Best Cannabis Strains for European, North American & Canadian Outdoor Climates? 🌱🌦️

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Hi everyone,

I’d love to hear some real-world experiences from growers in different climates.

I’m especially interested in cannabis strains that perform well outdoors in cooler, humid, or unpredictable conditions, such as much of Europe, the northern United States, and Canada.

The qualities I’m most interested in are:

  • Short / early flowering
  • Good natural resistance to mold, mildew, and difficult weather
  • Ability to handle cool nights, rain, and higher humidity
  • Reliable performance in shorter outdoor seasons
  • Good overall vigor and stability
  • And, of course, quality genetics and a worthwhile finished result
I know that what works perfectly in Spain or California may be a completely different story in Northern Europe, the Great Lakes region, British Columbia, Quebec, Scandinavia, etc. That’s why I’m particularly interested in first-hand experience rather than just breeder descriptions.

Which strains or genetics have impressed you most in these kinds of climates?

Are there any classic Mr Nice varieties, or particular genetic lines, you would consider especially suitable for short-season European or North American outdoor conditions?
My current favourite all-around strain is Erdpurt from ACE Seeds. It has really impressed me as a tough, dependable outdoor option, especially when conditions are less than perfect.

It would also be interesting to hear your approximate climate/region and what made the strain stand out: early finish, resilience, consistency, aroma, quality, or simply surviving a terrible autumn better than everything else. 😄

Hopefully this thread can become a useful reference for anyone searching for mold-resistant, early-flowering cannabis strains for European, Canadian, and northern North American climates.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences 🌿
 
Hi and One Love! @Prime

Yeah, nice thread. I'm always on the lookout for good outdoor strains as well. I'm not that familiar with Mr. Nice in terms of outdoor growing yet, as I haven't tried any of their strains outdoors so far.

There are a few strains that have worked really well for me in the past here around 52°N, though. For example, Mandala #1 from Mandala Seeds, as well as Fast & Glorious, also from Mandala Seeds.

I'd say Fast & Glorious is pretty average in terms of potency, though. Mandala #1, on the other hand, was a while ago, but those plants turned into absolute bushes. There are two distinct phenotypes: one is very Sativa-like, grows almost like a Christmas tree and gets huge, while the other is more Indica-dominant but really sturdy and reliable. Towards the end of flowering, they can develop some beautiful purple colours, and they're really tasty too.

And despite last year's rather rainy and generally poor summer, I can also recommend Bubblegum from Serious Seeds if you make a good selection.

Maybe that helps a little.

All the best, and One Love,❤️💛💚

Penny
 
Hey PennyP, yeah, I know Mandala Seeds very well. I’ve grown a few things from them before, just not the strain you had.

Another one I can recommend is Critical 2.0 from Dinafem, although I’m not sure if it’s still available these days. There’s a phenotype that can finish in around 45–50 days and still put out some seriously good yields. Flavor-wise, I’d describe it as fruity and earthy, but somehow tropical at the same time. Definitely not bad at all.
I’ve also grown Critical 2.0 outdoors several times in a continental climate, down in the Una river valley, more like a canyon, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We had some pretty foggy nights there, and the spot was right next to the river, but the plants honestly didn’t care at all. No mold, nothing. Of course, a few leaves got nibbled here and there like you’d expect with any outdoor grow, but apart from that, it performed extremely well.
Then something happened with the Dinafem seedbank and they shut down for a while, and after that I just couldn’t find the strain anywhere anymore.

And yeah, once we’ve collected a few more forum comments and strain recommendations from other growers, I can put together a list and update my original post. Each strain could then link directly to its respective thread ID.

Best regards,
Prime

One Love ✌️
 
Prime said:
Hi everyone,

I’d love to hear some real-world experiences from growers in different climates.

I’m especially interested in cannabis strains that perform well outdoors in cooler, humid, or unpredictable conditions, such as much of Europe, the northern United States, and Canada.

The qualities I’m most interested in are:

  • Short / early flowering
  • Good natural resistance to mold, mildew, and difficult weather
  • Ability to handle cool nights, rain, and higher humidity
  • Reliable performance in shorter outdoor seasons
  • Good overall vigor and stability
  • And, of course, quality genetics and a worthwhile finished result
I know that what works perfectly in Spain or California may be a completely different story in Northern Europe, the Great Lakes region, British Columbia, Quebec, Scandinavia, etc. That’s why I’m particularly interested in first-hand experience rather than just breeder descriptions.

Which strains or genetics have impressed you most in these kinds of climates?

Are there any classic Mr Nice varieties, or particular genetic lines, you would consider especially suitable for short-season European or North American outdoor conditions?
My current favourite all-around strain is Erdpurt from ACE Seeds. It has really impressed me as a tough, dependable outdoor option, especially when conditions are less than perfect.

It would also be interesting to hear your approximate climate/region and what made the strain stand out: early finish, resilience, consistency, aroma, quality, or simply surviving a terrible autumn better than everything else. 😄

Hopefully this thread can become a useful reference for anyone searching for mold-resistant, early-flowering cannabis strains for European, Canadian, and northern North American climates.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences 🌿
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Hello Prime,

PM Shanti, he will now best what could suit your needs.

I have no first experience but I'm in a similar climate and my first picks would be Early Skunk and Early Skunk Haze.:)
 
critical mass, shit, nordle are the most early
you can found a lot of pheno type you can cut the first october week i got one critical cut the 30 sept shit is very common around 5 october
i got a dreamtime i cut the 22 sept but the others are more long
for me is very rare to have someting more early with other breeder the same of first week of october majority of kush cross

all the afghan cross nl5xafgah masterkush or devil is around 15 october
you can have an early skunk haze for the same time 15 ocotber and some skunk haze to but not the majority

all the others mister nice a grow finish beetween 15october to 30 october after the haze in november early haze 1 november mango haze 20 november .....
 
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critical mass
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You’re right about that, Critical Mass is a really solid one. I always like to keep that strain around as a backup.
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Last time I picked up the regular version from Amsterdam Genetics.
Curious to see if there’ll be a nice stinky male in there for collecting a bit of pollen.
I’m really looking forward to seeing what kind of phenotypes show up.
 
ASH and Devil are my next 2 to look at and NL5. Can’t go wrong with the Early Queens or the Early Skunk Haze or the Early Skunk.

I would say try early NL but I think NL is early. Or has that in it. Afghan x Early Pearl I believe is what is in NL from the aromas and the structure and how it triggers. Also someone that was around the castle back then who had access to the seeds rooms seem to think this. NL1 being an a pure Afghan. NL5 with the EP added.

I’m gonna run some fem NL5 over the holidays and cross my Early skunk male into it and see how they do.

Black Domina I have cut a few years before October in South of Spain.
Royal Orange was quick too.

I rate anything with Early Pearl/Girl for some of the cooler climates.

If you want short your best to top anything with 50% haze at the 4th node like the EPSkHze.

I have some things with SEA and Mexican genetics that are faster to flip than early pearl early girl early queen. My own cross of CheseexNLKCBB the #6 plant is the later flowering one but the 2-4 are well into flower and right there with the queens. 1-5 are also flowering quicker than 6 but not as fast as those with Mexican and Thai in it.
 
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Hi
No experience outdoor with mr nice…
Someone mentioned mandala…
There is another from Denmark called the heaven for seeds (reverse the name) and choose the strains with the outdoor pics…
Some frenchies (like me) ran away with dinafem clones or seeds and became silent (look for it)…
 
The Mr Nice Early skunk i ran was very skunky and delicious but didn't like the outdoors at Amsterdam/similar latitudes..
It produced beautiful long spears of stinky bud but was hit hard by the rot..

Short of a continental climate I'd go for Serious Six or other specially breed lines..
 
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The Mr Nice Early skunk i ran was very skunky and delicious but didn't like the outdoors at Amsterdam/similar latitudes..
It produced beautiful long spears of stinky bud but was hit hard by the rot..

Short of a continental climate I'd go for Serious Six or other specially breed lines..
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is very hard at this lattitude you have no choice of automatik in my opinion

the earlyqueen is not so early for me but in the range of normal strain with some very long plant the faster cut 1 october very good smoke and the more long i cut it not mature because i thinking it was no end very long
i have never try early skunk
 
quinxstar said:
is very hard at this lattitude you have no choice of automatik in my opinion

the earlyqueen is not so early for me but in the range of normal strain with some very long plant the faster cut 1 october very good smoke and the more long i cut it not mature because i thinking it was no end very long
i have never try early skunk
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Agreed.
People think that "Early" in the early lines means triggering flowering early, it does not, it means they have a shorter flower duration...
Most if not all, unless specifically selected of course, will trigger around the end of august / start of September @52nl.

Auto's have come a long way since the Joint doctors bud on a stick days. lol
That said, I'd still prefer to run them in a greenhouse though, it's been my experience that they're not very mold resistant, particularity in changeable summers such as the Netherlands/Britain..

The Danish guys covertly mentioned in an above post have done a lot of work in the early triggering cannabis field, most are of mid to low potency but hold great potential as breeding stock.. A fine Mr nice early skunk that triggers end of July would be a gold mine...

Early skunk stinks.
I composted them due to mould, i could still smell them a year later when turning the pile!
 
Ray said:
Early skunk i ran was very skunky and delicious but didn't like the outdoors at Amsterdam/similar latitudes..
It produced beautiful long spears of stinky bud but was hit hard by the rot..
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Same here in 52°N, Had her in the Garden from Seeds from Sensi Seeds... Last years Summer. bubblegum worked much better in my opinion.
 
Ray said:
Agreed.
People think that "Early" in the early lines means triggering flowering early, it does not, it means they have a shorter flower duration...
Most if not all, unless specifically selected of course, will trigger around the end of august / start of September @52nl.

Auto's have come a long way since the Joint doctors bud on a stick days. lol
That said, I'd still prefer to run them in a greenhouse though, it's been my experience that they're not very mold resistant, particularity in changeable summers such as the Netherlands/Britain..

The Danish guys covertly mentioned in an above post have done a lot of work in the early triggering cannabis field, most are of mid to low potency but hold great potential as breeding stock.. A fine Mr nice early skunk that triggers end of July would be a gold mine...

Early skunk stinks.
I composted them due to mould, i could still smell them a year later when turning the pile!
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Exactly. A friend of mine always wondered, whenever we visited farms in Austria or Switzerland, how they managed to finish flowering so quickly while his “early” version didn’t.
So I explained to him that they grow in greenhouses where they can simply pull down a curtain and darken the greenhouse whenever needed. That way, they induce flowering earlier. After 2–3 weeks, they don’t use the covering anymore, and then the plants can accumulate those 12–14 hours of light right in the middle of flowering without turning hermaphroditic.
That makes it look as if those plants finish much faster. Most growers already start darkening them in early or mid-August. ^^
 
Ray said:
Ray said:
Agreed.
People think that "Early" in the early lines means triggering flowering early, it does not, it means they have a shorter flower duration...
Most if not all, unless specifically selected of course, will trigger around the end of august / start of September @52nl.

Auto's have come a long way since the Joint doctors bud on a stick days. lol
That said, I'd still prefer to run them in a greenhouse though, it's been my experience that they're not very mold resistant, particularity in changeable summers such as the Netherlands/Britain..

The Danish guys covertly mentioned in an above post have done a lot of work in the early triggering cannabis field, most are of mid to low potency but hold great potential as breeding stock.. A fine Mr nice early skunk that triggers end of July would be a gold mine...

Early skunk stinks.
I composted them due to mould, i could still smell them a year later when turning the pile!
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I think things trigger End of July with some
Mexican and Asian genetics. I’m certain they do. I think early means they have 2 receptor genes for day length. One triggers on the last week of June the other to rush the bloom phase starts at 13 hours. I have 2 gardens either side of a mountain and one on the top and the garden with the morning sun is faster than the others as it gets darker faster.

With the shiva things they trigger at 14 hours and cold doesn’t seem to effect them if the roots are above 15c. Making them earlier means selecting plants with the earliest plants I have males triggering before the end of June which have been paired with those that are in the latter stage of flowering. These males will be backcrossed to the inbred population and the f3 should show some ultra early types and super fast ones. I’ve put a punnet into my thread showing what will show in the cross. The Jamaican landrace I use finished in the uk before the end of October. You ideally need photo dependent female plants that trigger at 13-12 hours like the red dragon Mexicans or Some Thai and then have a 12 hour rigid phenotype male that makes them harder to reveg like afghans. A shorter flower duration is just Indica Afghan trait IMHO. Mexican Thai afghani all deal with cold low DLI high wind and other essential survival genes. At 47 n where i worked my breeds they are really really fast at 36 and taken back to 47 they will be faster. I don’t want autos but they are Essential in finding the ultra fast triggering plants and those that bloom hard. There are 2 genes that control this like there are 3 Autoflower genes.

I’ve a lot move videos than I do pictures to explain. An example is the dragons. They come from a 14-12 hour place and grow 1000m altitude. They trigger at 13 hours after maturity. They do not trigger before maturity like early queen.
 
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