crisnpropa
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I wanna say that the rubbed out leaf smells like beetroot / borscht?
Humboldt Seed Company (HSC) Thread
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I wanna say that the rubbed out leaf smells like beetroot / borscht?
higher self
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Hey Joe, you ever flower out that Pistachio yet? Hembra is giving them out as freebies right now.
Texas Growing Crew
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Blueberry Muffin, everything went wrong or I miscalculated several time's including two orders that had to be done at the wrong time. Got a huge surprise 4 or 5 weeks in as well with runoff up around 2000 with a 5.2 -5.3 PH. First time ever using a synthetic nutrient but mixed it with prior regiment of heavy microbes, great white etc. 2 plants still going PPD and Purple Mountain Majesty both are surprisingly good! The PMM is skunky limey and looks like good rolling smoke with a tad of spongeiness, makes nice firm J's when trying to tuck in and lick. I had that dens crumble that is hard for my arthritic fingers.
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Gary420gardener
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I am very glad for this thread. Have been reading about Humboldt Seed Company on a magazine called Growing Marijuana Perfectly. They even have one on the beautiful girl who is the daughter of the company founder. The articles make it seem like this company's seeds & strains are perfect and amazing. But in this thread and elsewhere (growers I know who have grown their strains), there are problems with hermies, runts, not enough cultivation info on their website for each strain, low yield, inaccurate flowering times, and they say the strains have Sativa effects but many of them don't, and the strains they say are Sativa effects come from Indica genetics, which makes no sense. I appreciate all of you sharing photos and info. These days, with so many scammer seed companies, the only way to know for sure before buying a strain is to see what other growers are getting from it.
Texas Growing Crew
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Let me know when your getting down the stretch in flower if you think about it. Really interested in what hibiscus and blueberry cupcake both sound worthwhile with wedding cake and zkittles mixes not to mention and they must have been pulling overtime because all this new stuff is S-1, IBX3, everything is IBL at least so everything should be pretty dang uniform. The hibiscus looks like a good looking plant.
Dont label them as scammers, because FIRE can be found in their lines (especially Blueberry Muffin)....but stay away from things that dont sound legit....for instance, I believe their trainwreck isnt real trainwreck and things of that nature. But BBM is legit, ive heard Strawberry Cheesecake is good too.
Just like any other breeder these days, they've got a lot of garbage, but a few classics as well.
Gary420gardener
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Thanks for the details. I don't know if they are scammers, but a lot of companies are, as you say, they may have some fire, but also some garbage. Reading the articles on them where they say they have 100 percent genetic guarantees and such, I assume every thing they sell is gonna be fire, but sadly, from what I see here, that is not the case. I am financially challenged and can't afford to buy seeds that are anything other than fire, so I hope more people will weigh in on this, and again, thank you!!!!
Might wanna check out Hazeman Seeds....i believe $50/pack at dcse....definitely some awesome strains he has.....and his freebies are dope too....ive got 15 seeds of Blue Dream x Stardawg as freebies....i NEVER run freebies, but those i will eventually!
GlassJoe
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All of my stuff is still vegging, I'm running less lighting than I would for a full-scale grow at half-power (since the autos finished) because I'm going to take them out of the tent to flower them in the early spring (probably mid-january so that they have time to finish before the end of march). I want to be able to cut clones before I take them out to flower and when they finish I'll run the clones from whatever was best. If I had run more lighting and transplanted more aggressively out of the 2-gallon bags I started the seedlings in, they could definitely have been further along, but I've been very busy and taken a hands-off approach.
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Texas Growing Crew
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Her name is Haley Pennington, she's not just good looks but next generation of Humboldt County. The family is a great part of the story Humboldt has to tell also a major driver of the legalization push. Her father has led the drive to clean up the streams and rivers of the Humboldt area. Breeding wise the stems are not as heavy as some would like but the 3 or 4 I've grown out were fine just pulled 3 strains out and some great odors came out the grow. Most of the lines or S1 self One X and back crosses ibx 3 also just ibl's damn bread lines so everything should be stable and comprable incise smells vigor all that stuff I just think the stems could be a little stronger
Texas Growing Crew
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Speaking of scammers stay away from crop Kings my first seeds for purchase online from Canada and it was the shittiest plants I'd have ever seen also ethos have good seeds but I've had them herm on me a few times especially the Grape Diamonds R-2s. Ooo
Gary420gardener
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Wow, had never visited DCSE and they got a bunch of seed makers never heard of, other than DJ Short. Thanks! Looked up Hazeman and saw photos of their Elephant Stomper that made me drool. Also found this review of Hazeman:
Hazeman is a fellow Michigander, I've grown his seeds a few times. I don't think I've gotten a seed from him yet that hasn't popped and they have all been robust plants. My favorite from him is Durban Poison. I'm not convinced it's the same Durban that went around back in the 70's and 80's but it's still very nice. What's different is that he's got two distinct phenotypes, one is more Sativa dominant in it's growth pattern. The old School Durban smelled more of anise and less of lemon and only had one basic pheno, which was less potent but also a bit more "racy" of a buzz. His seem to be the same seeds as Dutch Passion's because they also have the two same phenotypes. The Sativa dominant pheno is the better of the two for sure, it's the keeper. It finishes just as fast, has the same basic taste as buzz (very up and busy, it almost feels like a true long growth Sativa, not quite but it's close) It grows huge compared with the more indica looking strain. As far as I know this is the fasted finishing Sativa around, although I'd be rather shocked if it's still an untouched landrace as is claimed. (But who knows, Durban might have gotten some indica crossed into it a thousand years ago).
He also sent me an Aloha White Widow X white shark (white widow X SK#1). I wasn't going to bother with them because white widow has always been rather blah of a smoke to me. Looks fantastic, but doesn't really taste or smell all that great and although it packs a punch the first couple times you smoke it, that's not enough to keep a strain going for me. I almost kept a male from them though because it had the markers for great genetics. Strong early growth like many males, but it also smelled better, it had 13 leaflets (blades) per leaf, which it probably got from the SK#1, which used to get 15 leaflets back in the day. I wouldn't run this current strain again unless plant limits are undone. As a sea of green I'm sure it would produce just fine, but it's not a great plant for production with limited plants.
From his more modern seed stock my favorite was a pack of BlueDream X White/Stardawg, which he sent me as testers. They were absolute monsters and I should run them again some day.
thanks for the update and from what you say and what those articles say, the penningtons are really Kind people who do much good. when i look at the HSC catalogue it looks like he has terps that nobody else makes, lol.
Gary420gardener
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You're not the only person to warn about Crop King. Their website is flashy but apparently they sell blanks.
higher self
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All their gear is new territory for me, I though they were Humboldt Seed Organization based out in Spain. Ordered from Hembra but of a different breeders seeds for $45 + the 3 fem Pistachio freebies, was a good deal! It does seem like HSC is putting in work by doing large pheno counts & working the lines a bit. Definitely want to check out more of their gear, they have a large selection which overwhelmed me a bit. I'm satisfied with the freebies for now lol.
No worries. Sounds like you have you hands full as do I. Not even sure when I'll be able to pop these, fem seeds put me in a bind from popping too many randomly here & there smh.
GiovanniJones
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Your posts have me thinking that maybe I should plant a few of them in my grow room in the new year. My only experience with Humboldt Dream has been with my gargantuan backyard plant in 2020, which was so great but my supply is running thin.
DrOgkush
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Not a bad idea lol
BestBudz_Grow
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Blueberry Muffin from Humboldt is a beautiful cultivar. Smells exactly as the name suggests, and seems to be very uniform in terms of genetic differentiation.
Texas Growing Crew
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Texas Growing Crew
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Maybe this helps a little, that's all resin keef on bottom views. I judge by tricomb density and color. Finally was dry enough for the smells to push back out and awwwww man rocked my world last night. In the end it's really how good are you growing with any bud but these 3 strains all lived up to the hype. Good day y'all from Tex
petert
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I've purchased several HSC 10 packs from Hembra. Easy purchase, got a tracking number the next day and delivery within 10 days.