Indica in the Tropics

[SparcOne1]

Hi, does anyone have experience growing out doors in the tropics? Am I wasting my time with Indica dominant hybrids? Apart from good ventilation like adding fans during the last half of the flowering period is there any tips/tricks to avoiding bud rot? Outdoor methods only please, thanks in advance

 

[Jammal]

You'll want to stick to very tolerant hybrids...but they'll work great like an auto almost, will finish in about 90-100 days....should be lit..

White widow

 

[troutman]

Outdoors, in your location Indica dominant hybrids will start flowering right away and stay smaller than usual I bet.
If the weather allows it, why not grow something more exotic like a Sativa dominant hybrid instead for more buds.

Try a few of both types to find out for yourself.

 

[Donald Mallard]

Its doable ,
but generally only during the dry season ,
and at the end of the monsoon ,
might pay to do sativa dominant rather than indica dom varieties as troutman has said already ...

 

[troutman]

^^^ Glad to see you around.

Feed that pups for me.

 

[SparcOne1]

Thanks for the replies! I’m growing mostly Sativa dominant strains Tangie, Bannana Split.. and they get an extra 6hrs of added LED light through the veg stage so early flowering is not an issue but I have one Indica that I was tempted to flip soon but I think I’ll wait as we are going in to the 2 wettest months of the year. I’m a long time grower but rookie in the tropics but one thing I love so far is because outdoors is basically a 12/12 light cycle all year round you can flip your plants whenever you like which equals multiple harvests through out the year. The method I’m experiencing with now is veging until they are around 2ft then letting them flower, I should be able to get at least 4 harvests a year this way

 

[Booyah!]

Duckfoot from Hawaii is a pure Afghan adapted to tropical conditions. There's a breeder on IG that is working the line.

 

[Bud Green]

No disrespect intended, but why on earth would you want to grow Indicas in the tropics, when you could grow some mind soaring Sativas with ease?

 

[SparcOne1]

I grow mostly Sativa but I like variety, Sativa after breakfast and Indica after dinner is my thing

 

[kamyo]

Yeah, indicas in rainy season are tough do do and they don't get very big. But indicas are fun to play around with outdoors in the tropics. Sativas are easier and we should take advantage of our ability to let them reach their potential. But there's something fun about harvesting little indicas in March. Like others have said, you won't get much, but if you're already vegging with the supplemental lighting, you could probably get some decent results, assuming the weather cooperates.

 

[wh1p3dm34t]

keep some mothers under 18 hours of lights and make a clonearmy to flower in sog style perpetually

 

[SparcOne1]

That’s my method mate, so far I’ve got Tangie, Banana Split, Strawberry Shortcake, Lemon Bush and Kehlani Kush in Mother’s. The set up here in the tropics is pretty fun to be able to basically have something in flower and harvest(excluding the 2 wettest months of year) all year round. I’m thinking of going for 5 harvests next year

 

[Donald Mallard]

No disrespect intended, but why on earth would you want to grow Indicas in the tropics, when you could grow some mind soaring Sativas with ease?

you can only have one grow of pure sativa per season , even in the tropics ,
so in the meantime one might as well take advantage of the climate and day lengths ...

 

[therevverend]

Hoop houses are critical in most of the tropics, humidity is usually much too high not to have one. Although there are quite a few dry zones. If it's an Indica dominate hybrid it might be possible to breed around the tendency to Auto-flower.

My friends who moved to the islands said they had to 'reverse engineer' their strains from what they were accustomed to on the mainland. Instead of selecting for faster flowering they selected for longer flowering, selecting for less dense flowers and longer stems. Cannabis genetics are very plastic, within a few generations with careful selection you could breed a 100% Indica strain into a tropical one. At least that's what they did. All these years later I'm still pissed I didn't get some of their seeds.

If you can arrange some sort of supplemental lighting, maybe solar powered? It doesn't have to be very bright, just enough to keep the plants vegging.