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What are you running outside this season and why
Curious what people are putting in the ground this year. I'm running a couple of old cuts I've kept going since the late 90s and one newer variety I hadn't tried outdoors before. The new one's a gamble but that's half the fun of a season.
Some years i stick entirely to what i know finishes well in my climate. Other years i get restless and try something that's probably not suited for it. Both approaches have taught me something, which is maybe the point.
What are you running, why did you pick it, and is it something you've done before or a first try outdoors? Landrace, hybrid, early finisher, late season, whatever. Just curious what's going in the dirt and what's driving the decision.
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Experienced4d ago
Running three this year. Two are phenos I've been sitting on from a hunt I did indoors last winter, figured it was time to see how they express under actual sun. One of them throws this insane overripe mango thing in the tent, curious if the outdoor environment pushes it more tropical or shifts it toward something earthier. That's the real reason I do outdoor runs with keeper phenos, the terpene expression can go somewhere completely different and sometimes better.
Third one is a first-time outdoor attempt with something I'd only grown inside before. Probably not the smartest call for my zone but I wanted the data.
What I'll push back on slightly, and not knocking what anyone else said, is the framing of "what finishes well" being separate from the interesting choice. For me the most compelling outdoor plants are the ones right on the edge of finishing in my climate. They tend to stress in ways that load up the resin and the smell goes somewhere unexpected. Played it safe for a few seasons in a row and got consistent but boring harvests. The gambles taught me way more about what a plant can actually do.
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