Description of strain from the "Overgrow Canada" website:
"FREEDOM DREAM - CBD
Freedom Dream is a strain normally grown in Canada for commercial seed production. The seeds will produce both female and male plants. The female plants will grow about five feet tall and produce a large central bud with minimal side branches. If pollinated by a male plant, the bud will fill with seeds. If not exposed to male pollen, the bud will produce about 8-12% CBD and only very little THC. You could smoke these buds for pain relief but you won't get high. For best medicinal benefit, I would recommend making water hash or other extract from these buds."
Day -2: Soaked seeds overnight, approximately 16hrs in PH7 tap water.
Day -1: Transferred to damp paper towel on plate, placed in seedling tray with dome. Seedling heating mat set to 86F.
Day 0: 8 of 10 seeds with sprouts visible, varying from 1/4" to 3/4" exposed. Planted in seedling cups in "Black Gold Seedling Mix". Sprinkled seed and soil with "Myke" mycorrhizae.
Placed under 1 "Sunblaster" 18W LED and 1 "Sunblaster" 18W T5.
Day 1: 6 seeds sprouted. 6 hrs later, 2 remaining seeds pushed through. One seedling was much more yellow than the others. Another seedling appeared as if 2 stems had popped up from the single seed.
Day 2: Reduced heating mat to 80F.
Day 3: Moved seedling tray, with dome and heat mat to 2x4 grow tent under HLG Elite 360 LED fixture. Light intensity set to 30%, 36" from seedlings.
Day 4: Light was accidentally turned on to 100% intensity for approx. 4 hours. Plants appeared light stressed, burnt tips. Reduced to 25% intensity, moved light up to 40".
Day 5: Removed dome from seedling tray. Reduced heat mat to 78F.
Day 6: Light was accidentally turned on to 100% intensity for approx 4 hours. Plants looking light stressed. Installed humidifer, set on low. RH in tent @ 57%.
@CoastGrower,
Thanks! Unfortunately, this particular grow won't likely make it through to any sort of harvest, as it was always intended to simply be a test grow to feel out the environment of my new tent and grow light but feel free to check out my "Early Miss" autoflower journal, which is my first "real" indoor grow and also includes a few lovely photos ;)
growdiaries.com/diaries/28981-1st-auto-grow-under-qb96-elites
@planttracker, I was glad to have them as a test strain to get used to my new light & tent set up but not much worth to me as a harvest-able product.
They're also just nice to grow as a house-plant. Not too smelly and they seem pretty hardy.
I was surprised that they turned out to be autoflowers, it's not mentioned on the website but hey, 100 free seeds are gonna come with couple surprises i guess! π
@Puffer_Bill,
Thanks. These have been a great little test project for the new tent setup.
I know i'll have failures so my hope is that the detail in the comments will help others to help me! π β
@MovingOn, No, they were never intended to be grown through to harvest. I used them just as test subjects for the new grow setup. I kept them around in front of a sunny window for a while before chopping them and throwing the whole lot in my garden compost pile.
Hi @VanCplGrows and greetings from Burlington, ON Canada. I've noticed you've been experiencing some issues with some of your grows. I was also seeing similar issues with my plants. The hydroponics store owner in my area said it's usually a PH issue so I purchased a new Blue Lab tester and re-calibrate it every week but my grows were not getting any better. They were OK but could always look better. Growing is supposed to be fun and exciting yet I was feeling stressed cuz my plants always had issues. Last year a close grower friend of mine suggested using Holland Secrets full line by Future Harvest (Canadian company). I'm on to my 4th grow with Holland Secret and have no longer seen any deficiencies with my plants. My feed schedule is feed/feed/flush. I give a long flush after every 2 feedings and in the long run I save on nutrients. I do not work for this company nor am I affiliated in any way. I just came across your diaries and wanted to share my experience. π
Good Luck with your future grows and all the bestππ