EXTREME HEAT tolerant strains?

Next year I'd like to try a real small outdoor grow but I live where it gets up into the 115 degree range in the summer. Does anyone have any recomendations for heat tolerant strains? I was thinking maybe some of the african landrace breeds or south african varieties like durban p etc.

any pure sativa esp. from the tropics.

That's what I thought at first, too. But afghan and similar pure indica (afghanica) strains are from the middle east..where it obviously gets very hot.

moroccan, as well as other african breeds...s.e. asian sativas, brazillian/colombian.

if you harden up the plant . . . theoretically couldn't any strain be tolerant of high heats?

Go with a sativa dominant strain.

i too whould like too know this,ive been breeding a auto/indica cross,that is going to be a tank when im done..ive been breeding for:.low light, compact root zone,drought,and bugs...i just been breeding these things in the worst grow area posable..i was thinking of try a outdoor strain like this. i think VISC breeds there seeds for damp outside condis..

pinkjackyle said:

angus is right . im outside and groen afghanica mostly indica afghani #1 X skunk #1 and its been about a 100 deg and 60-90 % humidity for a month and as long as i water my 12 gal gurl twice a day its gravy.

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is she growing much at all in that heat, or has she slowed down?

MEANGREEN69 said:

is she growing much at all in that heat, or has she slowed down?

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she went into flower in may and has been in reveg 4 a while, but my clone from her didnt have same trouble, as it was inside . clone is groen like hell 1ft in 10-12 days

The Warlord said:

Next year I'd like to try a real small outdoor grow but I live where it gets up into the 115 degree range in the summer. Does anyone have any recomendations for heat tolerant strains? I was thinking maybe some of the african landrace breeds or south african varieties like durban p etc.

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Mandala claims that most or all of their strains are bred to be heat tolerant...you might want to check them out.

I've read good things about them.

Thanks for the input guys. Ya I think I'll check mandala out.

poplars said:

if you harden up the plant . . . theoretically couldn't any strain be tolerant of high heats?

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I believe this to be the case.

I have a friend that grows outdoors where I live, and the last week has been 5+ days of 100+ weather. One day was 112.

He grows multiple strains. The only plant that had a problem was a sativa, but it was YOUNG, maybe 4-5" with 3 nodes. The other plants with healthy root systems were fine. Their leaves curled up and pointed up slightly, but I am told this is normal in extreme heat.

As long as the plants are established, healthy and have water, they should be fine. Heck if anything they seem to grow like crazy in the heat.

Start early before its really hot, and veg under CFL's until the plants are well rooted.