[rhage2]

I have researched this and haven't really found an answer, so thought I would post it and maybe someone with more experience than me would be "kind" enough to give me some input.

I am really wanting a break from growing indoor indica strains and would like to grow some outdoor Sativa' here in the Inland Northwest.

I am wondering if I am biting off more than I can chew, or is it possible that I can start some indoors and get them to finish by the middle of October.

Thanks in advance for any comments.

r2

[geneva_sativa]

it can be done if you use light deprivation.

you have got the sun and daytime temps, but evening drops can get tricky.

there are also some sativa leaning hybrids that will be close to finish at 46 or 47 north without light deprivation.

check the Outdoor Strainguide sticky in outdoor section if you haven't yet

[russjcan]

When is your first day of frost? I lived in Spokane and outdoor anything is just about impossible unless you use autoflowering strains.

[rhage2]

Thank you for the replies Geneva_Sativa and Russjcan.

I think after your replies and researching it even more, my best approach is to grow something a little more suited to colder climates, like maybe White Rhino, or Matanuska Thunderfuck. The strain I was really wanting to run - Nanan Bouclou - wouldn't make the cut.

regards,

r2

[TerraPretaGrown]

im outside spokane as well, we can get frost in the middle of Oct, Frost is not an issue its a freeze that will kill plants, inadditon its the rains in Oct, we will get few weeks of rain, everyone panics and cuts plants down bud size is smaller ive harvested outdoor plants at late as Nov 7th, they were frosty with ice crystals. And they put on much more weight, if you can cover them during the rain and frost you can finish them out. I had a outdoor 14 foot tall pure sativa that i learned the hard way, the plant needed 30-40 days more of good sun to finish and this was at the end of Oct. and the weather at the time was very rainy and cloudy. It was too big to get covered. I do now lean toward growing hybrids and indicas outside.

[yortbogey]

i'm in the middle...of state
have finished... outdoors

headband
wifi
gg4
afoogey x Kandahar

so : Yes... sativa leaning hybrids are the way togo....

[ChaosCatalunya]

Well grown Autos and Super Autos are easily as good as most people's regular strains, but you must let them really mature properly

Light Dep, as others have said

Also, indoor clones, run on 18 or 24h, once properly acclimatised to the UV of the Sun, can be put out and usually go into flower, even in 14 and 15h light, so you can use this to trigger outdoor crops early.

ACE/Cannabiogen pure worked Sativas are known to flower 2 weeks quicker from Clone, grow mothers, take all the bottoms as clones, force the mothers, root the shoots in 24h, plant out a carpet that is going to trigger early

Female Seeds Easy Sativa and Mandala No1 IIRC are 2 early finishing Sativas

[thejact55]

Hey terrapreta: the 14' tall sativa- that wasn't a nanda devi by chance was it??

I have grown in the spokane area, I can get a 9-10 week indoor strain to finish outside. Anything beyond that, is risking it. I'm solely landrace oriented, keep my sativas indoors and indica outdoors.

Outdoor last couple years that finished: some of these aren't landrace, obviously
RSC Sinai
RSC Chitrali Kush
RSC lebanese
ACE Paki purple Kush
Seedsman blueberry
Seedsman cheese

I've been toying around with flowering indoors until early September then putting them outside, but then what's the point really, it just indoor bud pretty much by then.

[TerraPretaGrown]

Thejact55, No it was an Afghani Haze, Thats what the bag of seeds said i don't remember who who the breeder was, it really needed at least several more weeks of good warm sunny weather to finish out the budd were all really small and didnt fill out much.

From clones Ive have finished out blueberry outside turned out real nice, i grew 1 chitrail kush too but she needed more time as well. The flowers were the neatest red/ purple color.

You may have issues going from inside to then outside, unless youve already had success but i think the change in light from indoor to the natural sun stunts and shocks the plants too much to do them justice. I tried taking outdoor plants that were flowering in late September and took them inside and they didnt do well at all i should have just kept them outside.

[Jhhnn]

Originally Posted by rhage2

I have researched this and haven't really found an answer, so thought I would post it and maybe someone with more experience than me would be "kind" enough to give me some input.

I am really wanting a break from growing indoor indica strains and would like to grow some outdoor Sativa' here in the Inland Northwest.

I am wondering if I am biting off more than I can chew, or is it possible that I can start some indoors and get them to finish by the middle of October.

Thanks in advance for any comments.

r2

I'd try Alice or Queen Mother from Delicatessen, avail thru Ace & probably some others. There's a little bit of Pakistani way back in the lineage but not much.