oh man you're so lucky getting to grow that much.
in the old days nz locals only grew bush sativas, its only been in the last couple of decades that nz has come into contact with indicas. we got a landrace afghani that we have still got now, costed 500 dollars 15 years ago just for that cutting, totally worth it. everyone says its the best growing strain that i have given a cutting to, it grows physco outdoor. finishes 2nd week in march. indicas grow the best in this climate. have you ever grown maui wowie? the maori people over here originate from hawaii as some of your language is similar to ours. we only really have one season over here which is from seed is september vegging to mid january-start feb. from clone, realistically end of october planting to steer clear of pre flowering which stunts the plant for a month at least. this year i put out some afghans middle of october and the went into pre flowering and stunted. New Zealand is a lot like hawaii, we're both some of the best outdoor cultivators in the world. like dylan said; lots of tourists say we have the best shit in the world. i bet people say that to you guys as well
That sounds like a pretty rad Afghan strain you got there and it sounds like you more than made back the 500 dollars. I shouldn't have said that heavy indica strains don't grow well here, but they don't grow well where I live. All the islands have wet and dry sides. I live on the wetter side of Maui, so Indicas don't do well here because of mold, but there are probably guys on the dry sides that can grow Indica strains without mold. The dry sides of the islands are literal deserts, no joke. It only rains 6-14 days a year and the precipitation doesn't equal much; maybe a 2-6 inches a year. If I lived over there then I'd probably give some Afghan landrace strain a try. Doesn't matter too much because I prefer the Sativas anyway, but it would just be fun to grow some indicas.
I haven't grown Maui Wowie. Sad to say, but that strain is probably extinct or very near extinct. Some old grower might still have it around, but only God knows. A lot of the early strains went extinct with Green Harvest (the aerial eradication program) because they grew so big and were easy to spot. Some of the early strains grew over 20 feet tall (6+ meters, also no joke) so they were easy pickings. I know some seed company sells a strain called Maui Wowie, but I doubt it's the real deal.
I didn't know the Maori originated from Hawaii. That's interesting. I know the Hawaiian and Tongan languages are pretty similar too, but I didn't know that about the Maori language. It's pretty mind blowing how great of sailors the Polynesians were; they got around everywhere in the Pacific with fairly basic sailboats. Crazy.
And I'm sure New Zealand's got some incredible outdoor for sure. I could see your climate being amazing for cannabis. And yes, there are also some amazing outdoor growers here too and the climate here is amazing for almost any plant including cannabis. Cannabis loves the Hawaiian climate. This climate here, brings out the fullest potential of a strain and most of the time it'll take people to a whole different plane compared to Mainland grown weed. People say we have the best stuff in the world too. We get a lot of stuff imported nowadays also, which usually isn't that great. We get imports from BC, Cali, and Mexico, but I think it must be seconds or something because I've heard they grow good weed there, but the stuff they send here doesn't even come close to the Island grown weed. A lot of the imported stuff gets sold to tourists and unfortunately for the tourists it all costs the same and they don't know if it's Island grown or Mainland grown; I'm glad I'm not a tourist.
Here's a couple of links you can check out to see some good examples of growing pakalolo (Hawaiian for crazy weed, slang term) here:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=204197
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/181585-just-another-crappy-day-paradise-maui-grow-log.html
This guy lives on the same island as me and writes the best grow journals ever. They're like epic sagas. He's funny, entertaining and he's a very accomplished grower.
And of course there's the Hawaii Growers thread on here (RIU). A lot of the regulars there are great outdoor growers and a couple of them, like East Hawaii, grow monsters.
I've really been enjoying the info exchange, thanks alot.
On a side note; Dylan, you got anymore updates?
both plants are in my back yard one in the ground and one in a pot. mainly feeding with seaweed tea and worm juice. topped both once and then just tied them down to keep them low. I cut the males out and made blender hash from them. Is it too late to use colloidal silver to try and make fem seeds?