Borberad Cherry Dream Grow-Journal
Our trip to the patisserie with the Cherry Dream from Kannabia Seeds. This photoperiod lady is a massive Indica hybrid (90% Indica / 10% Sativa), bred from a classic Afghan cut and selected Cherry genetics. Sounds like a dessert that gently rocks you to sleep after the first bite.
The Cherry Dream is geared for speed: With about 60–65 days of flowering time indoors, she belongs to the faster athletes on the tartan track.
The cannabinoid analysis promises around 19% THC. The effect is thoroughly classic Indica – deeply sedating, muscle-relaxing, and absolutely calming. If the Caribbean Mango is the after-work cocktail, the Cherry Dream is the warm pillow afterward.
As for the scent: The terpene biosynthesis of this plant is fascinating. Breeders and growers report an intense aroma of ripe, sweet cherries, carried by floral notes and a heavy, earthy hashish base. Black Forest cherry cake meets Living Soil.
Regarding growth: Morphologically, she grows typically Afghan – stocky, bushy, with extremely dense and resinous flower clusters that develop beautiful violet to deep red anthocyanins (color pigments) towards the end of the flowering phase – especially during a climate-induced temperature drop. Yield-wise, we are also looking at a formidable 450–500 g/m².
👉 Conclusion for the diary:
The Cherry Dream is the perfect counterpart in the tent: Botanically absolutely homogeneous in growth to our Mango, but aromatically and visually a completely different cosmos. A resin monster that will deliver a grand color display in late bloom.
Now it’s time to calibrate humidity, prepare plugs – and give the starting signal for this fruity Indica dream.
Week 1:
Germination week 0.1
The germination of the Cherry Dream has begun.
Day 0.1: The familiar start protocol: 10 hours in a 1% H₂O₂ bath to soften the seed coat, then direct transfer to the Eazy Plug.
Day 0.2: The patience phase. Inside the capsule, cell division begins, while externally there is absolute silence.
Day 0.3: A crack in the shell! The white root tip (radicula) is visible and immediately burrows towards the center of the earth (geotropism). We gently raise the DLI from 12 to 16.
Day 0.4: The plant has properly lifted itself from the plug and has already shed the seed coat in the substrate. As the roots grow quickly, it went straight into the 400ml pot with the Borberad 1:1:1:1 mix along with the Eazy Plug.
Day 0.5: The seed leaves unfold like little solar panels. To ease the transition for the plant, we open the slots of the dome (RLF about 80%) and set the DLI to 20.
Day 0.6: The Cherry Dream shows excellent growth vigor. The first tiny, serrated true leaves are forming exactly in the middle of the seed leaves.
Day 0.7: Out of the comfort zone! The light dome has been removed. The humidity is now dropping to 60–65%. The plant must now actively draw water from the soil through the newly formed root system.
Fertilization & measurements: No fertilizer or water needed.
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Week 1. Vegetation
3mo ago
1/24
4 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
150 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
24 °C
Substrate Temp
25 °C
Night Air Temp
0.4 liters
Pot Size
20 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 1
Day 8 a bit different in length the two, but otherwise very pretty. The decision isn't easy. 🤔
Day 9 We're waiting... they're still so small the two of them. 🌱
Day 11 Decision almost impossible 🙃
Day 12 The pot is ready and the first clover is growing. But who gets to move in?
Day 14 we have decided on the longer of the two.
Her leaves look smoother and the distance between the cotyledon and the first "real" node is nice and short. But these are all just cosmetic reasons, both are healthy and strong.
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Week 2. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/9
6 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
150 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
24 °C
Substrate Temp
25 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
20 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 3
After the girls have had a clean start and stretched a bit in the sun and fresh air, it's back to the germination tent and then at the end of the week finally to their home for the veg and the first flowering weeks. To fully complete our living soil, we still need the compost worms, which will be added next week at about 1 worm per liter.
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Week 3. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/11
6 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
150 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
25 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 4
The new pot has been accepted. So far, the little one is very uncomplicated.
Day 24 The little plant is now ready, and we've decided on 6 shoots and topped and pruned accordingly.
Day 26 Good things come to those who wait. The extra life has arrived: 10 nightcrawlers, 20 red wigglers, and 15 dendrobena are now finding a new home and want to be cared for and nurtured. ?
Day 28
There are organic sea almond leaves as long-term food and some kelp for the worms.
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Topping
Technique
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Week 4. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/12
20 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
150 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
25 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 5
The little one is doing great, the individual shoots have gained quite a bit of thickness, and training can slowly begin. The 6 shoots will be arranged evenly at 60° to each other.
Day 30
The "foreign growth" can slowly be trimmed back for the first time.
Day 33
A day of rest 🐦
Day 35
Some training.
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Week 5. Flowering
2mo ago
1/8
20 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
25 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
150 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
25 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 6
Day 36 The flowering phase started after a 24-hour night.
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Week 6. Flowering
2mo ago
1/8
20 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
32 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
28 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 7
It's getting summery in the country. The temperature and humidity are currently no longer manageable. 32°C and 66% RH, it might even get more tropical.
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Week 7. Flowering
1mo ago
1/12
19.99 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
32 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
28 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
40.01 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Borberad Week 8
The third week in the 12h cycle begins, and there's not much to see in terms of flowering yet. The ladies are just growing and growing 😮. If we don't see the start of flowering this week, we'll have to extend the night to 13h; otherwise, they'll just outgrow the tent volume if they keep stretching during flowering. We've checked the light multiple times, and it is indeed set to 12h.
Flowering Day 18
😄😄😄 The ladies have noticed that the night is no longer just 6h long.
Flowering Day 21
What is this going to turn into? 🙈
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Week 8. Flowering
1mo ago
1/12
152.4 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
32 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
28 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
2.5 liters
Watering Volume
40.01 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 2
Boost
1 mll
Cal-Mag Amino
1 mll
Borberad Week 9
.. and the plant is completely escalating. 🤭
Out of concern that we can't really control its growth with the methods we're used to, we're using rubber bands as "scroglines" in the hope of at least being able to guide the direction of growth. 🌳 We still don't want to call it Scrog. 🤷♂️
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Week 9. Flowering
1mo ago
1/6
152.4 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
32 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
No Smell
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
28 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
2.5 liters
Watering Volume
40.01 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 2
Boost
1 mll
Cal-Mag Amino
1 mll
Borberad Week 10
🍒 Kannabia-Ladies Update: Day 70 / Flowering Day 35
It's time for another update on our two Kannabia-Ladies: Cheery Dream and Karibbean Mango. Today we are at Day 70 overall, which corresponds to Flowering Day 35.
Height management gave us some worries at first, but we think we have the situation well under control now. We have set up SCROG nets to control the growth and ensure even light distribution.
Both plants are developing splendidly and showing the first signs of promising flower formation. I'm excited to see how they progress in the coming weeks.
Feel free to stop by again for the next update!
Borberad Week 12
Everything is way crazier than planned. The flower is giving it all. Without a SCROG net, it would have grown all the way up to the lamp by now. The good one is hungry, and the buds are showing themselves in all their glory. To avoid deficiencies, we're now alternating with a bit of Green Sensation. After finding the munching spots, the entire plant was searched, and lo and behold, a caterpillar. They're usually not alone, but we couldn't find any more.
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Week 12. Flowering
6d ago
1/17
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
28 °C
Day Air Temp
6.5
pH
Normal
Smell
400 PPM
TDS
60 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Substrate Temp
28 °C
Night Air Temp
60 liters
Pot Size
5 liters
Watering Volume
40.01 cm
Lamp Distance
425 PPM
CO₂ Level
Nutrients 3
Boost
1 mll
Green Sensation
1 mll
Cal-Mag Amino
1 mll
Borberad The buds continue to swell and are adorned with long white and cream-colored pistils, among which numerous trichomes sparkle. A truly indescribably fruity, citrus-like scent fills the entire tent.
Another new adventure begins, this time with sweet dreams and cherry vibes 🍒💫
We wish you and your travel companion, our Cherry Dream 💖, the best of luck. Enjoy the journey!
The Kannabia Team 🧡
@Kannabia,
"Thank you so much, Kannabia Team! 🧡 Our entire team is absolutely thrilled to have the Cherry Dream in our lineup for this Ambassador run. We are definitely ready for those sweet cherry vibes and hopefully some beautiful late-flower colors! Let the journey begin! 🍒✨"
@Borberad, good Luck with this Amazing Kannabia Strain 🙏 Growing Cherry Dream later this year, sounded Interesting as hell 😜will stand side by side with the New 2026 Strains/upcoming Strains
Looking forward for your Kannabia sleection , Great work So far 🌱
@GERGrowDesigns, "Hey, thanks a lot for the great feedback! 🙏 There will likely be more Kannabia strains in the setup later this year. We have to make the most of the space in the Powerhouse. 😂 I'm really looking forward to your run later this year! Let it grow and Happy Growing! 🌱🔥