hi just got a quick question really, i know sativas have a rather long flowering time compared to indicas, and have read advice on here about how it's not a good idea to grow them outdoors in the uk due to the climate and sunlight we receieve. however, would it be possible to grow them well in a greenhouse and get as good results as you would with indicas? i'm thinking you would be able to. not sure if i'm right in thinking this but in a greenhouse you wouldn't need to harvest as early because the plants would be protected from frost and low temperatures wouldn't they?
i'm not doin it this year anyway as i already got my grow underway, just a thought really - and maybe for future reference

A nice secluded greenhouse would be perfect .....


Laz

excellent. maybe next year then. i think this basic, but if u got a couple mins spare, would you veg them same amount of time as indicas (i sowed the seeds bout mid april) and do they have any other special requirements or are they pretty much the same to look after as indicas? many thanks

I'm a newbie but I've seen a couple of diaries of people growing Sativa. From what I understand a greenhouse will protect them frost and low temperature, however because the Sativa will finish late your biggest challenege is likely to be bud rot. It certainly seems they are a bigger challenege than the Indica largely because of this. You will need to be able to try and make sure your greenhouse is well ventilated and keep a keen eye out to remove any mouldy buds, I think it may also help if you can heat it at night toward the end. Lastly if you sowed in april they are likely to get very tall so you may need to train the depending on the height of your greenhouse. If you can it may be best for you to force flowering.

Like I've siad I've got no personal experience so hopefully someone more knowledgable will be along soon. Good luck We should be in for a good summer.

Durban Poison is a sativa that looks and flowers like an indica, very good for outdoors in the UK and finished in October. I've grown the Dutch Passion version a couple of times. It can grow 1 foot a week easily, you could get some seeds now and get a good crop this year. I've always wondered how it came to be classified as a sativa, but it has a nice happy buzzy stone.

If you haven't seen it have a look at this diary, should hopefully give you an idea of what you're in for with the Sativa

thanx for all replies. i'm now going to have a look at that diary. i wont be doing any sativa grows this year as i've already got my hands full with the blue cheese and want to get plenty of research done before i try anything new. (not clued up on budrot whatsoever) don't know how i would go about heating the greenhouse. i have heard of durban poison and seeds are reasonably priced so will have to look into that.
thanks again guys, happy growing

i use a oil radiator for winter in me greenhouse.and it works sweet.and iv done durben lots of times.last year wiv all the rain and wind they still finished off .with no bud rot. i top my plants in greenhouse and they grow like bushys. nice.good luck and keep it green.

I dont think pure sativas are very susceptible to bud rot, its more indicas due to the tight large buds

well, good luck,
I hear durban P can be done easily here.
Thing is though, the name kinda scares me
isit a really nice, happy buzz or ....COUCH LOCK

To my understanding indicas are the "body stone" "couchlockers" and Sativas are the "heady high get up n go" For this reason alone I wanna try a sativa outdoors in UK next year. Im going for Easy Sativa (95% sat) as it finishes end of september.

WB

Done durbans and durban crosses in the past loads of times,bit of a lottery as to when they finish outdoors,had them go to the first week in november,if a seed vendor says late september they normally mean sometime in october Dont grow durbans them nowadays though.

Differences between a sativa and an Indica?Indica on the left and right side of the pic,durban cross in the background,the indicas finished 4-5 weeks before the durban Reason for the mask and CSI kit?It was the genetically modified 100X the THC "Skunk weed" the government always warn you about

Iv got some free skunk x haze wich are very sat looking (no shit) im not sure about how long it takes them 2 flower iv just stuck em in. Fuck it they were free they should be ok long as i dont leav em 2 long

Stick them out RW,nothing ventured nothing gained

they are out, about a foot high pics on my thread in the other bit.

W.B said about indicas being 'couchlock' and sativas giving a more 'high' kind of effect. also, isn't it true that the time of harvest can also change the affect it has on the body. would harvesting an indica strain produce a couchlock effect when harvested early AND when harvested later? or would it differ?

I think i read somewhere, that the high is different depending if you pick it earlier or later, can't remember which was which though

the longer you leave the trichs to turn amber, the more of a body stone you'll get, milky and slighty amber is heady high