^ya that is a good idea too i think.
I've noticed the quality improvement as well. HPS has no place in my garden, I wish more local growers would switch to MH, I'm sick of smoking the rock hard buds that don't get me high.
ThiaBliss well I'll say that Sativas and Cool temps are not relative..Sub tropicals that grow all season long or in a endless summer enviro doesnt grow the same as Northern climate varieties..Your plants are in Your room acclimating to Your way..not Theirs..cool temps for a Sativa is slow growth and or hibernation...Maybe your Sativas are more mixed then you think tho..
Over all your growing will change their expression as well...grow with them...
Im lovin the Duel mix myself...Im doin a 1k dual and a 1k super blue MH...workin just fine and makin those grenades as they say...
FOE20
question for the guys running about 20 lights or more.. is it just me or do these dudes run there lights extremely high? like ive seen some sick grows .. and they had some outdoor loookin trees.. with the lights soo high above the plants that it looks like it would not work half as good.. but they end up hittin great numbers?
FOE20,
Sounds like we agree on a lot. We are both mixing HPS and MH, we probably are both growing mixed sativa indica hybrids (most, but not all for me), and we agree that cool temperatures slow down growth. I have found that, for me and my strains, around 80-85 degrees is optimal for fast growth, unless you are using CO2 enrichment. What I am implying is that fast growth does not necessarily translate to best quality smoke. I have found the opposite with regards to high temperature, and what I consider over use of fertilizer or overly nutrient rich soils. You may have thought the use of MH in flowering is a poke in the eye to accepted common knowledge, I'm poking at the second and third eyes!
I have been to a few tropical places that are considered sources of excellent quality weed. You would be surprised at the temperatures in the highlands of Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Columbia. I have it on good word that when Panama Red was most popular, large amounts were grown in Costa Rica, next door to Panama. If you were around in the day, the quality of some Colombian and Hawaiian would be self evident. In the coffee growing regions, the temperatures are often a steady 70 to 80 degrees year round. The higher elevations are even cooler.
I have found a raw coffee bean in a bag Colombian once when I was a kid. Rip Off! But, very interesting. You should check out a cat named Red Rider and his Colombian Landrace thread. It is down right cold were he has grown some great Colombian bud. He has pictures that are a trip down memory lane for me. He also thinks the more cerebral, trippy, and clear smoke is grown in the highlands. I guess it all depends on what you consider good quality/potency. I'd venture to say that most traditionally grown, pre 1980 when large amounts of homegrown indoor U.S. weed started to dominate the market, sativa weed was grown in the higher, drier, and cooler regions of the tropics. Even farther north in Afgahnistan, there are lots of strains from the mountain valleys where it is cold, clear, and dry.
I say "Peace", while I try to upset the cart, and get people to think out of the current box! Love that this thread is doing so also.
ThaiBliss
There was a book out on the best strains around the world 10-12 years ago that mentioned a guy smoked a few joints with him after coming out of the bush in the Hawaii islands somewhere. Said it was the best he had and grew behind a waterfall. Natural RDWC.I have said it before and I will say it again. Hawaiian out door grown weed is the best I have ever had.