Indoor Hydro or Outdoor Greenhouse....
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t-dub
Vapor Sloth
Depends on the skill of the grower, both can be screwed up, just differently. I prefer organically grown outdoor myself but this requires an understanding of many things like soil amendments, wind, drainage, cutting and curing. I feel a lot of damage is done to medicine by cutting too early and not curing properly or long enough. Indoor environments suffer from a whole different set of problems. Its like trying to live on a submarine, very closed, controlled environment and different ways of feeding the plant.
So I guess I didn't really answer your question. Sorry. But without detailed information on the grow its hard to say.
So I guess I didn't really answer your question. Sorry. But without detailed information on the grow its hard to say.
lwien
Well-Known Member
Let's assume for a moment that both growers are artisans that take great pride in what they do and both of them skill sets and the time to do what they do.
t-dub
Vapor Sloth
Why not try a little of both and see what YOU think? Are the mothers the same on these plants? Even if they say its the same strain there can be lots of difference between phenotypes that growers select.
If I had to choose I would go with organic outdoor every time but that is just me in my little "free weed world" here in Oregon.
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lwien
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Probably not.
Guess there's just too many variables to come to an answer.
I'm gonna go with the greenhouse outdoor simply because all I've been vaping lately are the indoor hydro's. Time to change things up a bit and go with mother nature.
I have the answer......get some of each! Then report the difference......for science, of course.
Edit: Ninja'd again.
t-dub
Vapor Sloth
@lwien - Generally I have noticed the bud structure to be "beefier" on the outdoor stuff. Less frosting but the trichs are bigger and sturdier, like little redwood trees. I also think the medicine is distributed throughout the plant more evenly on outdoor with indoor focusing the medicine on the surface. This is completely subjective, I have no "evidence" to back this up, not even pictures of both. Its just my observations over time so take it for what its worth . . .
EverythingsHazy
Well-Known Member
Outdoor greenhouse is kind of a contradiction because the bud is still "indoors" protected from the weather, just not "in house". The main difference is sunlight s artificial light, in that case.
Outdoor greenhouse grown bud should be better quality than regular outdoor bud tho since it hasn't been rained on, blown around by the wind, picked on by bugs, etc..
In this case, I think the quality of the bud is going to depend on the genetics and the grower skill, since neither is truly outdoors.
Outdoor greenhouse grown bud should be better quality than regular outdoor bud tho since it hasn't been rained on, blown around by the wind, picked on by bugs, etc..
In this case, I think the quality of the bud is going to depend on the genetics and the grower skill, since neither is truly outdoors.
lwien
Well-Known Member
Can artificial light really replicate natural sunlight in ALL aspects?
KeroZen
Chronic vapaholic
No it can't (unless you can modulate the spectrum and supplement UVB's and a touch of UVA's) but we shouldn't discuss cultivation on this forum as per the rules.
To answer your question this is fun because in the "Cannabible" series the author tried hundreds of strains around the world and came to the conclusion that in nearly all cases outdoors+organics was the best, spare one exception: Chemdawg! Which he found to be best when grown "chemically" (ie hydro+mineral/chemical nutrients) hence the name.
To answer your question this is fun because in the "Cannabible" series the author tried hundreds of strains around the world and came to the conclusion that in nearly all cases outdoors+organics was the best, spare one exception: Chemdawg! Which he found to be best when grown "chemically" (ie hydro+mineral/chemical nutrients) hence the name.
kinda scary but this really depends on the honesty of the growers and then of the dispensary.
while these are types of growing, they are also cute ways of marketing the different grades produced by a single run.
all the tips and colas= hydro
larf and younger bits= greenhouse/outdoor
this is usually shown in the pricing and growth structure.
if they have outdoor greenhouse now it is probably light dep/ "enhanced tek".
most selling od/gh label it as such to try and remove guilt from their minds.
"eh guy we got a good deal on this so its labeled as mids i mean od/gh and sold it. why you mad guy?"
or it really could be that bob does hydro and ron does od/gh.
bob does good work and ron waters.
if all things are equal the nugs should be the same.
my $ goes to the one that tastes and works best for me regardless of name.
while these are types of growing, they are also cute ways of marketing the different grades produced by a single run.
all the tips and colas= hydro
larf and younger bits= greenhouse/outdoor
this is usually shown in the pricing and growth structure.
if they have outdoor greenhouse now it is probably light dep/ "enhanced tek".
most selling od/gh label it as such to try and remove guilt from their minds.
"eh guy we got a good deal on this so its labeled as mids i mean od/gh and sold it. why you mad guy?"
or it really could be that bob does hydro and ron does od/gh.
bob does good work and ron waters.
if all things are equal the nugs should be the same.
my $ goes to the one that tastes and works best for me regardless of name.
lwien
Well-Known Member
I just got the greenhouse. It's good and on par with just about everything else I've recently gotten. Not exceptional though but very good.
Beezleb
Well-Known Member
Thank Iwien. I prefer organic but honestly if you gave me the pepsi challenge with it I doubt I could pick out which from where.
To me, its about the grower and the environment that makes the plant. Good quality growers of any system is going to impress. Its the ones that are not that good that tend to give a style a bad rap.
To me, its about the grower and the environment that makes the plant. Good quality growers of any system is going to impress. Its the ones that are not that good that tend to give a style a bad rap.
t-dub
Vapor Sloth
In Oregon the pure organic outdoor, for me, is simply the best. Plus it's free. You can't duplicate mother nature on this level anywhere without a lot of know-how and hassle, equipment and chemicals. I guarantee you guys the purity and quality of the medicine on the plant pictured below, is highly above most "indoor" or "outdoor" GH operations around here. Mother nature is your best guide, she just needs to be understood and helped a little a long the way with a few things like wind erosion control, soil amendments, watering and drainage cuts, harvest timing, proper cut and cure . . . if all goes well its the best, period, especially if you appreciate your terpenes.
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