Bean's HSO Grow

@beanbean, sorry to read about that bubba mate. It is not like HSO but is can happen 🙏

Ah that sucks about the bubba kush I've tried it a few times and it was a delight. Oh really that's good as I'll have to check them out bro, yeh definitely will keep an eye on this so I can decide whether or not to get some for myself :)

Sup BudsDownUnda420! Yeah man...everything I saw online about HSO was either extreme hate or extreme praise, lol. But there's also some REALLY nice HSO grows online by Justintime, twinroots, and fregrowli, so I said fuck it, lemme pull the trigger on this one. Kinda sad the Bubba Kush didn't pop :( But I think that was my own error, I think I waterlogged the seed in germ. Hopefully these girls turn out good and help you decide whether you'll mess with this breeder or not.

@beanbean, Great tip for all the air-pot growers out there👍

Hey @Tek_Grow! I started with the 1L Air-Pots, then transplanted them to the 5L (2 gal equivalent) Air Pots. The 5Ls are the biggest I can fit in my space and still have max plant limit (6). And yes, as far as watering, the BEST thing I have found is to use squeeze bottles to water with. I use 32 oz. squeeze bottles that I grabbed from Amazon, holds about 4 cup, and that's perfect to slow water each of these girls fully, with little to no water to drain (don't really wanna drain living soil).

Nice!!

Sup WeirdBeard! Luckily I have the luxury of time to let these things veg as long as possible...I'm thinking of taking them until 1. I see the Skunk #1 start to preflower (that's the last planted and slowest grower), or 2. mid-December, which would be just over 50 days veg from seed, 45 for the Skunk #1.

@EveryGrow, Thanks bud! Which strain in particular are you checking for? -beanbean

@beanbean, I've seen some growers do some very serious defoliation taking close to all the larger fan/shade leaves off. Myself I've only done minor lst and taken 20-25% of the unwanted leaves off. I think from what I've seen you will be fine stripping most of the bottom 2inches upto the staple level then also removing 30-50% of the shade/fan leaves should in theory direct that energy to the remaining plant, this producing more buds and a bigger harvest. Personally I would get this done no later than 7-10 days before you go to 12/12 (flower cycle) this will give the plants enough time to recover and cause the least amount of stress on the plants. This is a super interesting topic and one in my opinion needs more research. If I was yourself I woukd tinker around taking more leaf material from some plants and less from others. This would allow you to see what is the sweet spot for this growing method/technique. Thank you for going into so much detail 🙏 if you don't mind I'll be along for the ride on this one and will help all I can👍. Very interesting indeed and your doing a fantastic job 🙏👍

@Dinafem-Mark, Thanks again! Each of the girls has around a half-dozen or more staples holding down various LST points; some of them I could pull out and the branch would just grow more vertically, while others, like the one on the original main stem, really need to remain permanently to keep the new, circular shape of the plant. In addition to that, I've tucked a lot of the fan leaves from very early, mainly to provide light coverage for new, emerging tops; I've noticed a tiny top double in growth overnight just by being positioned with a lot of light and a tucked fan leaf. But in turn a lot of those leaves have yellowed and died, my guess being from a combination of touching the soil bed directly while watering, being underneath any potential light (poor penetration), and lack of airflow. The new growth has all looked good, only the tucked leaves have done bad so far. So with that being said, the plan was to let them veg with no further training for a week, and then prune anything underneath the bottom-most parts of the canopy, which I would consider staple level (around 2 inches, they are all LST'ed to within 4-6 inches currently, so not a lot of canopy to work with). That really just means a lot of tucked leaves, but they are mostly fan leaves, so I'm worried about the detriment or stress to the plant, taking off a dozen or more fan leaves. Thoughts on that? After a week's time, I'll also be able to tell which new growing chutes won't be able to blossom into tops in enough time for flower, so naturally I'll be removing those too. So I guess my main concern is whether you'd think removing too much fan leaf would harm the plants at this stage 2 weeks before flower (keep in mind feminized seeds, I don't want to stress them too much), or if there's any general tips and tricks on how you think I should proceed. -beanbean

@beanbean, it's a pleasure to be hear mate and thank you for answering my question about your light regime. It as you said personal preference and your plant look to be doing just fine. Really nice dark green colours and no signs of any deficiencies or over feeding. I have been following several growers who de foliate they plants and with great results. I'll be watching these with interest mate👍 beautiful work so far and as said a real nice selection of genetics👊

@beanbean, enjoy it bro and let us all know what was the smoke like! Cheers

@EveryGrow, thanks bud! I definitely appreciate that and I definitely plan on submitting for DOTM! Should have additional updates later this week when I separate stalks and transfer to paper bags. After a few days of that it's de-stalking, dry trimming and jarring for the cure. Should have a good idea of final weight at that time, and I'll FINALLY get to take my first samples! I'll definitely smoke one for ya! -beanbean

@beanbean, going to be a fun one to watch. I'll be along for the ride 🙏

@DinafemSeeds, that definitely the plan, glad you're tuning in and really excited to finally be putting these girls to flower!

@HOW_i_GROW, those were two I had my eye on but passed, same with the Black D.O.G. My 707 looks like she will be a bit disappointing in the yield department, but she's super frosty and terpy, been smelling like lemon pinesol since early flower. Recently grabbed some HSO regular strains for future projects (Lemon Bubba, Amherst Sour Diesel X Blackberry, Sour Diesel X Afghani). and also have a couple more fem packs for down the road (Sapphire OG, Lemon Thai Kush) -beanbean

@HOW_i_GROW, she was finicky early on, didn't have much stank, didn't seem to take as well to the super soil like the other girls, and was slower growing. So all in all, I didn't really expect much from her but to be decent. Then in flower, she exploded into an absolute monster. Almost tripled in size, got huge dripping frosty colas, and her funk has been very close to straight sour for weeks. Thinking she's going to be definitely top 2, it's really between her and how the blue dream turns out.

@BigDaddyK, thanks! Super duper funky AND fruity in there...it's confusing to the nose, lol -beanbean

Thanks @JohnnyShake! -beanbean

Thanks @Sumgrower420!

Thanks @DinafemSeeds!