gobigorstayhome
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Okay. I'm posting a similar query on all the most popular pot forums, and I'll see if I can't make this one shorter - but no promises. Third time at the plate, and I haven't managed a truly short one yet. Can't help it...I'm a windbag. 
I live in coastal eastern Canada, between a 5b and a 6a horticultural zone. Give or take a week, first of June is the planting time here, and September 1st to 15th is about the ideal harvesting time. September gets colder, days warm up slower, and humidity lingers in the air. Mold becomes an issue during that time range, and worsens after that date, though cropping into October is an option. I've seen one particular strain harvested in November, but whatever it was (the seed came out of purchased pot), it was the toughest plant I've ever come across - not to mention one of the most potent, and possibly the biggest producer, as well...and unfortunately, it's gone.
Back to it. I grow in a swamp, so humidity is an especial issue for me. I don't fuck with plants that require you to hold their hand, which is in line with the reason I grow in a swamp: I never ever have to water. Fert-sensitive strains, finicky strains, ones that can't handle it if their soil gets over-wet, etc., are strains I have no time for. I like to check my plants about once a week, until it gets a bit into flowering, then a bit more often, weather depending, pull off dying leaves when I'm there, fertilize 2-3 times after the initial transplant fertilization, and that's about it. But though I'm not going to get into specifics as far as what I do goes, to save you reading a bunch more, I'll letcha know that I know what I'm doing. Despite my hands-off approach, I'm used to pulling in close to - or more than - a pound off of transplanted 4' mothers, and I'm used to 200-300g or more off transplanted clones that were vegged for two weeks after rooting. I've been doing this for awhile, and I don't mess around with anything that doesn't fall into that range, roughly - I know I don't have to. I'm almost 40, and have been smoking since I was 15. When I was young, I hung with people who were around my age now - old-schoolers who either grew, or knew what they were doing. My point is that I know what good weed is - I've smoked some shit that would seriously blow your mind (it blew mine!) and the reason I'm telling you that is to let you know that I am in no way shape or form an inexperienced noob.
All that being said, what I'm looking for here is some recommendations - from your own personal experience! - for strains that you can say with 100% certainty will finish in my area by the middle of September or so - but preferably earlier than that - that produce real quality in the amounts I'm used to being produced. I have standbys, and I know of some retailed strains that accomplish here, but I'm looking for some new blood. Please - and I mean this in the kindest possible light - don't waste my time with 'I heards,' 'this strain's got a good reputations,' or 'try this breeder' kinda shit. That stuff already takes up way too much space on the forums, and though I wasted most of a day sifting through that kinda garbage, only to follow up numerous leads that ended with contradictory reports and unreliable information, I should have realized in the first 15 minutes that that's all it would amount to, because it was apparent even then. I've taken the time to speak on my experience so as to avoid amateur and noob information - it's of no use to me. Again, I don't mean to offend; I'm just trying to save everyone's time, and hopefully create a thread that will be useful and uncluttered for when someone else is seeking the same information I am.
What I'm looking for: yield, potency, a bit about what you put in as far as efforts, and what kinda medium, and how much of it your plants had, and when it will finish by where I am - and I'd like to hear it from people who know what they're talking about, generally, and from their own personal experience. If you've got a stereotypical sativa property strain that fits the bill - i.e. an 'up' high, no lethargic body stone or narcotic kinda effect, no paranoia, and maybe a bit on the psychedelic side (not necessarily required), I'd especially like to hear about it. I've learned that the sativa stereotype is like every other stereotype - it's not a rule without exceptions; I've smoked near-pure indicas that had that kinda buzz, and near pure sativas that laid you out - so I don't really care which the strain happens to be, but I'm partial to the cerebral, mild/no body stone buzzes, myself, and I'd like to find one or two to put out just for me. But what I'm mainly looking for is some new blood for the cash crop, and of some strains that will guarantee that experienced smokers will not be straying around to other providers. Ideally, something truly exceptional, but I want 'very good,' at a minimum - and lots of it.
Sorry I didn't manage to make this short...I knew I wouldn't, anyway - and thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers.
I live in coastal eastern Canada, between a 5b and a 6a horticultural zone. Give or take a week, first of June is the planting time here, and September 1st to 15th is about the ideal harvesting time. September gets colder, days warm up slower, and humidity lingers in the air. Mold becomes an issue during that time range, and worsens after that date, though cropping into October is an option. I've seen one particular strain harvested in November, but whatever it was (the seed came out of purchased pot), it was the toughest plant I've ever come across - not to mention one of the most potent, and possibly the biggest producer, as well...and unfortunately, it's gone.
Back to it. I grow in a swamp, so humidity is an especial issue for me. I don't fuck with plants that require you to hold their hand, which is in line with the reason I grow in a swamp: I never ever have to water. Fert-sensitive strains, finicky strains, ones that can't handle it if their soil gets over-wet, etc., are strains I have no time for. I like to check my plants about once a week, until it gets a bit into flowering, then a bit more often, weather depending, pull off dying leaves when I'm there, fertilize 2-3 times after the initial transplant fertilization, and that's about it. But though I'm not going to get into specifics as far as what I do goes, to save you reading a bunch more, I'll letcha know that I know what I'm doing. Despite my hands-off approach, I'm used to pulling in close to - or more than - a pound off of transplanted 4' mothers, and I'm used to 200-300g or more off transplanted clones that were vegged for two weeks after rooting. I've been doing this for awhile, and I don't mess around with anything that doesn't fall into that range, roughly - I know I don't have to. I'm almost 40, and have been smoking since I was 15. When I was young, I hung with people who were around my age now - old-schoolers who either grew, or knew what they were doing. My point is that I know what good weed is - I've smoked some shit that would seriously blow your mind (it blew mine!) and the reason I'm telling you that is to let you know that I am in no way shape or form an inexperienced noob.
All that being said, what I'm looking for here is some recommendations - from your own personal experience! - for strains that you can say with 100% certainty will finish in my area by the middle of September or so - but preferably earlier than that - that produce real quality in the amounts I'm used to being produced. I have standbys, and I know of some retailed strains that accomplish here, but I'm looking for some new blood. Please - and I mean this in the kindest possible light - don't waste my time with 'I heards,' 'this strain's got a good reputations,' or 'try this breeder' kinda shit. That stuff already takes up way too much space on the forums, and though I wasted most of a day sifting through that kinda garbage, only to follow up numerous leads that ended with contradictory reports and unreliable information, I should have realized in the first 15 minutes that that's all it would amount to, because it was apparent even then. I've taken the time to speak on my experience so as to avoid amateur and noob information - it's of no use to me. Again, I don't mean to offend; I'm just trying to save everyone's time, and hopefully create a thread that will be useful and uncluttered for when someone else is seeking the same information I am.
What I'm looking for: yield, potency, a bit about what you put in as far as efforts, and what kinda medium, and how much of it your plants had, and when it will finish by where I am - and I'd like to hear it from people who know what they're talking about, generally, and from their own personal experience. If you've got a stereotypical sativa property strain that fits the bill - i.e. an 'up' high, no lethargic body stone or narcotic kinda effect, no paranoia, and maybe a bit on the psychedelic side (not necessarily required), I'd especially like to hear about it. I've learned that the sativa stereotype is like every other stereotype - it's not a rule without exceptions; I've smoked near-pure indicas that had that kinda buzz, and near pure sativas that laid you out - so I don't really care which the strain happens to be, but I'm partial to the cerebral, mild/no body stone buzzes, myself, and I'd like to find one or two to put out just for me. But what I'm mainly looking for is some new blood for the cash crop, and of some strains that will guarantee that experienced smokers will not be straying around to other providers. Ideally, something truly exceptional, but I want 'very good,' at a minimum - and lots of it.
Sorry I didn't manage to make this short...I knew I wouldn't, anyway - and thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers.
