Growin’ hemp with Lefty (BaOx, Syrian, Lebanese)

[lefthandseeds]

What’s up y’all, I’m back with some new adventures for a new year. Now is a good time for me to try some CBD strains, so I’m gonna try some BaOx originally bred by centennial seeds. Additionally, I am starting some BaOx x Syrian from Hoku seed co and Willy Gs Lebanese. BaOx is an impressive looking strain, and is half Hindu Kush. Hoku mentioned that their cut of BaOx was quite exceptional. The pure BaOx come from Triangle hemp and are fems.

Unclear if I’ll be doing any breeding this round, but I’ll probably be looking for a good cut of something and possibly taking pollen from the BaOx/Syrian, perhaps to cross with a BaOx cut later.

I’m already off to a bad start My heat mat was set too high and my seedlings stretched like crazy. I’ve managed to salvage most of them, but the Lebanese are in pretty rough shape. BaOx are on top and Lebanese on bottom. I’ve started BaOx/Syrian, which should be joining the party shortly.

Lastly, this will be my first grow using the “hybrid hempy buckets” concept method. I have to get a drip system setup and I’ll be doing my first coco grow in at least a year. Could be a bumpy ride, but I think I’ll be able to figure it out as I go.

I’ll be filling in details about that here:

A hybrid hydroponic / hempy bucket idea

I’ve decided that recirculating systems aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Currently I’m running an ebb and flow pot system, standard flood and drain with hydroton, and previously, I was growing in coco with drain to waste. Initially, I had thought that reusable media would keep my costs low, and that with a recirculating nutrient solution, it would save on water and nutrients. While this is partially true, I am underwhelmed by the water savings (because you have to regularly change the reser…

Lots of excitement on the way!

[TopicalWave]

Oh yes… Im all over this one.

[Gpaw]

Always time to watch Lefty’s magic!!

Parking over on the left, packing the party bong.

Cheers
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[Floyd]

Count me in!

[bunny]

OK guys, scoot over.

[bassman5420]

Glad to see some more people messing around with CBD! @bunny (throws an elbow) Make some more room damn it!

[Dirt_Wizard]

Very cool, I’ll be watching this one to see how that BaOx does, got a couple of crosses of those from SHN/Best Coast that I have sitting in the fridge. Also neat to see someone growing something from Hoku, I have been eyeing their selections and am pretty into their whole “landraces and alternative cannabinoids” thing.

[lefthandseeds]

@Dirt_Wizard

am pretty into their whole “landraces and alternative cannabinoids” thing.

Ditto! I enjoy CBD and probably should have grown some a long time ago. I’m especially interested in THCV as well, and generally in the RSC Syrian strain.

@Floyd @bunny @bassman5420 @Gpaw @TopicalWave glad to have you all on board. Wasn’t sure how much interest there would be in hemp and mixed cannabinoid strains, but I figured if I’m interested there must be others.

Everything is going to be new. New strains, new grow methods, new media, new nutrient formula. It’s certain to be a disaster, but with a little luck it might all turn out great.

[corey]

Why no seeds? Always thought you made seed.

[bunny]

I got one going myself.

Bunny’s Mad Misshapes. (CBD with a sprinkling of other adventures) - Overgrow.com

[mufafa]

Looking forward to this!

Got any sneak peeks at the buckets?

[lefthandseeds]

Cool! I’ll check it out.

@mufafa

Got any sneak peeks at the buckets?

I just got my drip components today since everything was jammed up in the mail. Hopefully this week I’ll start getting it setup. If you’re familiar with a regular bucket-style flood and drain system, it will basically move the feed from a bottom feed, where it fills a control bucket to a top feed with drippers. The nutrient level will be set very low (the bottom ~1" of the coco pot). The ‘fill’ setting will be on all day and off all night, so that if the plant wicks up enough from the bottom, it feeds again from the top. And because I’m using a top feed, I will use a high aeration coco/perlite as the medium.

This should allow the plants to determine when to feed themselves, by sucking up enough nutrient from the bottom to cause the float switch to top feed again.

@corey

Why no seeds? Always thought you made seed.

In all likelihood, I probably will. I’m just not committing myself to it yet.

[bassman5420]

Hell ya bud! Definitely into hemp/cbd, cbg, cbc, cbn. I did a trade the other day and there are some CBDv seeds in there as well that will be showing up. Never tried THCv isolate or flower (not sure if the THCv hemp seeds are in mass rotation yet). I am planning on doing a big breeding project over the next few years. The plan is to make a number of tasty CBD:THC strains that will land in the ratios I am after/use daily. Usually we mix/use CBD and THC rosin in the 2:1-4:1 CBD:THC ratio Should be pretty fun and I will be looking for people I can send the crosses to that will want to grow them out and possibly assist/help in my endeavor . Cant wait to see how things go over there, keep us updated!

[lefthandseeds]

Sounds great! I’ll be interested in seeing your creations in the works. CBDV is a curious one. I’m wondering if there might be some in there BaOx x Syrians

[lefthandseeds]

Vegging up – not much to see yet. I’ve 5x BaOx x Syrian started on the bottom from Hoku Seed. All sprouted and came up nicely. The BaOx fems on the top are getting nice and big. I love the look.

[TopicalWave]

@lefthandseeds

Vegging up – not much to see yet.

Every great story needs a beginning, some foreshadowing, some time to get to know the characters and setting. I want to hear the whole thing myself, as I know you are a good storyteller.

[Oldtimerunderground]

Been following from the beginning. Sorry I’m only posting now, hope everybody doesn’t smack me on the back of the head all at the same time, lol.

Super interested and excited in seeing some hemp grow!! Can’t wait to see what those BaOx fems and BaOx x Syrian bring to the table!! Looking great so far, nice growth!

[lefthandseeds]

The BaOx are coming along very nicely. They seem to be super tolerant and easy growing. I just wish everything was at the same stage, but I’ll get it sorted out. I want to take some cuts off the BaOx anyway, so maybe it’s good they’re a little ahead.

[lefthandseeds]

Just in the nick of time, I got the parts I needed to finish my drip setup. The Baox were in desperate need of transplant. I’m back in coco! Royal Gold Tupur with an extra 2 gals of perlite per 2cuft bag to make it about a 60/40 mix. I rolled the root balls around in some VAM on transplant. It’s old stuff… from 2018. Hopefully still some activity.

I got 4 BaOx females, 2 look really nice and one is really stanky. I transplanted 2x Willy G lebanese. One had a bit of a weak stem and it split a little bit at the bottom. I’m not sure it’s going to make it, but I dumped some VAM in the wound.

I’ve got some BaOx x Syrian that still need about 2 weeks of veg. That’ll give me time to grow up the other plants and get some clones.

[lefthandseeds]

So far things seem to be going ok for the new hybrid hempy system. This week right after transplant I think was the most challenging point, since they cycle time is long until they fill out pots. But they seemed to be reasonably happy through it all.

It’s been very dry here. My tent sensor read 77F / 25% RH this morning, which is obviously not ideal. They should get quite a bit bigger this week and that should help increase the humidity.

The sideways picture with the longer leaf fingers is my favorite of the Willy G Lebanese. The other Willy G isn’t as vigorous, and I may cull it later. I accidentally broke the stem a little bit when I transplanted it, so its recovering… but we’ll if I even want to hang onto it. I’m kinda hoping the better looking Willy G turns out to be a male. The BaOx from triangle hemp are looking nice, and also smell good. In another week, I’ll probably take some cuts from my favorites.

Meanwhile, I still have some little ones (BaOx x Syrian) racing to catch up. When I transplant them in with the bigger plants, they might take a bit of a hit. They have a bit of the wavy leaf, which I think is from the Syrian side. Probably about a week and a half to two weeks from now they should be ready to transplant.