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Conradino23
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Re: Still Growing - SoCal Hybrids & Mexican & Colombian Sativas Under Sun Natural Sys
A lot of hybrids are produced indoor nowadays, but not all of them. Definitely outdoor bred strains will work outdoor better than something that's been bred indoor, especially for more than two generations. That's why real outdoor growers naturalize many commercial strains by crossing them to already existing ones that have been cultivated with success in their backyards. The same applies to outdoor strains imported from different latitudes and climates, they have to be inbred or cross to local strains to improve production, flowering time and mold immunity. And that's what I'm doing with Ultra Dog.
As far as preparing the soil outdoor is concerned you never do such a thing? Did you ever grow any non 420 crop outdoor? I guess not. But that's all right, it's a learning process like everything else. No sane gardener would dig up their soil that deep. Actually the more you till the more you destroy microbes in it, and the objective is to preserve it, so cannabis planted can use already developed microsystem. This is what's important in LOS gardening, keeping the soil as intact as it's possible, building it over the years, correcting if it's totally out of whack. That's it, man. You do not destroy the only free resource you have,especially that cannabis will grow in almost any type of soil
A lot of hybrids are produced indoor nowadays, but not all of them. Definitely outdoor bred strains will work outdoor better than something that's been bred indoor, especially for more than two generations. That's why real outdoor growers naturalize many commercial strains by crossing them to already existing ones that have been cultivated with success in their backyards. The same applies to outdoor strains imported from different latitudes and climates, they have to be inbred or cross to local strains to improve production, flowering time and mold immunity. And that's what I'm doing with Ultra Dog.
As far as preparing the soil outdoor is concerned you never do such a thing? Did you ever grow any non 420 crop outdoor? I guess not. But that's all right, it's a learning process like everything else. No sane gardener would dig up their soil that deep. Actually the more you till the more you destroy microbes in it, and the objective is to preserve it, so cannabis planted can use already developed microsystem. This is what's important in LOS gardening, keeping the soil as intact as it's possible, building it over the years, correcting if it's totally out of whack. That's it, man. You do not destroy the only free resource you have,especially that cannabis will grow in almost any type of soil
And then they install drips connected to pumps with filters that carry nutes mixed in containers, well sometimes pure water... every day. I wouldn't try that pot even if they offered it for free. But that just shows quick sighted this industry became, how money orientated, and how little sustainable or long term thinking actually there is inside. 
I'm not really against indoor as I think excellency can be achieved everywhere but I prefer outdoor high produced by the full spectrum of sun, wind and natural soil. These days you're gonna have some strains of ridiculous potency like Guerilla Glue #4 or Quantum Kush which get tested at 30% THC or other hoarded clones. Seeds are less predictable cause THC roof varies via genetic profile or pheno expression. Still, even with clones you need these perfect conditions to squeeze out the maximum value, and I'm not talking about potency only. You need great soil, excelent light source, optimal RH and so on. On 420 there are High Brix growers who arrived at buds that were 28,5% THC (they tested them) with strains that are usually quoted around 20-22%, so yeah good soil makes a huge difference. Then properly outdoor grown cannabis will not be less potent, it will be the same, and sometimes it will be more potent, but it will be definitely different. I think some folks who follow this journal and grow both indoor and outdoor could agree. Another thing, mistake that outdoor growers in California are making now is that they still focus on quantity while prices of their pot tumbles down more and more with every year. Yeah I've been following this market. If they started learning and invested more in the process, in testing their soil, in upping their game, in analyzing the results, in checking the possibilities of force-flowered crops, they would be way ahead of indoor growing. I'm not saying there are no growers like that in Cali but they're still a minority. So there's still a lot to do outdoor, and possibilities are endless!!!
