The HSC "State Fair Trio" Grow!

[RookieBuds]

DAMN, check out BBC x VF now, bouncing back!


Banana OG x Purpz still a wee bit droopy but I see some improvement:



I forgot I had a bag of AZOS in the garage so I watered the droopy plants with 1/2 tbsp/gal pH to 6.1-6.4 and overnight, this is what I got

They might be ready to flip this weekend

 

[RookieBuds]

Well shit, the droopy plants are still droopin', now I'm almost sure it's the cold (68°f lights on) that's slowing their recovery. That, and I'm probably hitting them with water that's colder than they like, tap water this time of year is REALLY cold and I've been making fresh mixes as needed instead of letting the mixes sit room temp like usual.
BBC x Vanilla Frosting looking okay, could be better


Banana OG x Purpz still fairly drooped


Was gonna flip last weekend, welp maybe this weekend we'll see

 

[BH]

Well shit, the droopy plants are still droopin', now I'm almost sure it's the cold (68°f lights on) that's slowing their recovery. That, and I'm probably hitting them with water that's colder than they like, tap water this time of year is REALLY cold and I've been making fresh mixes as needed instead of letting the mixes sit room temp like usual.
BBC x Vanilla Frosting looking okay, could be better
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Banana OG x Purpz still fairly drooped
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Was gonna flip last weekend, welp maybe this weekend we'll see

I was so impressed by purpz by hsc I rebought a 2nd full pack and ran it lol . only funny part is 1st pack only one was barely purple and rest all pure lime green. idgaf . The profiles are great thou . Gmo and gorilla butter profiles to max!

Keep it up and hope best for ya and can’t wait for smoke reports

 

[RookieBuds]

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!! Positive plant response from the droopers

They've looked like this for a couple days, I wanna make sure they still look like this for a couple more days then I'll flip em.


All plants are on risers except the Banana OG x Purpz, so I was able to get the tower fans oscillating again.

The Cali Octane Triploid has REALLY THICK branches, so does the Papaya Pancakes but damn, at a glance the triploid is starting to kinda show off more than the rest in a way. Bigger leaves, more visible vigor, branches thicker than your granddad's chili

 

[RookieBuds]

Time to cage em up:

I gave Banana OG x Purpz my tallest cage because I think it's really gonna stretch. Cleaned off everything below the first ring.


The sensor is about 18" below the light and is about at the level of the tallest tops of the tallest plant.


The light levels @ sensor level, @ 75% power

And at 100% power

I put the light at about 70% for now.

 

[RookieBuds]

The short plants got bucket booster seats. The one in the back-left got a stack of dollies as it's booster. Decently level canopy


Three are showing flower after 10 days! Hell yeah




*The CA Octane Triploid not showing yet, but probably will in a day or two

 

[RookieBuds]

Day 14 flower & everything got a HEAVY defoliation, filled one orange bucket with leaves. *Sorry I didn't take a "before" pic but here's the "after"

At this angle, it still looks like I coulda went a lil bit harder

Banana OG x Purpz: SUPER stretchy all throughout veg, a very lanky plant. Looks like it'll stack nicely, we'll see. Oh & she bounced back VERY nicely from the last transplant mishap.

Blueberry Cupcakes x Vanilla Frosting: this has been a structurally normal plant almost boring lol! *Even with that little mishap after transplant, I always blame myself first & not the plant, it bounced back ideally

Papaya Pancakes: this mfer is SUPER SQUAT and BUSHY! It took quite a while to defoliate just because everything was so jammed tightly together. Will need another defoliation after some flower stretch, if any


*Not officially part of the State Fair Trio, because as a reminder this is a bean someone gave me, and I did not buy it @ the State Fair*

Cali Octane Triploid: this one is also SUPER SQUAT, but not as bushy-tight as Papaya Pancakes. The fan leaves on these reach halfway across the plant & fill every teeny little space, also took a long time to clean-up & could also still use another once-over.

I was bored the other night & stem-rubbed each plant ---- and I'd like to preface this next part that I don't take much stock in stem-rubs more often than not, it just smells like "green stalk" to me, BUT, I shit you not, the BBC x VF stem-rub PUNCHED like a whiff of Vicks Vapo-rub wife confirmed. I was like HOLY SHIT. And I swore on one whiff, the Banana OG one had a candied banana vibe but I couldn't recreate it more than one single whiff

 

[RookieBuds]

Went a little harder on the defoliation of the two short plants in front. Day 18f.

Banana OG x Purpz is 43" from substrate to the highest top.
BBC x Vanilla Frosting is 34" from substrate to tippy-top.

Papaya Pancakes is a measley 23" from substrate to tip-top.
*CA Octane Triploid is 25" from substrate to highest top.


This oughtta do it for defoliation in general, from here out will just be an occasional leaf pull.

 

[RookieBuds]

Day 24f, everything is doing very well & I'm liking how everything is decently in sync, no one plant is too far ahead or behind in flower

Papaya Pancakes. SUPER tight bud stacking, and noticeable Papaya terps already on the sugar leaves



Banana OG x Purpz. The tallest of bunch BY FAR, and visually the frostiest & furthest into flower I'd say, but not by a huge margin. It's just generic-sweet & nothing very distinct.



Blueberry Cupcakes x Vanilla Frosting. Similar to B OG x P, just a generic-sweet vibe and nothing distinct. Stem-rubs are still Vicks Vapo-rub but the sugar leaves aren't. Very slight blueberry vibe.



*Cali Octane Triploid. Tight stacking similar to but not as tight as the Papaya. Really nice gas/dank vibe on the sugar leaves, not super loud but you can tell this one fixin' to be a gas bomb


Overall shot:

 

[pepperpicante]

Day 24f, everything is doing very well & I'm liking how everything is decently in sync, no one plant is too far ahead or behind in flower

Papaya Pancakes. SUPER tight bud stacking, and noticeable Papaya terps already on the sugar leaves
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Banana OG x Purpz. The tallest of bunch BY FAR, and visually the frostiest & furthest into flower I'd say, but not by a huge margin. It's just generic-sweet & nothing very distinct.
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Blueberry Cupcakes x Vanilla Frosting. Similar to B OG x P, just a generic-sweet vibe and nothing distinct. Stem-rubs are still Vicks Vapo-rub but the sugar leaves aren't. Very slight blueberry vibe.
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*Cali Octane Triploid. Tight stacking similar to but not as tight as the Papaya. Really nice gas/dank vibe on the sugar leaves, not super loud but you can tell this one fixin' to be a gas bomb
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Overall shot:
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nice canopy! looking forward to see how these turn out.

 

[RookieBuds]

Day 35f and I've FINALLY been able to get humidity below 60% at the trade-off of higher lights-off temps.


Canopy and sensor position:


Running this beast of a dehumidifier in the middle of the lung room:


Lung room conditions:

*oof, someone needs to dust
Running the air conditioner is out of the question, so I'm just yeeting it thru the higher room temps to keep moisture in check. So far so good.