[RedDirtWarrior]

I am looking for a landrace strain that thrives in very wet or damp soil. Something like a lowland thai/viet I am guessing? Not sure but I know they are out there.

Could anybody give me an idea of a strain that enjoys a lot of water?

EDIT:

Also, what strains do well in rather dry/well drained soil. I know Satori has a good tolerance for dry soils.
I also heard Oaxacan is from a drier environment as well.

Can anyone confirm this?

[Gelado`]

Yes, the Thai/Viet/Lao should hold their own, or a solid South Indian strain. I grew some Indian sativas through 80 inches of rain in a year and they flourished!

[Mustafunk]

As Gelado said, most strains from wet tropical places can deal with lots of rain and humidity... although I don't think any of them will enjoy very damp soil with low drainage.

[Gelado`]

Good point there, drainage is key! Raised beds or growing in containers that drain freely will do the trick. A little gravel mixed into the soil at the bottom should do the trick. I am currently growing in Smartpots and I think they'd do very well outdoors in areas with heavy rainfall as they dry out much faster and breathe better too.

[idiit]

we're having rain every day here. rainfall levels could set record. i've got a zamal/angola red that's 8' tall and a complete bush. will be huge, very healthy, very vigorous. the burmese is very healthy, good vigor. the manga rosa's are very vigorous this year and love hot humid conditions. the two punto rojo pheno's are doing very well as well. all have excellent soil drainage (garden prep.). it's been almost 100% humidity every day with lots of rain. all of my areas get direct sunlight from 9am until 7pm. surrounding weeds,trees,vines are pruned around the garden as well. i call this "indirect shade". it's really important to remove this as well because it really brightens up the garden even though it is not directly blocking the sun. all area get lots of breeze also. no mold, leaf droop, nor aphids this year. i attribute this to long hours of direct sunlight, removal of indirect shade and plenty of breeze.

it's easy to do too good a job hiding the guerilla grows so much that they don't get adequate sunlight and fresh moving air. my areas are very bright and breezy yet well hidden from ground view. knowing exactly how the sun moves in a curved (elliptical orbit) pattern around your garden is essential. you can have them pretty much hidden from aerial surveillance and still get plenty of lumens to your plants.


trainwreck (not a landrace but might be considered an ibl) also known to love hot humid conditions.

[Dirtboy808]

What he said

[Dirtboy808]

The boxes had dirt with 50% cinder red and black mostly black.
This was last year and it was wet this plant had 80 plus inches dumped on her. I never watered all summer. If it weren't for this plant I would have had a junk summer. Most all I had rotted.
Read JOJO's thread. These plants had very little mold or rot. That is a mud bog next to the box.
I have a blue card so they are in the wide open. Aloha

[burningfire]

nice plant

any plant that'll stretch a bit in flower usually can handle wet weather. Also as others have said, you need air flow, that's the killer right there, even the stretchiest sativas will turn to mush if there's no airflow or if there are other plants in contact with it.

pruning can solve some issues but managing the environment helps as well.

I don't know what kind of growing season you have , if I knew maybe I could make more specific suggestions

[RedDirtWarrior]

Thanks for all the great responses guys!


Does anyone here have experience with guatemala sativas? Particularly ACE'a guatemala.

I was thinking this strain would do well in a wet climate seeing as how guatemala is... well...wet.

Originally Posted by burningfire

nice plant

any plant that'll stretch a bit in flower usually can handle wet weather. Also as others have said, you need air flow, that's the killer right there, even the stretchiest sativas will turn to mush if there's no airflow or if there are other plants in contact with it.

pruning can solve some issues but managing the environment helps as well.

I don't know what kind of growing season you have , if I knew maybe I could make more specific suggestions

I don't worry about mold the trade winds blow it all away here! So its not a problem, what is a problem is finding a strain that will do well in the soil, which is a little on the acid side (5.5-6) and heavy, rich clay.


I remember bodymind once said that Guatemala has vigorous roots, which would be good for a clay medium.

[Dirtboy808]

How much lime you putting in your holes?