[Budgie]

Another handy little read if you are interested in Tropical Sativa Strains, © Sensi Seeds, with pics and some info about the moon and tips growing them out

 

 Equatorial cannabis varieties - Sensi Seeds.pdf   408.41KB   24 downloads

 

 

[THC F13ND]

Just read this again, and it does make some interesting points about the differences between equatorial strains and your typical garden variety plants.

Numerous equatorial strains I've grown absolutely refuse to flower if given more than 11 hours of light a day, and the fussiest need it dropped again to 10 hours to get further than a sprawling mass of furry bits. And about half of the plants I've had from pure equatorial regions (within 5-10 degrees of the equator) Colombian landraces in particular can nearly endlessly flower if you keep feeding them, every time they look close, new growth pops up until nutrients eventually dwindle, or the grower gets fed up and chops. I've known some Thai and Cambodian strains to behave like this too.

It's a completely different way of growing compared to modern indoor strains, it could almost be a different species. From using 13/11 and 11/13-10/14 lighting instead of 18/6 and 12/12 cycles, to stuff like having to starve the plant to force ripening and being unable to rely on checking the trichs since so many never really turn amber, it's a real challenge

There's nothing more satisfying than successfuly finishing a 6 month lowland Colombian, and sitting back with a fat one, the sweet taste of mango dancing on your tongue and a pure, euphoric, clean sativa buzz that just keeps climbing over the course of the day until you collapse in a heap, absolutely mangled. Then you get up and do it all again!

Yes, I could do at least two grows in the time it takes to flower out something of that caliber, but it's a matter of quality, not quantity.

ATB

Edited by THC F13ND, 23 November 2017 - 03:01 AM.

[THC F13ND]

A few pics of full on equatorial sativas as an example of how different they are. The first 3 pics are two different Colombians, two pics of the first and one of the other, and the last 3 are a landrace from Ghana.

The pics aren't mine, though I do have seeds for each of these around here

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ATB

Edited by THC F13ND, 23 November 2017 - 08:51 AM.

[Dex]

A few pics of full on equatorial sativas as an example of how different they are. The first 3 pics are two different Colombians, two pics of the first and one of the other, and the last 3 are a landrace from Ghana.

The pics aren't mine, though I do have seeds for each of these around here

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ATB

Oush they beautiful fiend

[Ken Erbis]

A few pics of full on equatorial sativas as an example of how different they are. The first 3 pics are two different Colombians, two pics of the first and one of the other, and the last 3 are a landrace from Ghana.

The pics aren't mine, though I do have seeds for each of these around here

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ATB

Ghana's not equatorial but the weed is top notch.

[Ken Erbis]

African equitorial strains are pretty shite IMO.

Edited by Ken Erbis, 23 November 2017 - 09:05 PM.

[THC F13ND]

Ghana's not equatorial but the weed is top notch.

  

African equitorial strains are pretty shite IMO.

True, Ghana's latitude is between 4°45'N and 11°N, meaning it isn't truly equatorial, but quite closely related and grown in similarly tropical conditions.

I'm quite fond of Congolese strains myself, though I must admit the majority of good equatorial strains I've come across have been Colombians rather than African. There are many great African landraces that pop up from time to time in non equatorial regions though

ATB

[Nefarious Shenanigans]

interesting read, many points I had not fully considered before

 

thanks @Budgie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ken Erbis]

True, Ghana's latitude is between 4°45'N and 11°N, meaning it isn't truly equatorial, but quite closely related and grown in similarly tropical conditions

Untrue, Ghana's climate is vastly different than say Uganda or Congo. Ghana is hot dry heat whilst the equatorial regions of Africa are humid, danmp and tropical. You could set your watch by equatorial rains whatever the season. Ghana is sub-sahelian and its weather patterns are far more arid and unpredictable. Completely diffent kettle of fish.

[THC F13ND]

Untrue, Ghana's climate is vastly different than say Uganda or Congo. Ghana is hot dry heat whilst the equatorial regions of Africa are humid, danmp and tropical. You could set your watch by equatorial rains whatever the season. Ghana is sub-sahelian and its weather patterns are far more arid and unpredictable. Completely diffent kettle of fish.

Not trying to be argumentative mate, I don't doubt you know your shit, I'm just going by climate data. Obviously it isn't exact due to being essentially a list of average monthly conditions, and focused on more populated areas rather than the rural areas the plants would mostly grow in, but nonetheless it suggests Ghana actually has higher average humidity and similar temperatures to both Republic of Congo and democratic Republic of Congo, with the main difference being as you say, the much heavier rains in the Congo, and higher levels of sunlight in Ghana.

The exact timing and duration of certain changes in precipitation, humidity and temperature are different, but over the course of the year the averages are quite close in most categories.

Ghana (Accra) - G
Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) - R
Democratic Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) - D

Average high temperature - G/30.8c R/30.4 D/30.2
Mean day temperature - G/26.4c R/25.5 D/25.4
Average low temperature - G/23.4c R/20.6 D/20.7
Precipitation (mm) - G/806.8 R/1482 D/1394
Average precipitation days - G/75 R/115 D/89
Average relative humidity (%) - G/81 R/80.3 D/78
Average monthly sunlight hours - G/2378.5 R/1739 D/1897

Going by that, Ghana gets more sunlight, less rain, and slightly higher average low temperatures, whilst having a higher average humidity than either Congolese nation.

In terms of climate classification, all three are listed as mostly tropical savanna climate in the Koppen system, with certain regions having different climate such as equatorial or tropical monsoon, but these classifications can be quite a loose grouping of vaguely similar conditions, a short wet season can be enough to reclassify a semi-arid area as tropical for example, so I would trust the climate data more

ATB