Humboldt Seed Company (HSC) Thread

skuba

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I've been looking at HSC seeds but I haven't seen many reviews of their classic gas strains. Can anyone review the Emerald fire OG, Old Growth OG, Family Jewels, Humboldt Headband, Humboldt Sour Diesel? Thanks.
Grew humboldt sour a few years ago, had one that turned purple and sweet and other one that tasted and smelled like peanut butter. Not really in a good way, like the sugar free natural peanut butter. Neither was exciting to smoke and not at all like sour diesel in any way, they looked pretty though
 

Dothraki

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I've been looking at HSC seeds but I haven't seen many reviews of their classic gas strains. Can anyone review the Emerald fire OG, Old Growth OG, Family Jewels, Humboldt Headband, Humboldt Sour Diesel? Thanks.
I’m on a search for gassy or skunky too… I have an All Gas OG growing that smells like motor oil and lemon. Let ya know in a few weeks what it’s like.
 

MyxtLyte

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I actually grew some Stoopid fruits and Hi-biscus late in the season because I had seeds to spare, and even though they were pretty modestly sized they turned out well. I posted some of the Stoopid fruits nugs earlier up the thread, but I harvested the Hi-Biscus not that long ago and was pretty happy with it.
I meant to respond sooner but life is really busy right now. That looks really good! I let mine go until the first week of November last year and it got much more purple than this year's which I took down last weekend. I wish I had taken nicer photos in better light but here are some of the vanilla frosting, hibiscus, a few hella jellys, and bigfoot glue-
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Dothraki

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I meant to respond sooner but life is really busy right now. That looks really good! I let mine go until the first week of November last year and it got much more purple than this year's which I took down last weekend. I wish I had taken nicer photos in better light but here are some of the vanilla frosting, hibiscus, a few hella jellys, and bigfoot glue-
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Are you making charas?
 

MyxtLyte

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Are you making charas?
Unintentionally just from big leafing, but i did collect what was on my hands. The hella jelly and bigfoot glue were extremely resinous. Crazy how sticky the bigfoot glue is, and I can see how it earned the name. There were times my fingers felt glued/stuck together.
Plan on growing both again. Jelly is a fast finisher and pretty mold resistant. Had an issue with caterpillars near the end, but noticed it right away and only lost a few grams or so. BT knocked them down.
 

Dothraki

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Unintentionally just from big leafing, but i did collect what was on my hands. The hella jelly and bigfoot glue were extremely resinous. Crazy how sticky the bigfoot glue is, and I can see how it earned the name. There were times my fingers felt glued/stuck together.
Plan on growing both again. Jelly is a fast finisher and pretty mold resistant. Had an issue with caterpillars near the end, but noticed it right away and only lost a few grams or so. BT knocked them down.
Nice! Yeah they look covered! I was thinking about throwing a few seeds outside in the spring to make some the traditional Indian way after realizing how awesome the PUDC scissor hash was
 

DrOgkush

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Here’s all gas og around 44 days.
Dominant scent would be rubber
Secondary scent gas. Undertones of kush/earth.
I was hoping a messy gas station smell. But. I have more beans to hunt thru. This one. ‘Not’ a keeper.
 

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Gameofdeath

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Awesome, thanks! Bout 2 weeks left woohoo!
I did let one go to 60 days. That one had a little bit more drowsiness on the come down. It lacked any kinda smell. Still a good high and had the Jelly taste. The really frosty sweet smelling pheno is the best one imo. Terps are awesome and the high is a little more euphoric. It looks like it's dipped in trichomes.
 

Dothraki

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Here’s all gas og around 44 days.
Dominant scent would be rubber
Secondary scent gas. Undertones of kush/earth.
I was hoping a messy gas station smell. But. I have more beans to hunt thru. This one. ‘Not’ a keeper.
I asked one of the HSC crew “what is your gassiest smelling strain” and this is it. But then I thought about it…I wouldn’t go to a Mexican restaurant for chicken wings. Like, HSC is all about the fruity stuff, so probably not the best place to look for fuel. Sadly I wouldn’t know where to look for it yet, but I promise I will eventually find it. Might see what AKbeanbrains is all about he’s got some old school genetics like NL#5 and Cat Piss. Really looking forward to seeing what his cat piss is all about.

-SIDE NOTE: Just found a couple open dried up pollen sacks on All Gas OG…no idea if there was pollen but assuming there had to be.


I did let one go to 60 days. That one had a little bit more drowsiness on the come down. It lacked any kinda smell. Still a good high and had the Jelly taste. The really frosty sweet smelling pheno is the best one imo. Terps are awesome and the high is a little more euphoric. It looks like it's dipped in trichomes.
Oh thanks for the heads up!!! That’s exactly why I was wondering. In that case, I’ll be sure to cut a day early rather than a day late. I prefer that drowsyness stays the hell outta my sativa hybrids lol
 

skuba

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Here’s all gas og around 44 days.
Dominant scent would be rubber
Secondary scent gas. Undertones of kush/earth.
I was hoping a messy gas station smell. But. I have more beans to hunt thru. This one. ‘Not’ a keeper.
Maybe not a keeper, but IME the smells change and develop until the plant is cut. Even real OGs can smell sweet and fruity in early flower then completely change by the time it’s finished
 

DrOgkush

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Maybe not a keeper, but IME the smells change and develop until the plant is cut. Even real OGs can smell sweet and fruity in early flower then completely change by the time it’s finished
No. No og will ever smell sweet and fruity. Ogs are Citrus, fuel, skunk, earth. It’s its own scent. Maybe some rubbish. Burnt. But. No. No sweet. No fruit. Sulfur based cultivars typically go from rubber-petrol. Or burnt rubber To that kerosene smell. Just depends on the pheno I guess. This isn a keeper because it’s just simply not a keeper. Lol.
I asked one of the HSC crew “what is your gassiest smelling strain” and this is it. But then I thought about it…I wouldn’t go to a Mexican restaurant for chicken wings. Like, HSC is all about the fruity stuff, so probably not the best place to look for fuel. Sadly I wouldn’t know where to look for it yet, but I promise I will eventually find it. Might see what AKbeanbrains is all about he’s got some old school genetics like NL#5 and Cat Piss. Really looking forward to seeing what his cat piss is all about.

-SIDE NOTE: Just found a couple open dried up pollen sacks on All Gas OG…no idea if there was pollen but assuming there had to be.



Oh thanks for the heads up!!! That’s exactly why I was wondering. In that case, I’ll be sure to cut a day early rather than a day late. I prefer that drowsyness stays the hell outta my sativa hybrids lol
That area up north, the emerald triangle. Is gas capital. Twenty20 and hsc are very known for gassy strains. They have the most I know of. A shit ton of og came from up north.
 

skuba

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No. No og will ever smell sweet and fruity. Ogs are Citrus, fuel, skunk, earth. It’s its own scent. Maybe some rubbish. Burnt. But. No. No sweet. No fruit. Sulfur based cultivars typically go from rubber-petrol. Or burnt rubber To that kerosene smell. Just depends on the pheno I guess. This isn a keeper because it’s just simply not a keeper. Lol.

That area up north, the emerald triangle. Is gas capital. Twenty20 and hsc are very known for gassy strains. They have the most I know of. A shit ton of og came from up north.
I’ve grown a lot of og’s in the area you speak of. When they’re early in flower they don’t have that gas smell. That happens later in flower. My point was that you can’t pick a keeper before it finishes, and how a flower smells at 44 days is different than when it finishes. It looks dank tho, cheers
 

MyxtLyte

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That area up north, the emerald triangle. Is gas capital. Twenty20 and hsc are very known for gassy strains. They have the most I know of. A shit ton of og came from up north.
Yup. Twenty20 and hsc are my favorite breeders. They put in more R&D than almost anybody. Twenty has this one called "bad girl" that is just so crazy. The aroma is intoxicating like sweet gas with a touch of old school funk. HSC has plenty of gassy strains- vanilla frosting, vanilla creme pie, bigfoot glue, any of their OG's, headband, royal highness, the bling, some phenotypes of stoopid fruits, purple mountain majesty, notorious thc, don Carlos, collie man kush... They do breed a lot of fruit strains, but breed just as much gas/skunk. The market wants what the market wants and hsc puts out. Bigfoot glue is the best for straight gas/rubber that I've had from them and produces very well. If I wanted something that was just over the top fuel, I'd grow sour diesel. Haven't tried theirs, but I'm sure it's great!
 

Dothraki

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Yup. Twenty20 and hsc are my favorite breeders. They put in more R&D than almost anybody. Twenty has this one called "bad girl" that is just so crazy. The aroma is intoxicating like sweet gas with a touch of old school funk. HSC has plenty of gassy strains- vanilla frosting, vanilla creme pie, bigfoot glue, any of their OG's, headband, royal highness, the bling, some phenotypes of stoopid fruits, purple mountain majesty, notorious thc, don Carlos, collie man kush... They do breed a lot of fruit strains, but breed just as much gas/skunk. The market wants what the market wants and hsc puts out. Bigfoot glue is the best for straight gas/rubber that I've had from them and produces very well. If I wanted something that was just over the top fuel, I'd grow sour diesel. Haven't tried theirs, but I'm sure it's great!
I guess my idea of “gassy” is different than a lot of people today. Back 25-30 years ago in new york we had strains like Sour Diesel, which was nothing like what any breeder sells under SD claims or names. Same with skunk. I haven’t had SD in probably close to 15 years…Skunk in over 20, but smoked about every strain called those since, and I don’t consider them gassy or skunky or anything like SD or Skunk. So maybe the criteria has changed. I like HSC, even with the hermie genetics (most prevalent for indoor growers like myself), but if All Gas OG is their “gassiest” strain then I would not consider them a breeder to seek out if gas is what you’re after. With that said, I do like the 2 I’ve grown from them and the Hella Jelly is looking great, AGOG has a nice motor oil like burnt rubber smell with some lemon. But no fuel as of yet.
 

DrOgkush

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I guess my idea of “gassy” is different than a lot of people today. Back 25-30 years ago in new york we had strains like Sour Diesel, which was nothing like what any breeder sells under SD claims or names. Same with skunk. I haven’t had SD in probably close to 15 years…Skunk in over 20, but smoked about every strain called those since, and I don’t consider them gassy or skunky or anything like SD or Skunk. So maybe the criteria has changed. I like HSC, even with the hermie genetics (most prevalent for indoor growers like myself), but if All Gas OG is their “gassiest” strain then I would not consider them a breeder to seek out if gas is what you’re after. With that said, I do like the 2 I’ve grown from them and the Hella Jelly is looking great, AGOG has a nice motor oil like burnt rubber smell with some lemon. But no fuel as of yet.
How many seeds did you sprout?

My idea of gas. Is wet gas dripping out the pump. Pure kerosene and petrol reaked buds. Heavy menthol and almost burns the eyes and nose to absorb the scent. Will clear a building. Gas, skunk, earth, and pine. Are all different. Like. Very different. I like my flower to smell like 87 out the pump. Majority of my phenos kept have that resemblance.

and hsc has prolly just as much sulfur based strains as fruity and candy. I know poddy mouth has that raunchy level of funk. Humboldt area is gas capital.
 
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DrOgkush

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I’ve grown a lot of og’s in the area you speak of. When they’re early in flower they don’t have that gas smell. That happens later in flower. My point was that you can’t pick a keeper before it finishes, and how a flower smells at 44 days is different than when it finishes. It looks dank tho, cheers
Yes they do. Pure classics. Og 18 Sfv. Tahoe. Ghosts. Deathstar. Master. Ect will. Once again. Never smell like fruit. Period. Banana og. And sweet blended hybrids. Do not count as the gassy classics. I don’t know what you’re talking about. But I have plenty of experience in gassy lines. I know what’s a keeper and what’s not. Essp when it’s a personal preference lmfao. This is not a keeper. I have a 9 other reasons why. I absolutely know this one seed outta 10. Is not a keeper.

like my 41zlushies. Since day 28 veg. Reaked of fuel. Pure gas station shoes with golfball rock solid flowers. Heavy “tacky” resin production early on. Means great for washing. Now that’s a keeper.
 
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