Winter Grow?

[pradinge80]

Is it possible to grow a northern strain in a southern winter?

[TryptamineScape]

I would definitely like to know the answer to this...I've just always assumed no, but this is the second time that I've heard it's possible to do that...

[Mr. Clandestine]

I think it would depend mostly on exactly where 'Southern' is. Florida, probably. Georgia, possibly. Tennessee, pushing it. Any further north and you're just asking for problems. In southern Arizona, I was able to keep outdoor crops going year round...sadly, I live in a much colder climate now.

[TryptamineScape]

I live in Alabama...it get's cold here...but never down to zero...I'd say average winter temp is like 30-40...too cold?

[Mr. Clandestine]

It doesn't need to get down to zero, unfortunately. If it's cold enough for frost, it's too cold for most varieties of cannabis. I don't know of any strains that could survive freezing temperatures. Reason being, cannabis is like 80% water. Once the temperature drops down to freezing, it does irreparable damage to the cells of the plants. This is why most perennials go dormant during winter, and don't produce any new foliage until the spring.

[yokinazu]

no no no. cannibis growth is regulated by the light cycle. so if your days short as in winter then as soon as they break ground it will trigger a flowering cycle. they may grow for a minute but not long. and then if they do miraculasly survive what will he harvest be about a gram? the only way to grow in the winter is to move someplace like australia. but then you aint growin in the winter are you? cannibus is an anual not a perinial in other words the plant dies in the winter instead of entering a dormant stage.

[TryptamineScape]

so i could grow here if there was enough light in winter?