Breeding for Outdoor Aclimatization

[HerbScience]

If I was a better researcher I would've already gleaned plenty of info from the other threads but if you would share any info on your opinion of what the best way to take strains bred for the indoors or other places and develop something that would thrive in my climate and latitude it would be appreciated.

 

[Aquaponicos]

Plant the seeds outside...prolly the sativa phenotypes will do better, but most plants should love Mexico.

 

[sirius haze]

hello herbscience, here is a page of the only serious book about cannabis breeding : Marijuana Botany by Robert C. Clarke, one of the pioneer of cannabis. i strongly advise you to read it if you are serious about breeding. new breeding tools like reversing males or female seeds are not covered but the book gives the base about breeding and much more.

 

[marijuanamat]

all indoor plants can be grown outdoors(not all outdoor plants can be grown indoors tho)in the right environment and by the looks of it your in a perfect place to do that so you should be able to breed anything you like there.

 

[sirius haze]

im not expert but i think with landraces or hybrids, even with a good climate, a line will need to acclimatize, parental selection is still the key, so Clarke figure above and the quotation below from Marijiuana Botany still fit in the situation IMHO.

[...]Crosses made without a clear goal in mind lead to strains that acclimatize while losing many favorable characteristics. A successful breeder is careful not to overlook a characteristic that may prove useful. It is imperative that original imported Cannabis genetics be preserved intact to protect the species from loss of genetic variety through excessive hybridization. A currently unrecognized gene may be responsible for controlling resistance to a pest or disease, and it may only be possible to breed for this gene by backcrossing existing strains to original parental gene pools. [...]

 

[Aquaponicos]

How about this:
Start like 30 seeds sort and clone
Transfer your males outside in the dirt and water them in, be kind
Once they're nice and cozy its time to be brutal and barely water them at all
Let nature and the plants do the tango and let the top three breed with your favorite females
Repeat with the next set of seeds

 

[Sunfire]

I've been doing indoor and outdoor for 9 years now. Light deps as well. Indoor and outdoor traits do not translate well. I've had great indoor plants that were crap outdoor and vice versa. I've also had ones that did great in both situations. The only indoor traits I select for toyou use outdoor are frosty and fast. Although there is a difference between fast flowering and early flowering. Some 7 week indoor strains may not be very photoreactive and not start flowering until later, hence finishing later, in the outdoor environment, and vice versa. Just throw some favorites outside and select the best to breed. It will be slow as there is only one natural outdoor season but you can pull 2 off without pulling any tarps or plastic, 3 if you want to pull tarp in the middle of summer but that's a forced 12/12 and not natural and will not show early or late flowering traits but will however show you which one handle the hot summer environment the best. You can pull a fourth round outside in the winter in a greenhouse but it takes a lot of energy for heat (5 cords of wood in a 20'x40') and there isn't a lot of light so the plants don't do well. This may be different if you are near the equator more but this technique will show you which ones handle the cold and humidity best and are most resistant to mold. But that probably isn't important if your in mexico