I'm PNW 45.4 N Border of OR/WA east slope of the Cascades. It does pretty good..I have grown it for the past 2 or 3 years and have harvested Right arounb October 1. Later if I can let ot go weather wise, Last Sept I had to Chop last week of Sept, (If you remember we set a new record for rainfall for Sept last year) it did great holding up against mold and ended up with great smoke.