merely my opinion you could get lucky

cool ya i have a card and thanks for the knowledge. im not too worried about choppers lookin for my crops because they are gonna be amongst trees but you make a good point about the mold. maybe a more appropriate way to grow would be veg outside in pots instead of straight planting into earth, and then finish indoor under lights.

I just think there has gotta be someone out there who knows whats up and has bred a strain for PNW. im definately working on it but did all the serious outdoor farmers just move south to cali? i think i just need some ruderalis genetics to add to the mix

I'm reposting this reply from another thread.

is the iranian ruderalis mold resistant?

lowryder11 said:

is the iranian ruderalis mold resistant?

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it's not a ruderalis, it just a flowers with a very long day length, a mutation I would assume.
there's no mention of it being so, and I doubt it would be coming from a desert country. It finishes in the summer when mold isn't a problem, least not in the Vancouver area.

so these AUTO iranians are not ruderalis but shouldfinish before it gets too rainy? what is the average seed to harvest outdoor time?? i just feel like as you said, because it is from iran, it might be hard to justify planting it here in the PNW. im like just below canadian border (Bham) where it rains often to say the least.

maybe cross the iranian genetics with a NL or avalanche or something Dutch to hopefully create fast flowering weather tolerant WA strain.

PNW weather reminds me of scotland where I come from. rain rain rain rain rain.

Wow that strains looks interesting, thanks for finding it!

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so these AUTO iranians are not ruderalis but should finish before it gets too rainy? what is the average seed to harvest outdoor time??.

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90 days, earliest harvest listed would be June.

hey check out some strains from a little farther north, bcbuddepot.com
the outdoor varieties all finish fairly early, the seeds are pricy but the genetics are worth it.
i have had experience with timewarp strains, they grow very well outdoors in a wet climate and short growing season,.
also , we had several local clones last year that turned out well, the strains were early girl, blueberry, and "seawarp" which is a texada timewarp strain climatized to grow well at sea level.
this year i am trying AntiMoldSystem, from greenhouse seed co.
goodluck to you, hope that helps

http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/green-house-sativa-mix-feminized/prod_756.html

great haze variety, always a stoner!

Go with Qrazytrain by TGAgenetics.com. It is mold resistant and subcool himself quoted this strain as perfect for the NW. Also go with trainwreck, northern berry (NLx blueberry). Less finicky and more bushy than the NL family. Also try some 8 week hazes. EX. Jack the Ripper by TGA. This is known to be the best yielding and tasting haze and is early mid sept. Cant go wrong with good genetics. If your a cardholder go to Tacomacross, they carry these exotic strains. Only TGA supplier in WA.