Do Landrace Sativa's Need Less Nutrients?

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JudahsSceptre

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• Mar 29, 2019

• #1

I was very curious about this, I've heard a lot of time Landrace Sativa's need a lot less nutrients, nitrogen in particular I'm sure, does anyone have any input or reference to this subject?

I'm planning on growing a few this year and was wondering what kind of nutrient levels I should be custom tailoring into my soil mixture for them.

 

Weird

3rd-Eye Jedi

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• Mar 30, 2019

• #2

depends on how you feed but yes especially late in flower some won't finish if you feed them

 

PDX Dopesmoker

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• Mar 30, 2019

• #3

Indoor or outdoor grow?

 

Lester Beans

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• Mar 30, 2019

• #4

I believe that is an accurate general statement. Of course there are some that are hogs.

Best bet is to use a nice organic soil mix that isn't too hot. You can always add a tea or topdress if they look hungry.

 

Siever

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #5

in my experience: yes they need way less nutrition

 

Lost in a SOG

GrassSnakeGenetics

• Mar 31, 2019

• #6

Landraces definately do need less.. they have adapted back to not being particularly spoilt.

 

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JudahsSceptre

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #7

PDX Dopesmoker said:

Indoor or outdoor grow?

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Both indoor and outdoor.

 

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JudahsSceptre

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #8

Lester Beans said:

I believe that is an accurate general statement. Of course there are some that are hogs.

Best bet is to use a nice organic soil mix that isn't too hot. You can always add a tea or topdress if they look hungry.

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Was thinking the very same. I use coco coir with many different dry nutrients and I figured I can just cut the recipe and play it by appearance with top dressing.

 

Sunshineinabag

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• Mar 31, 2019

• #9

Lester Beans said:

I believe that is an accurate general statement. Of course there are some that are hogs.

Best bet is to use a nice organic soil mix that isn't too hot. You can always add a tea or topdress if they look hungry.

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I think EVERY cultivar should be approached with this mindset!

 

Weird

3rd-Eye Jedi

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• Apr 1, 2019

• #10

it is more than one cue get a sativa that doesn't want to finish to actually finish and these cues are relative to methodology and environment


personally I find temps matter as well

 

Carraxe

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• Apr 1, 2019

• #11

I've grown some landraces in coco and I found that half strength feeding worked very well.



Cheers

 

weedtoker

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• Apr 1, 2019

• #12

As many have told, generally speaking yes. Landraces/heirlooms are many times subjected to minimal treatment and are adapted to some extent to the place where they exist/are maintained. (ex: little organic matter, or little rainfall during growing season)

Also, and as @Weird as stated, and this is often overlooked, it's not only about that specific route/cue. Said lines are much more "plastic" to any change in the environment, so understanding their origins and observing differences, will allow you with patience and a bit of testing to adapt the conditions better and/or to elicit better expression of genepool you're aiming to work with... Even in the same family you can/should find extreme traits (like one plan can drink/eat a lot, the other not, or pest resistance, etc), so a singular recipe will probably fall short of the desired outcome.

I'm defo not an authority, and the picture is probably way bigger (meaning more things will paint the total canvas), but these influence a plant, from experience, (even a poly-hybrid, just differently). Spend the time and you will see for yourself:

-Type of planting as in total depth, size and type of container, aeration of growing media and it's field capacity, as all the components composing the media, be it the base (ex: coco vs peat) as much as the amendments, soil conditioners, can change things tremendously. "Micro" life is also of big consideration. If you take an affie from the mountains and put her in sterile peat, expect her to show her "true" colors?

- Type of light, as in intensity, quality of information/spectrum, duration of critical nighttime period.

-Humidity and temperature (both for minimum, maximum, average)

- YOU

Cheers

 

Rodehazrd

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• Apr 22, 2019

• #13

I tried Bodhi Oaxacan Zipolite in mineralized pro mix. fed too heavy with fish hydorlysate
Bitches went 26 weeks, never saw a brown trich, smoked like rabbit tobacco. I'm back to my Bangi tlll I get more skills. I did not have good temp control and used some cheap led's for flowering. I'm back with the 1k hps now running some sativa polyhybrids. When the stash builds up again I want to try the acapulco.

 

troutman

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• Apr 22, 2019

• #14

It's safer to use less nutrients than risk burning them.

 

PDX Dopesmoker

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• Apr 23, 2019

• #15

JudahsSceptre said:

Both indoor and outdoor.

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My impression about growing outdoor late in the season with cold weather and cold soil is that feeding isn't really all that possible unless you make an effort to warm up the soil somehow.

 

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damien50

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• Apr 26, 2019

• #16

I'm growing 6 x Ace Malawi x Panama Fem and only feeding 700ppms in coco in their third week of flowering

 

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rolandomota

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• Apr 26, 2019

• #17

So if you feed half strength but flower twice as long or even three times then it's the same or more nutrition therough the lifecycle