Yeah 10 is still pretty low for january, holy hell bro you guys got down to 3.7 degrees last night! - second coldest in the country lol. even in winter our temps don't usually get that low.
Well last year whakatane was disqualified because it wasn't reading right, I'd say 100=150 hours more at the most. pretty stocked with anything over 2,400 though.
2013 was NZ's 3rd warmest year since 1909. I don't really know any decent growers up here, I've never had outstanding ganja here but that would be down to genetics. The outskirts of Tauranga have better outdoors I reckon like Te Puke. There's a Local tauranga strain that has 2 phenos that I ran into.
Indicas are hard to describe bro, I had a pink afghani that had a deep pungent 'sweet' earth smell. you described hashplants in general "kind of earth, natural and unique" but each different one has different aroma, inidcas have the most out of it aromas that are too hard to describe. Sativa on the other hand are so much easier except Malawi lol.
Those Panama are going to be delicious,flavoursome hashplants and the Malawis are going to be rugged potent africans.
Today I went for a walk in the area that I grow but didn't go to my plants, instead I stumbled upon 45+ plants 10 mins away!!
They're about 1-2.5 weeks into flowering depending on pheno
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This is the main Tauranga strain, the indica phenotype. Amazing scent and it has pink stems and stigmas.
![sativa1.jpg](/data/attachments/2094/2094668-0fe690651697da66bee67c64095a74dc.jpg)
![sativa2.jpg](/data/attachments/2094/2094669-0813d3fbfc21aafbe1f1f284c07a033e.jpg)
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The more sativa pheno 1-2 weeks i'd say.
It's amazing what you can find when you do a bit adventuring.
not the best grower though, no protection,no potting mix and by the look of it no nutrients either - also they were planted in the middle if the 4wd track(hasn't been used for yonks though)
I might pollinate the pink/red pheno though - local strains are good for breeding. Looks like they just did a spur of the moment rushed plantation this year, 8-14 inch plants - amazing stealth if you can barely notice them, only a smoker or grower would notice them if they were really looking. I only noticed them because I bent down to tuck a shoe lace in.
JTW - That kushberry will be stronger than the frisian I reckon, looking nice though mate - am I the only one without any plants flowering? ha