im sure its been asked before what strains to use..i had bad results with some strains..last year i used early biddy early girl ..the weather was bad as we remember..but i was hoping on some of ur opinion's on what strain to use for wet colder climete..thanks

hi there turfsire ... yes last year turned some things on their head strain wise and where you are does'nt help .. i have just germed 4 femmed purple power plants that i bought from seedsman .. you can actually buy a pack of four which i thought was cool .. last year when so many of us lost our crop to the weather peeps who grew the purple strains seemed to get good results .. good luck sire ..

Some people are very fast to dismiss them as a 'gimmick' or 'freak' strain, but autoflowering strains such as the LR2 (lowryder 2) or the masterlow may be the ticket for you. Their ruderalis ancestry seems to give them a greater resistance to cold than most strains of cannabis, plus since they have a much shorter life cycle, you can wait a bit longer into the year before planting to avoid flash frosts and the like. I'm not sure how well they yield outside, but assuming they get plenty of light I imagine they do pretty well.

There's plenty of information up around the net about proper growing of the LR2s, if you're interested. Just keep in mind that the majority of people who slag them off tend have either never grown them, or only grew the original lowryders (which were admittedly not amazing).

Go with purple power.

I grew it last year as did Marcos and it's superb, really resistant and has AF ancestors.
You'll NEED an AF strain for N.I.
I'm in Scotland dude and our summers are relatively the same, purple power did me well.

what about duch pasion hollands hope , do you think that would be eny good ??????

From what I hear it is more difficult to grow in northern ireland than anywhere else in the uk because the summer is to short to finish the plants. but I heard that if they are in lowlands with good shade durban poision or early girl/pearl, purple very guaranteed hardy and buds. Look for strains that are a mold resistant, mould being endemic in that temperate zone where it can be wet for many weeks at a time. northern ireland also has many pest insects. probably if any specialed grower ever went there they could work on developing local strains.

Hi Turf, Originaly from N.i. myself best thing I can recomend is move somewere else.
Or try a Hybrid crossed wee spuds.
Imo Indoor is really your only choice if you want to grow quality weed, you can mess around with different strains,
but Normally are climate does not allow you to grow anything worthwhile outdoors.
You could get a freak summer like that 12 years ago and have it off , but as you know odds on that happening arnet good.

Be lucky
mick

Mick is right. I have a friend in NI who found that the only place to grow was a clearing in the corner of the garden with the hedges behind to trap the sun and some high growth a couple of meters in front of the plant to protect from the gales.

He said that further up in the hills or 'mountains' you can't grow anything, there are millions of slugs emerging from the boggy soils who eat across the stems until the plant just falls over and insects that eat every leaf near the budding area.

Then when it comes to the flowering period the sun dissapears until the next year. Also spring is later and later every year.

He said it was different in the old days but since Northern Ireland had an injection of over £100 billion in 'peace money' it has fought a war to occupy the land with housing development, cattle and pig farms and destroyed most of its natural landscape and natural environment. He says the countryside is more polluted than any countryside in western Europe. Wildlife is very rare in the mountains and many species of birds and animals like the moorhen or the rabbit have become practically extinct.

He gave up in the end and as Mick says the indoor grow is the only way. But my friend also said it is the most difficult place in the UK to do an indoor grow because you have to fight with mold. You can never leave your grass hung up to dry because you get up in the morning and its covered with mold. You have to put it into the hotpress over you water tank to dry.

thanks guys on ur reply s god loves a tryer so im in the process of a female and a male in the same room under 200 watt hps so i hope to get a few seeds and try to get 2 harvests durin the summer..for a decent plant to grow ill go with purple power and maybe early biddy ..if u guys have any ideas trow em at me

I live in Northern Ireland too mucker, but as you've probably noticed by now, we get about 18 hours sunshine every 6 years, which isn't really what they mean by 18/6 lighting. Best to get a wee indoor grow on the go, at least till this global warming kicks in properly, then maybe we'll be the new tropics. Could try building a greenhouse though.

Hi turfsire,

Just remember to keep your growroom absolutley dry, be careful not to spill while watering. Be especially careful in cold wet weather when the lights are off. Dont take a chance of hanging plants up to dry in summer. One warm wet night and you grow has mold and mold cannot be smoked without seriously harming your health. Dont grow in a roofspace unless it is bone dry in all weathers.

Ideally you need to start your next grow with about thirty-five plants in order to get enough females to make the grow worthwhile, out of that you could prob get at most fifteen females. That way your elec bill will not go through the roof because you can rest the growroom for a while.

Feed them well, they seem to need more nutrients in Noreniron.

I reckon dutch passion's passion #1 would do pretty well, last summer was one of the worst I can remember it hardly stopped raining yet my passion #1 did very well indeed, as far as outdoor strains go it's one of the strongest and one of the hardiest.

if i make seeds and germ the lowryders monday..how long do u think it would take the seeds to mature bfore i can us em? i was planin a grow around the 15th of june..any info be great .thanks

I'm about to start a gow myself and I'm thinking of starting 12/12 for the first three weeks vegetative grow with a growlux bulb then switching to 18/6 with a sunmaster for the flowering period.

As to your question you plant the seeds straight into the pots as soon as they are sprouted with the seed upwards and the sprout facing down.

As you are in Noreniron I recommend you buy some anti-fungus/anti-mould stuff from a store and put a little in a glass with the seeds in water, then put the glass in the hotpress to germinate.

In NI seeds are very often destroyed by fungus while being germinated especially in damp weather.

Just one more thing, my friend in ni said that when you germinate seeds do so in a glass of water with a pinch of systemic fungicide in it.

This is because in ni seeds will be killed by spores in the damp athmosphere (indoors as well as outdoors) as the germinate.

When the seeds have germinated and you plant them directly into the pot, water them with a couple of teaspoonfuls of the fungicide-water, this will prevent them from being killed by fungus when they are spouting first leaf.

Depends on your politics I guess, but surely it has to be Orange Bud .

Whats the grow period for Ruderelis Indica andMasterlow LR fatmanbob?

Sounds interesting for an indoor grow as well if they are a quick grower?

Mighty Mite.
Can flower in 35-45 days in or outdoor

Ive ad some phenos of nirvanas 4way finish early gonna have a blast with that pheno outside this year with other variety's (in taffy land)
I will be doing anything with early fast flowering.
Seedsmans Hashpassion also seemed to auto flower but was revegable (not ruderlanis)

Thanks wispa, so what is the total growing time for mighty mite indoors?

thanks,

clapham le jnc.