Northern Seeds, Southern Climates

I live in a region with adundant sun, dry air, and no chance of frost. How well will it work if I take on-line order seeds intended for more northern climates and grow them here outdoors ("indoor" or outdoor "seeds")? Will they appreciate the improved conditions and thrive? Will they get fried by too much sun? Would "indoor" strains with genetics stemming from dry places like afghnistan actually work better here? Any thoughts or experiences would be welcome.

 

Seeds intended for growing outdoors 'up north' will just grow bigger and better and flower earlier 'down south'. So no worries there.

If you live in a place with very intense sunshine then the heat and dryness CAN be a problem, but only in VERY hot places usually. I know a guy in Australia who has problems sometimes trying to stop his plants dying in the heat, but like i said he's in a VERY hot place.

 

actually, heat tends to be a problem here. What types of strains are heat resistant (sativa/indica)?

 

Tropical Sativas (Thai, vietnamese, columbian, nigerian ect) come to mind, and there's loads to choose from; but where to buy from is your main consideration. I think you could grow any type of plant with some care though (plenty of water and some shade for the hottest parts of the day ...perhaps growing under trees).
I've sent a PM to my Australian friend to ask how he copes with the heat... i'll see what he suggests and get back here in a day or two.

If you don't mind me asking ... what country or latitude are you at?

 

better not to get into too many details over the web, but the day/night schedule varies from 13/11 summer, 11/13 winter. have tried local bag seeds with moderate success. I'm actually worried about using sunlight for vegetative growth, because they might go into flowering. hmmmmm.
Any thoughts might help.

 

The term "northern" for seeds, is usually for flowering times. Up here the first frost comes in pretty quick and usually is the kiss of death. They are normally a indica/sativa mix leaning towards indica. The more sativa the longer they take to ripen (up to a month longer). In order to beat the police some southern growers will use them to harvest early as the cops know when the harvests are due and that is when the growers are most likely to be in the field to harvest.

Can't help with the light situation You can always start indoors and move them out later.

 

Well my Australian friend got back to me at last ... I'll just paste what he said:

"Simply put mate... the strains which cope BEST in extreme heat are those whose offspring/seeds have spent at least the last 2 generations growing in extreme heat outdoors themsleves.

To acclimatise a strain into this it best to start the seeds early in the season when the heat is NOT so intense and let them slowly adapt as it heats up. If it is HOT all the time, then one MUST start them off in pots in a spot that gets only a few (2-3hours) of direct Sun in the morning or evening when it is not as intense as it is midday. Once the sedling ahs become an established small plant with many nodes and a thick-ish trunk (about 6weeks good vegging), then start slowly introducing it into more and more light incrementally till it is ok all by itself in direct light all day.

I've found that even though Indicas were not grown under Tropical like environments that they can still handle them well if they are steadily introduced to them till NEW seed has been got fo already tempered mums."

So there ya go.- Start them early and get them acclimatised.

 

Hey hey! Thanks for that!

As I learned with my veggies if you are going to use containers outdoors use big (5 gallon+) ones. To minimize the heat and quick drying the sun can do to the soil while baking the pot.

 

Actually my friend sent me another PM because, of course we don't all have seeds acclimatised to our region. He suggests these strains though ... he's obviously grown them and rates them in his hot climate:

1/ AK47 (Serious's)
2/ SuperSkunk (SensiSeeds)
3/ Skunk#1 (sat dom version, not indica Dom version like Sensi's - TFD SKunk1# or SamSkunkman's Sk#1 are best)