why is indoor so much better

[whatsmells]

So why is the same strain grown indoor so much better than outdoor grown?
Is it just that the lights are more intense for 12 hours??
I was just wondering because I am going to do an outside grow this spring and I would like the same quality as indoor if possible.
Thanks, M.

 

[jesbuds]

Who says it's better? You can control the environment more indoors but I don't think I'd ever use the blanket statement that indoor is always better.

 

[Baron Greenback]

In my experience, the smells and flavours from outdoor grown are much more intense. I would imagine that, given the right climate, there is no reason the potency can't be similar too. It possibly just seem stronger from indoors given the control.

 

[aridbud]

Who says it's better? You can control the environment more indoors but I don't think I'd ever use the blanket statement that indoor is always better.

They both have their benefits. I prefer outdoor (no restrictions on size, let Mother Nature do her thing for harvest), but like a small indoor grow too.

To each their own.

 

[Lochinvar]

get ahold of some good outdoor and you may change your mind

 

[Therealzemi]

If you cant grow top shelf outdoor weed in CA, then where can you?

 

[whatsmells]

Who says it's better? You can control the environment more indoors but I don't think I'd ever use the blanket statement that indoor is always better.

I have never seen outdoor grown go for the same price as indoor grown for the same strain. I have seen multiple tests done on the same strain for indoor and outdoor and the thc contents were always higher on the indoor. There were almost twice the trichomes and the processed bud just looked and smelled better. More bag appeal.

This wasn't meant to start a pissing match between indoor and outdoor growers, After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just asked if there is anything I can do to match the quality of indoor because in my opinion outdoor grown doesn't compare to indoor grown. Thanks, M.

 

[TerpeneDream]

It isn't better.

I think you're just seeing the result of a environment vs. genetics.

It would seem that your outdoor environment is not ideal for the genetics you are growing there.

 

[whatsmells]

It isn't better.

I think you're just seeing the result of a environment vs. genetics.

It would seem that your outdoor environment is not ideal for the genetics you are growing there.

That's a great point. Right now I am growing mainly GG#4 indoors and I know 3 people that just finished an outdoor grow with the clones I gave them. None of the outdoor they grew compares to my indoor. Sure the buds were bigger but less appealing. Are all 3 of them bad growers? They are all good growers with over 50 years experience between the 3. Does GG#4 not like the norcal climate? What strain would be better suited to the local weather. 100+ days for weeks on end?
Thanks again, M.

 

[Bud Green]

Is it just that the lights are more intense for 12 hours??

You will never, even on a cloudy day, have more light intensity indoors...

But good luck to ya! Give that outdoor a try and find out!

 

[stoned-trout]

its not if grown right...a lot of grows don't get full sun and enough love.....yeehaw..some strains are better indoors as that's what they were bred for ....

 

[Redbuddz]

Outdoors will produce better buds BUT outdoors has many pitfalls that we can not control

Keep on Growin Ya'll

Redbuddz

 

[zachrockbadenof]

we have 3k of lights, soon to be 4k indoors... BUT... nothing beats the real sun...outdoors....

 

[Phaeton]

Outdoor is marginally possible in southern Alaska if it is a very dry summer. Where I live, Fairbanks, outdoor growing is difficult to say the least.
My indoor set up was designed with all the latest technology in lighting and plant response. It is complicated with three levels of lights around and over the plants, with differing spectrums in the levels. The imitation of the sun is fairly complete from before sunrise to after sunset, but it still is only imitation.
This produces some very strong marijuana and is considered premium.

My son lives in an ideal marijuana growing location in California. Indoor versus indoor puts mine on top.
The outdoor grown there with idealized local strains of marijuana blows my bud out of the water. I occasionally come close with dialed in strains, but the edge has consistently gone to well grown outdoor marijuana.
I seriously doubt Seattle could outdo my buds, location, location, location.

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

All the Sativa Dom stuff I have grown, with good weather, is better than the indoor version, some indoor tarts in very good seasons can also surpass indoor representations as well, but I think they are more sensitive.

Outdoor bud is obviously very vulnerable to the elements, indoors, in a well cared for environment, you do not have these issues, so consistency is easier.

You also have usually got the compromise of the next crop indoors, whereas Winter means outdoor seasons are not compromised by any need to clear the space, so, Police, Thieves, Rains and Frosts permitting, you can leave od bud longer,to mature more fully and experience different harvest options.

Here is some Kali Mist at the end of October, for security/discretion it was trained out wide, 10ft at this point and one half of the plant had its stem chewed by some bastardo rat upset by my pack of doggies genocidal hunting of their kind. This gave a nice, vaguely scientific experiment re stem fuckery in late harvest Sativa dom that I would have been unlikely to be enjoying indoors, it was also a stronger smoke, possibly due to higher UV levels, better light spectrum and/or higher CBN levels

What the photo does not show so well, is the visibly increased resin on the side with damaged stem and much more browned leaves.

 

[canniwest]

I like indoors I don't like bugs in my budz

 

[EastCoast710]

I have never seen outdoor grown go for the same price as indoor grown for the same strain. I have seen multiple tests done on the same strain for indoor and outdoor and the thc contents were always higher on the indoor. There were almost twice the trichomes and the processed bud just looked and smelled better. More bag appeal.

This wasn't meant to start a pissing match between indoor and outdoor growers, After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just asked if there is anything I can do to match the quality of indoor because in my opinion outdoor grown doesn't compare to indoor grown. Thanks, M.

the smell thing could be.. that these guys running outdoors have huge harvests compared to indoors so they either wet trim and dry to fast.. or some people even dry in too hot of temps or even outside.. which is kinda like ehhh...

but indoors is usually TREATED BETTER..

but iuno man.. my outdoor run 2 years ago.. I sold as indoors with 0 questions asked.. looks identical if you treat it right

 

[thesloppy]

It seems worth noting that a lot of the drug traits we are breeding/growing for are actually caused/increased by stress, and what we've come to identify as a "happy & healthy" looking plant is actually highly stressed. Think of it in terms of body-building, or raising a fighting dog rather than a pet, we're not chasing ultimate health for the plant as much as we're pushing physical limits and creating as much stress as the plant can physically handle, with aggressive feeding and training.

Outdoor growing may actually provide many more of the diverse factors that result in a happy & healthy plant....but a completely happy and healthy marijuana plant isn't necessarily the best for drug purposes, a highly stressed plant is. I imagine that indoor growers can more easily push their plants to their stress limits, whereas outdoor growing may naturally alleviate some of the stresses/stressors we're trying to cultivate, which results in a plant that is technically healthier and happier, but less psychoactive.

 

[prune]

Ya, indoor is totally bogus, the only reason it costs more is the propaganda from the electric companies to keep utility prices stimulated. did you know that High times is owned by GE? Yep, and they publish all that crap about indoor being tops just to support the price of light bulbs and fans! You just have to follow the money, its not hard...

 

[dimebag_]

First off-props to all the outdoor growers-thats where it all started! There's no arguing that the sun is the best source of light. Thats what indoor lights are attempting to mimic, and do a damn good job of it. Thats about the only thing outdoor's got on indoor IMO-the sun.

I've yet to see any outdoor, light dep or anything grown outside be superior to the same strain grown indoors. No comparison. Too many uncontrollable variables. fukn harsh ass shit-

All outdoor is doing is lowering the market value of indoor.-by mass-producing hundreds of lbs. of mediocre shit using popular indoor grown strains, and selling them for dirt cheap, cuz there's so much to handle.

Distributors and dispensaries love it cuz half their clientel just wants to make a buck off the cheap crip. And some of it can fool inexperienced smokers/patients at first glance. They buy it as cheap outdoor, and try to sell it for close to indoor prices.

Good luck flushing outdoor too-wash that dirt…lol

db-