CBD plants: are they worth it or is it mostly BS?

[Toscano]

Hi everyone!

The wife is trying to convince me to grow some CBD plants to help with her inflammation pains, general stress, stuff like that.

I'm under the impression that more CBD (and less to none THC) usually means a sober but analgesic effect.

So question is... are they really worth it to spend time and money growing?
Or is the CBD-plant concept basically some homeopathic-like BS that seed suppliers push on you?

If they're legitimate to grow, any particular strain people here would advise?

Thanks!

 

[Trae1170]

Hey, how is it going. I have grown a handful of CBD strains over the last couple of years and they definitely have value. I have grown MediHaze from SinCity seeds and I think it is close to a 50/50 ratio about 7% thc / 7% cbd and it was a huge producer and smelled like heavy Pine trees with a hint of lemon... beautiful smell. I did a indoor grow under LED and I had a cola the size of my forearm.It is a sativa so it grew to about 5'. It provided a mellow high that was good for Pain, Anxiety.
I also grew Charlotte's Angel which was supposed to be about a 1/15 ratio around .5-3% thc to 15-18% cbd, mine appeared to be closer to the 3& thc because it did provide a little head buzz but was very good to relax and chill for anxiety or stress. I am pretty sure it was a sativa or sativa hybrid, it also yielded alot and grew pretty tall indoors. Smelled of skunky lemon.

I am currently growing a RED Pure CBD auto, a Nepal Gold Cbd, CBD Mexican and Black Harlequin ... so hopefully turn out good with these. I am trying a different combination of ratios to see how they work.

Red Pure CBD auto - 1% thc - 15% cbd
CBD Mexican - 7% thc - 8% cbd
Black Harlequin - 15-20% thc - 15% cbd
Nepal Gold Cbd - 6% thc - 7% cbd

 

[HerbalEdu]

CBD do have some anti inflamatory properties, nothing magical but it do help relieve anxiety and stress as well as dissipating some pains i used to experience in the back.

growing 1:1 strains since 2 years now.

 

[TomH]

CBD doesn’t do much to address pain for me, however, if I thought it would help a loved one, I’d do everything I could to grow the best I could.
Watching loved ones suffer sucks!

 

[mysticepipedon]

I grew a nice CBD strain once and discovered I don't have much need for CBD, but they're legit. If CBD helps someone, I can't see why growing it would be BS.

When messing with CBD, it did not help with any pain that was hoping it would help. It helped with pain that I just resigned to live with, up until then. I had a nerve in my ankle that occasionally got pinched and I'd get that electrical kind of pain that nerves dole out when upset. That pain disappeared. It flares up again after about a year and a half. A CBD gummy fixes it again, for another year and a half.