Blue Dream CBD: Quadlining & Other Firsts In 2020

[burdok420]

Hi Burdok, it seems you came at the right time, perfectly timed for her showoff hihi Thanks for stopping by and happy growing to you ☀

I'm extra intrigued by the high CBD content of your strain. I'd love to have at least one high-CBD strain in my tent at some point.
I hope she has rewarded you well for all your efforts

 

[DeeCee112]

Thanks DeeCee, I think you're right. Thinking I might leave her under the light the whole tomorrow, start the next day in the dark and leave her for 48hours in the darkness, so timing wise she could come out of the tent by Friday.

Great plan!

 

[RedZedHead]

I'm in, steff. I love CBD strains

 

[steffgrowsweed]

YEAY They are all dried and curing now and I couldn't be happier, what an experience. Thank you to everyone here, for providing such great value

Some impressions before, during and after harvest. But first, some details upfront:

• 134 Days in total: 70 Days in Veg, 64 Days in Flower with 128W LED in a 60x60x160cm tent
• 7 Days Drying regularly, 9 Days Drying in the Fridge
• 432g - Wet weight with stems
• 103g of those for Fresh Harvest Infused Oil - 190ml Olive oil with 30mg/ml THC & CBD
• 87g for the DrZiggy's Low And Slow Drying in the fridge - 20g dry
• 242g for regular Drying @50% RH and 22°C - 55g dry
• 30g dried sticky trim in the freezer

The left bud is from the regular dried ones, the bud on the right is a low and slow dried bud from the fridge. I didn't properly trim those. I like the small sugar leaves nicely hugging the bud when drying in the fridge.

While trimming...

The results for now: a nice oil with a good base strength that I can use however I like, I've made some more topicals (this time with CBD - yeay). I've attempted my first oil capsules with a base strength of 3mg THC & CBD for my mom and we have a good bit of beautifully smelling and dried bud. Of course we have already smoked a bit and I'm surprised by how smooth she tastes. No harshness, wow. And a very nice body buzz, super soft and a little knock on the door. The bud structure is also great, she doesn't grow buds on the bigger side, but all are hard and sticky. I will probably use the trim to make some bubble hash, good use for sticky trim. She smells orangey, that's what I get the most, but I'm not good with smells. Overall I must say, I'm so happy to still have 3 clones of her and if not, I would def. grow her again.

I will update with some more photos in the next days and also update you guys on the clones. For now I'm overwhelmed and so so happy. Can't wait to get my mom on the right dose and see what this beauty does to her and everyone else.
I will roll one now and smoke it with all you lovely people in mind

 

[RedZedHead]

woah those look extremely tasty! save some pics for next months contests!

 

[Brian420pm]

overwhelmed and so so happy

WOOHOO! Look at that beauty! What was your total dry buds weight after trimming?

My last harvest was so awesome I'm MOVING to a legal grow state OMG lol

 

[steffgrowsweed]

WOOHOO! Look at that beauty! What was your total dry buds weight after trimming?

My last harvest was so awesome I'm MOVING to a legal grow state OMG lol

Thanks Brian, very happy and wow, that's great news and all new opportunities. I wish it would be that easy where I live... The dry weight is 55g from the regular dry plus the fridge buds with 20g dry, so 75g dry plus 75g of fresh flower that I used in the oil, so probably another 1/4 of that dry. I'm happy with the results. Happy day

 

[steffgrowsweed]

woah those look extremely tasty! save some pics for next months contests!

Thanks RedZedHead

 

[burdok420]

Looks great! Fantastic harvest

 

[steffgrowsweed]

Looks great! Fantastic harvest

Good morning and thank you burdok420 I am so happy and can't wait to see how she does, especially with the oil I've made for my mom. So far she expresses herself to be a very gentle and well balanced lady. Have a good day

 

[steffgrowsweed]

MINI-UPDATE - MY FIRST FRESH HARVEST OIL & WHY I GREW THIS STRAIN

Summary of my experience with this strain so far:

She takes well to massive training and a little neglect in the beginning, meaning she recovers well, which is what I want I didn't experience any major deficiencies. She had a little nitrogen deficiency during the later veg phase, which she showed with lighter green leaves. I blame this on my long veg time and my pot size of only 11l. She consumed all her soil and nutes by the end of veg. I will keep that in mind for my next grow. Since I increased my nitrogen levels so close to flowering phase, I overdid it a little on the nitrogen which showed a little bit during later flowering phase with downwards clawing leaves. So I will be more careful with nitrogen especially while transitioning into Flower. I did not flush this plant (thanks @DeeCee112 ) and to my surprise she smokes already beautifully mild after only a couple of days of curing. Drying her took 7 days in the tent and 9-11 days in the fridge. She crusted up with lots of stickiness while drying and gave off a good bit of scissor hash & kief while trimming.
Smoking her is a great and different experience to me. It's my first time with a 1:1 strain and I can definitely notice the CBD content. She shows in a very well balanced body high with a slight and gentle knock on the THC door. The first couple of days, I felt a craving for higher THC which settled down after only a couple of days. Very interesting and definitely worth growing. I totally recommend growing this beauty. Especially if you are interested in exploring a 1:1 THC:CBD strain with all its magical medicinal values

Why I grew this strain:

I grew this strain for my Mama ❤ She is open minded to trying to solve some of her health issues with these beautiful plants and the magic they bring but she also likes to have a bit of fun, she doesn't mind. So a 1:1 strain was quite handy. She suffers from neuropathic pain, arthritis in her joints, restless legs and insomnia. All very relatable issues and perfectly suitable to be introduced to some good CBD and THC content. She already has a little tolerance, since she is treating her restless legs with gummi bears I made with a strength of 1.5mg/gummi bear. This small dose already helps her on a daily for her restless legs. Beautiful

So with this special mission in mind, I wanted to process the plant with only the very best options and create Cannabis Oil (Capsules) for my Mom to take. I chose a method called Fresh Harvest Infused Cannabis Oil by the wonderful member SweetSue. I will not go into detail and def. recommend reading through the whole thread. I only document the short version here and I'm happy to share my experience. It was a lot of fun and very exciting for me to make this oil, seeing decarboxylation happening is something great

The oil I made has 30mg/ml of THC and CBD. That's a good value. I calculated the strength the following:

75g fresh Flower in 200ml Olive Oil - with 10% CBD&THC
85% extraction efficiency with the infusion method
85% * 10% THC&CBD = 0.0850
0.0850 * 75g = 6.375 gram of available THC & CBD
6.375gram * 1000 = 6375mg/THC & 6375mg/CBD
6375mg/200ml = 31.875mg/ml CBD & THC

I created capsules with 3mg per capsule (thinned down with fract. coconut oil), which I find a good dose to have for her, since she can easily take two or three until we found the right dose, which is what we are currently doing. I found these notes here Sweet Sues Class notes and used them as a guide:

New Patient Dosing Guidelines by Russo and MacCallum

Oral (high-THC) **Remember it can take 60 - 90 minutes to feel effects.**

• Start with 1.25 - 2.5 mg of THC
  • shortly before bedtime
  • for 2 days
• If all is well, increase by 1.25 - 2.5 mg
  • for another two days
• Continue until you find the relief you seek.
• If you get too high, back off to the last dose where you did feel comfortable.

THC and CBD together

A 2010 report British Journal Of Pharmacology had a report on clinical trials that demonstrated CBD will potential THC

• Adding CBD to an ineffective low dose of THC will make it effective.
• With CBD added you can get medicinal benefits of THC at lower doses.

”Start low, go slow, and don’t be afraid to go all the way. - Dr. Sulak​

She started taking one capsule 60-90min before bed for 3 days now and will increase by 1 capsule tonight. We continue until a max dose of 15mg/day but always re-evaluate how she feels. She's documenting her experience quite cute. Very heartwarming and powerful. So far, and it's only been 3 days of her taking 1 capsule/3mg, she says the following:

• Onset is pretty precise between 60-90 minutes, first time it took 90 minutes, second time 60minutes.
• She then describes it like feeling tired enough to sleep. There is a special word in my language, it would translate to "feeling a heavy bed-weight", as in your body is feeling so heavy, you can only rest and must go to bed. She hasn't felt that in years.
• She went to bed without restless legs (first success for her) and fell asleep in 5 minutes (second success for her).
• After one hour she woke up and felt fresh, went to the bathroom - she never does that - went back to bed and fell asleep fast again, but woke up again to go to the bathroom again. This is unusual to her and we have an eye on this.
• That happened now every night so far, the bathroom, no restless legs and falling asleep fast.
• Last night she took 2 capsules, so 6mg. Haven't heard back, since she is still sleeping at roughly 9am my time

We are both excited and can't wait to see where this takes us. I will continue documenting her results, in case anyone is interested, also I want to give back a little, since I consume so much knowledge from all over the internet, including here, so thanks guys

Here is a little photo of her 3 clones fresh from this morning on their first day in Flower

 

[McRib]

Great read. Thanks Steff. Must be great being able to help your mum. I have BD CBD seeds on the way and I too hope to be able to help someone with them

 

[Stunger]

Lovely update Steff, fantastic journal. Really nicely presented and great to read of your experience with helping your mum. Great stuff!

 

[steffgrowsweed]

Thanks to both of you

Great read. Thanks Steff. Must be great being able to help your mum. I have BD CBD seeds on the way and I too hope to be able to help someone with them

I wouldn't call it "help" yet, but it sure feels very hopeful and that's good enough for now. My mom chickened out of the second capsule last night since she had a glass of wine and was worried. Tonight will be the night then hehe. Definitely grow this beauty, she's very powerful and gentle enough to not scare less experienced people. I will follow along for sure

Lovely update Steff, fantastic journal. Really nicely presented and great to read of your experience with helping your mum. Great stuff!

Thank you Stunger

 

[Brian420pm]

The oil I made

Awesome post about your infusion, this helped me a LOT, because I had always dismissed the method because I didn't think it would be potent enough because it took too much oil to cover the bud, but I see now the trick is to add WATER, which will help cover the bud and then boil away later.

 

[steffgrowsweed]

Awesome post about your infusion, this helped me a LOT, because I had always dismissed the method because I didn't think it would be potent enough because it took too much oil to cover the bud, but I see now the trick is to add WATER, which will help cover the bud and then boil away later.

It took me some time to figure that out as well You have no idea, how much I studied that article and every step of the process. After all that it made total sense with the water and the boiling point and how oil has a different. Felt like a little flashback to physics class or is that chemistry?? Either way, I’m happy it helped

 

[steffgrowsweed]

SMALL UPDATE, It's been a while...

I wanted to give you a quick update on how my Mom reacted to the oils and on how the clones are doing

The last status with the oils, my Mom kept on waking up precisely 1 hour after falling asleep quickly. This kept on repeating every night, which is clearly not what we had in mind. We even tried changing the consumption method, by putting the oil on a piece of bread or adding the oil to some honey or a tea. Clearly the Blue Dream CBD is also a sativa-heavy-ish strain which I conclude is more activating. By taking the oil before bed, my Mom and I both somehow got the impression, it would also help her sleep better, which is wrong, somehow. I chose the above mentioned dosing method before bed, because I didn't want to scare her during the day, when she still wants to be functioning. So currently, she is a bit hesitant to take the oils at night and went back to eating the gummies I made with a different strain, for her restless legs. We have one success at least. Unfortunately we ended up focussing too much on the sleeping topic, when initially we actually wanted to treat her arthritis and not the sleeping. Oh well... I will have to try another CBD strain, that is less activating. All in all it's still a good result.

The clones are currently on Day 51F and they are exactly like their Mom, not a big surprise, haha. I am so happy to see them start fading beautifully and look forward to my harvest in about 10 days. Can't wait to get my hands on this yummy bud again.

All three of them in the tent, not as even as the quadlined one, but still happy with my LST efforts. I was a bit more hesitant defoliating, since my very first clone got a good bit stunted, in comparison with the two other clones, that I didn't defoliate that much. Either way, I'm happy with them

 

[McRib]

Great to hear from you steff. Glad to hear you are having some success with treating your mum.

Plants look tasty

 

[steffgrowsweed]

Great to hear from you steff. Glad to hear you are having some success with treating your mum.

Plants look tasty

Thanks McRib