Mountainguy
New Member
Well, I haven't grown any for 40 years, but I thought I would give it a shot. I live at 7000 ft in the Sierra Nevada. Late snow and low spring temps made outside growing difficult (indoor grow not feasible for me). I started my Hash Plants indoors in small pots, next to a south facing window. I gradually acclimated them to the cold nights (in mid to high 30's some nights even in July. Supposedly this strain is a 2 month grow. Germinated June 1, cotyledons June 4, and by July 15 they were spindly 4 inch plants. Transplanted them to larger pots with vitamin B transplant stuff. I think I over nitrogenated them when I started nutrients a couple of weeks later, and one has burn on the lower leaves, but I immediately flushed and they survived. August 1 they were 11 inches, now 18 inches and growing 1/2 per day with a nice fan canopy. I selected these because they were allegedly from a high altitude region in Afghanistan. I am sure the cold weather retarded early growth, but the weather is getting warm (still night temps in low 50's, though) and they seem to be taking off on vegetative growth, I plan to let nature take it's course on flowering unless really early snow/frost is predicted. Any advice would be appreciated. Stay tuned.
I should say that I also needed portability because a part time neighbor can see the ideal location, but not a less than ideal location, so I move the "girls" (optimism is good!) depending upon the neighbor's time in residence. From their early slow, spindly growth, they are doing amazingly well in August. Reading up on high altitude photosynthesis and CO2 utilization. Most data is about REALLY high altitude, though, so nothing too useful so far. Sunlight at 7000 ft is intense, though. Humans with white skin get sunburn in 5 minutes, so plants have to be sucking it up.
