why is indoor so much better

[Hemphrey Bogart]

One thing I've noticed about indoor is that the resin comes out much "cleaner" looking than the outdoor. Meaning I get light grey/off-white bubble from indoors and my outdoor bubble tends to be darker in general. This is from fresh frozen trim/popcorn nugs. Same thing with BHO when I used to make it. The indoor always looked clearer...at least to my eyes.

I grew up smoking outdoor weed and continue to grow outdoors, so I'm a bit biased as far as the flowers are concerned. I find that while plants grown indoors can have superior bag appeal, the high isn't as complex (or as long lasting) as the same plant grown outdoors. Taste and smell is also much more pronounced in properly grown outdoor. Again, this is just my opinion.

As an aside, this whole breeding for "indoor" thing sounds like a crock of shit to me. Cannabis is meant to be grown outdoors and I don't know if any amount of breeding is going to change that. A tanning bed can give you a nice tan, but it's not the same as a day at the beach.

HB.

 

[Mick]

I was gunna mention the outdoor weed having a broader more nuanced high too. Imo, if you grow 2 cuttings of the same plant, one indoors and one outdoors, the indoor one will have a heavier feel that I don't like as much.
Imo you can't beat mother nature. Nothing more beautiful and relaxing than watching a big sativa playing with the wind.

 

[ZIO GREEN]

Other tests/consideration with the same cuts grown indoor and outdoor?

 

[meadowman]

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.

i think you would have to use a greenhouse to try and stabilize the environment.
i prefer outdoor.

 

[Phaeton]

i think you would have to use a greenhouse to try and stabilize the environment.
i prefer outdoor.

That is an answer I can relate to, growing outside while inside a greenhouse. Most all of the bum weather is neutralized, temperature and humidity can be controlled. All the benefits come right through the glass.
Too short a season for full outside growing in central Alaska, greenhouses tip the balance just enough.

 

[St. Phatty]

If you took a lot of indoor growers and gave them the resources to grow outdoors - or just took the roof off the building

they would probably do better with the sun than with indoor light.

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

One thing I've noticed about indoor is that the resin comes out much "cleaner" looking than the outdoor. Meaning I get light grey/off-white bubble from indoors and my outdoor bubble tends to be darker in general. This is from fresh frozen trim/popcorn nugs. Same thing with BHO when I used to make it. The indoor always looked clearer...at least to my eyes.

I grew up smoking outdoor weed and continue to grow outdoors, so I'm a bit biased as far as the flowers are concerned. I find that while plants grown indoors can have superior bag appeal, the high isn't as complex (or as long lasting) as the same plant grown outdoors. Taste and smell is also much more pronounced in properly grown outdoor. Again, this is just my opinion.

As an aside, this whole breeding for "indoor" thing sounds like a crock of shit to me. Cannabis is meant to be grown outdoors and I don't know if any amount of breeding is going to change that. A tanning bed can give you a nice tan, but it's not the same as a day at the beach.

HB.

I don't agree with the last paragraph really, I do believe that plants adapt to their environment, zero actual proof, but I have seen a lot of plants that are indoor winners fail miserably outdoors and I suspect that it is partly the heritage. Some appear to simply produce the kind of flowers that rot at the first sniff of 60%+RH, others surprise you by laughing it off, Bubba and OG outdoors have produced fat buds for me that I fully expected to be rotten to the core, yet lost nothing and even got ignored by bugs eating sweeter tasting stuff, Exodus Cheese, g13xHP (prisoner of War, baseman) I am looking at you...

I have grown several different clones indoors many times, quality bud, but a well grown outdoor crop has clearly surpassed all our indoor versions. Once in London, in the worst season ever, solid rains from Sept 01, a friend dumped some spare clones over his garden fence in a neighbours overgrown jungle (idiot, but he got away with it...) The resulting weed was clearly a level up from any indoor crop we had ever done of it. Same thing happened when I arrived here, with other clones

 

[thesloppy]

I think it's worth considering wine grapes in regards to growing cannabis.....if growing wine grapes could be done even semi-effectively indoors and hydroponically it would be done by now, and you'd have great wine varieties that used to be dictated by region growing in warehouses the world over. However, those same grapes will also fail outdoors if there is the slightest change in region/environment, even under the most optimum conditions the gardener can provide.

To my mind it seems like it's easier to provide and manage an acceptable (but not optimum) environment in the indoors that will be relatively consistent for every user, whereas outdoor growing may offer a better chance to reach the full extent of a plant's potential, but getting a plant to it's absolute peak outdoors also likely requires some environmental factors which are out of grower's control, and may vary from strain to strain. Consequently, if you're in a region that is questionable for cannabis growing then all of the outdoor is going to be realatviely subpar, no matter the genetics, who's growing it or whatever method they're using.

 

[ganjygav]

Here in dull and damp UK it's really hard to get nice tight buds outdoors,that's if it don't go mouldy before finishing.
For the past 2 summers I've grown plants outdoor. Last Sumner I even forced it during the peak of UK summertime and it still wasn't that good.

 

[thesloppy]

Here in dull and damp UK it's really hard to get nice tight buds outdoors,that's if it don't go mouldy before finishing.
For the past 2 summers I've grown plants outdoor. Last Sumner I even forced it during the peak of UK summertime and it still wasn't that good.

Yeah, depending on where people are in the world there might be no cannabis that grows particularly well in the outdoor environment, and you're always going to see mediocre product, then on the fringe climates you might have a few select strains that are able to grow well under a good gardener, and in very suitable climates even an intermediate gardner might be able to grow some great outdoor weed.

Similar conditions give indoor weed relatively similar results the world over, but "outdoor" in global terms (or even a large country like the USA) can present so many possible conditions that it's always going to be subjective, and at least somewhat dependant on where your version of the outdoors are located.

 

[ganjygav]

I 100% agree, last summer my region of the UK struggled to get 7 straight days of Sun. It's been like this for the past 2 years. I'm hoping this summer is a belter.

 

[Easy7]

Outdoor bud simply gets more weather. The buds look weathered but the UV level is great for resin/potency.

Mastering indoor and outdoor, the best of both. Your going to yield more outdoor or you didn't work very hard.

What looks pretty isn't always a good full bodied smoke. Outdoor is cheap to produce, indoor is expensive just to start.

Greenhouses are good for protecting plants from rain. But a greenhouse will block some UV. Rain is very hard on the exterior trichs.

 

[Fly by Night]

While outdoors brings a hefty yield and complex bouquet, indo holds the bag appeal of more defined bud structure without excessive larf. The strict 12/12 light schedule separates the nug from the leaf, and seems the gradual declining daylight outside lends itself to a leafy flower combo

If able I'd use the entire outdoor run for concentrates whew

Let the good ones shine homies, in peace

 

[stoned-trout]

i do both and always will..greenhouse,inside ,and a few in direct sunlight that are portable..now wheres that damn shopping cart????..yeehaw

 

[ceausescu]

Indoor might be stronger but quality of the high is better for the outdoor stuff.
If you want similar results to indoor you need light dep and flower the plants when the sun is strongest july and august and you can get indoor like buds.

 

[Easy7]

I don't want strength over quality of high. As I see it quality of high is the 'power'.

It depends on the year. Some years are to dry and the grower can't live up to the requirements of the crop. Some years are too wet and that does a lot of damage.

Cloudy days aren't a lot of good either.

 

[iTarzan]

You will get a severe sunburn on a very cloudy day if you stay in the sun all day thinking clouds will be your sun block.

 

[ceausescu]

It really depends on where you living some people will not be able to get good quality weed if they grow it outdoors.

 

[iTarzan]

location, location, location

You only need normal summers and good soil. You don't need to be equatorial or high altitude though. In fact those type places can have poor soil.

April, May, June, July, August and September grow season with a late frost October can produce some super plants. Especially in some Appalachian states that have fantastic natural soil like Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New York.

The humidity can be a problem. You get huge plants and super high humidity. Mark Twain once said "In the summer I could hear the plants growing in Pennsylvania.".

We are famous for late September and early October heavy rains. Also every outdoor growers worst weather fear... $%$#$% hail. Nothing like coming up on your plot and it looks like Edgar Scissor Hands was there and did some pruning. A successful grow takes luck and experience to complete.

Every few years though conditions can be perfect and big 2-4 pound plants can be grown from seeds planted in April..

 

[Easy7]

I feel bad for those that don't get good sun. We have a lot of sunny days here but from year to year the weather is a crap shoot.

Last year it was too much rain in the spring then a dry spell. With the usual wet fall. Same lat as Humboldt.