This year I will again be exercising my newly acquired right to grow 4 marijuana plants. It’s February 23 and this year’s pheno-hunt has culminated in this short research outline.
Which genetics to grow?
Desired traits overview: high yield, high potency, hearty, huge.
- hearty plants that will thrive in extreme desert-like climate
- relatively early finishers, before October frosts
- uplifting, happy highs
- for day use: energy, focus, sociability,
- for night use: relaxation, euphoria,
- huge plants with high yield and potency, duh!
Climate considerations
Historic Okanagan-Similkameen outdoor climate and weather trends
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Rainfall
- Growing season length
Primary peer-reviewed literature
Recent regional climate change and likely future weather patterns
- (Masoudi 2018) High-resolution modeling of climate change impacts on water supply and demand, and GHG emissions in an Okanagan-Similkameen Subwatershed, British Columbia, Canada
- (Masoudi 2019) Modelling historical and potential future climate impacts on Keremeos Creek, an Okanagan-Similkameen watershed, British Columbia, Canada: Part I. Forecasting change in spring and summer water supply and demand
Open Source Intel (OSINT)
Winners of Canadian Cannabis Awards 2019
Winners decided by uploading receipt, voting, reviewing (CCA FAQ), via Lift & Co.
CCA winners (most popular flowers first)
- Hybrids: Gabriola (Frost Monster), Ruxton (Sour OG), Quadra (Headstash)
- Indicas: Pink Kush,
- Sativas: Delahaze, Tangerine Dream
- Best Canadian breeders: Broken Coast Cannabis, San Rafael 71
- lift.co: best selling
- Sativa
- High CBD, Sativa
- Indica
- Hybrid
- lift.co: most expensive
- Chocolope – $18/g
- Moresby – $15/g
- Denman (Pie in the Sky) – $15/g
- Savary (Pink Kush) – $13/g
- Strawberry Fire OG – $12/g
- Orange Cookies – $12/g
- Cabaret (Sweet Island Skunk) – $10/g
Hearty, high yield Canadian seeds
Outdoor grown
Indoor grown
Personal preferences
Energetic, uplifting sativas for afternoon
Federation Seed Co.: Cabaret (Island Sweet Skunk) “has proven itself excellent for managing mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and ADD/ADHD.”
Euphoric, deeply relaxing indicas for evening
Personal reviews
- Cabaret
- Headband
- Summer Jam
- Twilight: too weak
- Oceanview: too weak
