how to grow in the tropical regions discussion ..

[Guest]

Hey welcome jiva!!!

Cool info,you know folks i am in the prossess
of breeding a VERY LONG sativa with some skunk#1
and a PINE#5 i have witch should be great in the tropics!!
WALLY ill get ya some seeds when im done to try down under
10 month sativa with oldschool taste a long duration high!!!!!!!
Good thread, keep it going......oh im testing Thai too......

 

[guest123]

seems to be the key for the local growers lou ,, give some of the shorter flowering strains a bit of legs ...
im doing a similar thing here too at the moment , pineapple is in the line up too , just seems perfect in the tropics ,, hehe ...

 

[guest123]

Wally, Yes unquestionably the 6 extra hours made the difference with the indicas, and it was made very cheaply by two fluorecent tubes...

By the way this year here in the Central American region is going to be of great anomaly due to the La Niña weather pattern phase. It meas that we are going to have the transition to rainy season approximately 1-1.5 months before usual, starting in the first weeks of April.

I only hope to get my ladies harvested before 15.4...

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TAT TVAM ASI

ahhh yes we get the opposite to u guys with that weather pattern from memory , be interesting to see how it varys between here and there ,, an idea to keep a bit of track between us i think ...

 

[Latitude18]

Nothing beats the Tropics

Nothing beats the Tropics

I also live in the south , about 1000ft up on a island with a heavy sea breeze. Waiting for a dry part of the year is always important, we have one part that it'll rain everyday for two weeks.

I've had some mix'd results , alot of time make'n me chop early.
the latest in my setbacks is my outdoor spot has been discover'd. At the time it was empty waiting for the dry season to come. I leave a few tools at the site for easy use , and one day on my return , found that the tools had been taken. Red Alert !! I always try to leave something at the spot, if someone comes they usually take it and leave a clue that they've been there. Even if it's just a dollar or a few coins on the ground. I have abandon that spot and found a new spot deeper and more remote , but being that , it's hard to get to.

But when I am out there grow'n , I veg indoor mostly , always looking for good strains to put outside. My most resent selection , yet to come , is GN's Thai Stick landrace , I'm hope'n will be a sweet outdoor plant for here.

Thanks for the heads up on the thread Wally , I have a few duck seeds that i have to give a shot outside this year

 

[guest123]

hey lat good to see another tropical grower here ..

nice to see u do as i taking advantage of the dry season , are your hours the same as mine ?? (shortest just over 11 and longest just over 13) and what kind of results are u getting ?? be good to hear about when u plant and harvest and what works best for u ...
i imagine u could do better than i do with the lower altitude , wouldnt get very chilly at night in the dry seasons??
shame about the patch being found ,, hope u are able to find another better one and turn bad luck into good ...

be nice to see how that thai stick seeds turn out where u are , more comfortable for the plants id say and should perform more like they would at their home ...

 

[guest123]

it seems so far the best results we are getting in the tropics is from seeds we make to suit ,,
ie hybrids of the local sativas and the shorter flowering strains from the northern hemisphere .. and growing them during the dryer months when the weather is very predictable ,, sunshine every day and no rain ,, hehehe
or growing the local sativas during the wet months and taking chances with mould and foul weather ..
we get cyclones where i live ,, often every year , and boy they can make a mess of a few months work in a very short time ...
any of u guys suffer similarly ??

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

you know guys, when flowering during the dry seasons in tropical areas, you need to water a lot; that is a drawback for gorila growers; specially when plants are far away.
the best results I have had was when I was able to grow in my backyard, I could water everyday... now with plants far away the soil mixes smust change to hold more water, but in turn this makes for denser soils, a drawback for root formation...

all these complications are just because it is illegal though... they all have easy and simple solutions in reality, but we all know when it comes to planting our plant there is really no such thing as easy and simple...

one love

 

[guest123]

too right paz , many streams dry up in the dry season and water is one of the main ingredients of a good dry season grow ... its really the first thing one needs to consider ... storing some from the wet is a good idea , but not always possible ,,
im lucky enough to have a creek at the bottom of my patch .. but how do the rest of the crew in the tropics do it i wonder ... ???

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

hey wally, i was wondering if your solar powered water pump is pumping water uphill from that creek at the bottom of the patch? how many feet up-hill? about how steep is the hill? one of those little things could help me tons when it comes to solving watering needs. how much was it?
thank you,
peace

 

[guest123]

yes it does pump uphill quite well paz , im amazed at the power of them ,, of course the more load u put on them the more power they will use ,, for a small patch they are plenty and will definately feed up a hill quite a long way ...
i think they are just under $400 aud , but u need a solar panel and battery ,, or just a battery u can carry in and out ..

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

that kicks ass wally! thank you, will surely check them out now.

much peace

 

[Latitude18]

watering sucks

watering sucks

Yeah my area is all up hill at leat 45* incline or worse. But i'm going to try a oldtime method of watering in remote areas. Note: I've only seen it done on small plants in veg. But it's cheep and easy , if not free.
Real easy ,, Just drive a stick in the ground and put a overturned plastic bottle on it . The condensation builds up and drips out. Easy as that, it's not going to feed the plants fully but will add some to the soil, and in the tropics anything is better then nothing.

 

[guest123]

yep even a little is enough to keep them alive ..
before i started taking proper advantage of our dry season ,, id just plant in august and not water ,, the plants stayed alive with the night dew ,, but didnt grow until the storms came in october or later ....

 

[guest123]

wow rocky area lat ,, is that granite ??? whats the soil like ??

 

[Tropical]

So, Wally, you can get storms in early spring? Ours don't start until late spring or very early summer.

 

[guest123]

yes tropical ,, though its more late spring ,, if u can call it spring ,, hehehe
due to the altitude it can get quite cold , i think the extreme one year was minus `16 degrees celcius , and its often under zero a few nights during winter ... spring doesnt last long ,, really just a month ,, half of august and september ,, and then its hot hot hot ..
thats what brings the storms i guess ,, it seems to build up over a period getting hotter and hotter till it finally bursts into very heavy rains ,, often a few inches in an hour ...
the storms usually come in late oct , sometimes they are late up to a month , and theres been the rare times when the wet season has failed all together and the rainforest has suffered fires ...
seems that if we didnt get all that rain ,, up to 11 metres a year , there would soon be quite a desert here ...

 

[guest123]

heres a pic of the patch in november and december ... they way i like to see it that time of year ...

 

[Tropical]

That altitude makes a big difference in climate. I'm even farther from the equator than you, but it never gets so cold here. We got near zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) once around fifteen years ago. Our highest afternoon high temperture of the year is usually only about 15 degrees Celcius higher than the lowest high of the year. Our coldest afternoon of the year is usually around 20C (68F) and the warmest around 35C (95F).

BTW, your garden looks beautiful.

 

[Latitude18]

Rocks ,,, LOL

Rocks ,,, LOL

Yeah Rocks !

 

[guest123]

That altitude makes a big difference in climate. I'm even farther from the equator than you, but it never gets so cold here. We got near zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) once around fifteen years ago. Our highest afternoon high temperture of the year is usually only about 15 degrees Celcius higher than the lowest high of the year. Our coldest afternoon of the year is usually around 20C (68F) and the warmest around 35C (95F).

BTW, your garden looks beautiful.

yes the altitude makes a big difference , im sure i could do a lot better earlier in the season at a lower altitude where the temps are more constant like where u live lat ....
the temperatures are consistant on the coast and i doubt it ever gets under 10 degrees celcius there ,, 15 seems pretty cold there lol ...
but one advantage we do seem to get ,, the sun is very intense here , skin cancer is rampant ,, and the uvs are extreme , makes for better gunja than they grow on the coast ,, well not that they would agree down there ,, hehehe ...