{
  "version": "3.0",
  "updated": "2026-10-26",
  "status": "unlisted pilot",
  "sources": {
    "nl_product": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Northern Lights Feminized",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/feminized-seeds/sensi-seeds/northern-lights",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "nl_history": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds at 40: The Roots of Dutch Cannabis History",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/40-years-sensi-seeds/",
      "kind": "Breeder history"
    },
    "jh_product": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Jack Herer Regular",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/cannabis-seeds/sensi-seeds/jack-herer",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "jh_history": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Jack Herer and Ben Dronkers",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/will-next-jack-herer-ben-dronkers/",
      "kind": "Breeder history"
    },
    "jh_lineage": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Jack Herer Feminized Grow Report",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/jack-herer-feminized-grow-report/",
      "kind": "Breeder grow report"
    },
    "seed_overview": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Cannabis Seeds",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/cannabis-seeds",
      "kind": "Breeder reference"
    },
    "auto": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: What are autoflowering seeds?",
      "url": "https://service.sensiseeds.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002350199-What-are-autoflowering-or-Automatic-cannabis-seeds",
      "kind": "Breeder reference"
    },
    "breeding": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Stabilising a Strain",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/cannabis-genetics-101-stabilising-a-strain/",
      "kind": "Breeding reference"
    },
    "f1": {
      "title": "Royal Queen Seeds: F1 Seeds Explained",
      "url": "https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/help-center/genetics/f1-seeds-explained",
      "kind": "Breeder reference"
    },
    "names": {
      "title": "Genetic tools and strain-name reliability",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33526091/",
      "kind": "Peer-reviewed research"
    },
    "cdc": {
      "title": "CDC: Cannabis Frequently Asked Questions",
      "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/cannabis/faq/",
      "kind": "Public health"
    },
    "skunk_product": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Skunk #1 Regular",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/cannabis-seeds/sensi-seeds/skunk-1",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "skunk_history": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: The Strains That Made Our Brand",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/sensi-seeds-pivotal-moments-the-cannabis-strains-that-made-our-brand/",
      "kind": "Breeder history"
    },
    "hindu_product": {
      "title": "Sensi Seeds: Hindu Kush Regular",
      "url": "https://sensiseeds.com/en/cannabis-seeds/sensi-seeds/hindu-kush",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "blueberry_product": {
      "title": "Dutch Passion: Blueberry",
      "url": "https://dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/blueberry",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "widow_product": {
      "title": "Dutch Passion: White Widow",
      "url": "https://dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/white-widow",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "durban_product": {
      "title": "Dutch Passion: Durban Poison",
      "url": "https://dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/durban-poison",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "orange_product": {
      "title": "Dutch Passion: Orange Bud",
      "url": "https://dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/orange-bud/",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "charlotte_product": {
      "title": "Dutch Passion: CBD Charlotte's Angel",
      "url": "https://dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/cbd-charlottes-angel",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    },
    "charlotte_auto_product": {
      "title": "Dutch Passion: CBD Auto Charlotte's Angel",
      "url": "https://dutch-passion.com/en/cannabis-seeds/cbd-auto-charlottes-angel",
      "kind": "Breeder product page"
    }
  },
  "strains": [
    {
      "id": "northern-lights",
      "name": "Northern Lights",
      "variant": "Sensi Seeds · Feminized",
      "issue": "01",
      "eyebrow": "An old line, a modern seed",
      "deck": "A compact, resin-heavy classic with a history that runs from the American Pacific Northwest to Dutch seed banks.",
      "summary": "Northern Lights is one of those names that outgrew its original seed packets. Here we stay with one identifiable product: Sensi Seeds' feminized version.",
      "lineage": "Thai and Afghani ancestry, according to Sensi Seeds",
      "seed_type": "Feminized, photoperiod",
      "breeder_label": "90% indica / 10% sativa",
      "flowering": "45–50 days after flowering begins, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "About 80–130 cm indoors; 150–200 cm outdoors, breeder estimates",
      "aroma": "Earth, fruit and herb after curing; Sensi also describes sweet notes",
      "appearance": "Broad leaves, compact growth and densely clustered, resin-coated flowers in the breeder description.",
      "experience": "Sensi describes a strong, deeply relaxing effect. That is its product description, not a reliable forecast for every person or batch.",
      "history": [
        "The Northern Lights story begins before this feminized packet. In Sensi Seeds' account, the line was developed in the Pacific Northwest by a group it calls the Northern Lights Crew. Numbered plants and seeds travelled to the Netherlands in the early 1980s, where Dutch breeders worked them into the line that became famous there.",
        "Sensi dates Northern Lights' Dutch debut to 1985. It became a reference point for later crosses, including Northern Lights #5 x Haze. Those historical names refer to a family of related breeding material, not a single plant that can be identified by a modern label alone.",
        "The product on this page is Sensi's feminized, photoperiod version. Sensi also sells regular and automatic Northern Lights seeds; their seed behavior is different, even when the family name is shared."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "What the breeder describes",
          "text": "Sensi's feminized line is presented as sturdy and relatively compact, with broad leaves and thick resin on clustered flowers. The company gives an indoor height of roughly 80–130 cm and a flowering window of 45–50 days. Those are growing estimates, not measured outcomes for every environment."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma and character",
          "text": "The breeder's notes move from earth and pungency to fruit and herbs after curing. This is a useful description of the line's intended character; aroma still varies with the individual plant, harvest, cure and storage."
        },
        {
          "heading": "What we cannot tell from the name",
          "text": "There is no batch certificate of analysis for this profile. A universal THC percentage, CBD percentage or terpene ranking would be guesswork. Those values belong to a particular tested harvest, not to the words Northern Lights."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "feminized",
        "photoperiod"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "nl_product",
        "nl_history",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "FOUNDATIONS",
      "color": "#a9cfa3"
    },
    {
      "id": "jack-herer",
      "name": "Jack Herer",
      "variant": "Sensi Seeds · Regular",
      "issue": "02",
      "eyebrow": "The namesake hybrid",
      "deck": "A 1994 tribute to an activist, known for its resinous flowers and a wide range of plant expressions.",
      "summary": "Jack Herer is both a person and a seed line. This entry concerns Sensi Seeds' regular-seed version, rather than every product sold under the name.",
      "lineage": "Haze, Northern Lights #5 and Shiva Skunk, as described by Sensi Seeds for its line",
      "seed_type": "Regular, photoperiod",
      "breeder_label": "50% sativa / 50% indica",
      "flowering": "About 10–12 weeks to harvest, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Variable; Sensi describes both tall and more compact phenotypes",
      "aroma": "Sharp, savory and earthy in the breeder description",
      "appearance": "Heavy resin production; plant height and flower shape vary by phenotype.",
      "experience": "Sensi describes both mental and body effects. Experiences differ, and a seed name cannot predict an individual's response.",
      "history": [
        "Sensi Seeds named this line for Jack Herer, the American cannabis activist and author. Its founder Ben Dronkers knew Herer personally; the company describes the seed line as a tribute to that friendship and to Herer's advocacy.",
        "After years of breeding, Sensi unveiled Jack Herer in 1994 at the Cannabis Castle in the Netherlands, with Herer present. The company describes Haze, Northern Lights #5 and Shiva Skunk in the line's background. This is the breeder's account of its own cultivar, not a genetic certificate for every later product carrying the name.",
        "Jack Herer Regular can produce male or female plants. Sensi emphasizes variation among phenotypes: some lean tall and airy, while others stay denser and more compact. That variation is part of the story, rather than an error in the listing."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "What the breeder describes",
          "text": "Sensi presents Jack Herer Regular as a 50/50 hybrid with abundant resin and several recognizable phenotypes. Its catalog gives roughly 10–12 weeks to harvest. Height is not a single dependable number because the line can express different growth habits."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma and character",
          "text": "The breeder describes a bouquet that develops after harvest: sharp, savory and earthy. That is more useful than pretending every Jack Herer sample has a fixed terpene formula."
        },
        {
          "heading": "What we cannot tell from the name",
          "text": "No batch-tested THC, CBD or terpene result is attached to this profile. Sensi uses the phrase high THC, but we will not turn that marketing description into a numerical claim."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "regular",
        "photoperiod"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "jh_product",
        "jh_history",
        "jh_lineage",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "FOUNDATIONS",
      "color": "#cec5e7"
    },
    {
      "id": "skunk-1",
      "name": "Skunk #1",
      "variant": "Sensi Seeds · Regular",
      "issue": "03",
      "eyebrow": "The hybrid blueprint",
      "deck": "The American hybrid that became a Dutch seed-bank cornerstone.",
      "summary": "The word skunk became a catch-all. This profile is narrower: Sensi Seeds' regular Skunk #1, a selected seed line with a documented place in modern breeding.",
      "lineage": "Central and South American, Afghan and Thai ancestry in Sensi’s account",
      "seed_type": "regular, photoperiod",
      "breeder_label": "35% sativa / 65% indica, breeder label",
      "flowering": "45–50 days of flowering, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Moderate height gain, according to Sensi",
      "aroma": "Earthy and sweet in the breeder description",
      "appearance": "Robust branches, darkening foliage and dense flowers in Sensi’s account.",
      "experience": "Sensi describes a combination of creative and relaxing effects; those words are not a prediction for an individual harvest.",
      "history": [
        "Skunk #1 did not begin as a Dutch invention. Sensi traces the early hybrids to American breeding that brought together material from the Americas, Afghanistan and Thailand.",
        "The company's own version was selected and backcrossed over generations. Sensi places its introduction in the late 1970s and credits the stabilized line as a parent for later hybrids.",
        "Skunk became shorthand for many unrelated products. Naming the breeder and regular seed version helps keep this particular lineage separate from that loose cultural label."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "The selected line",
          "text": "Sensi calls its regular version a stable hybrid and gives a 45–50 day flowering window. Those are breeder descriptions, not measured results for every plant."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "The product page emphasizes earthy and sweet notes. The actual profile of a harvested plant still depends on the individual and the cure."
        },
        {
          "heading": "What the name misses",
          "text": "Other companies and seed formats also use Skunk #1. A shared name alone cannot establish that two seed lots are the same."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "regular",
        "photoperiod"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "skunk_product",
        "skunk_history",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "FOUNDATIONS",
      "color": "#d2e877"
    },
    {
      "id": "hindu-kush",
      "name": "Hindu Kush",
      "variant": "Sensi Seeds · Regular",
      "issue": "04",
      "eyebrow": "A regional name, a maintained line",
      "deck": "A compact seed-bank line tied to the mountain range between Afghanistan and Pakistan.",
      "summary": "Hindu Kush names a region before it names a packet. Sensi's regular seed line is a cultivated selection associated with that mountain ancestry.",
      "lineage": "Hindu Kush regional ancestry; selected within the line by Sensi Seeds",
      "seed_type": "regular, photoperiod, landrace",
      "breeder_label": "Indica, breeder label",
      "flowering": "45–50 days of flowering, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Compact, according to Sensi",
      "aroma": "Sandalwood, sweet earth and pine in the breeder description",
      "appearance": "Broad leaves and dark, compact growth in the breeder description.",
      "experience": "Sensi describes a heavy body effect; the profile does not establish any medical use or a predictable personal response.",
      "history": [
        "The Hindu Kush range stretches across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sensi presents its seed line as descended from cannabis associated with that region, where selection took place long before modern branded seed catalogues.",
        "Its current regular product is not an untouched wild sample. Sensi says it has selected within the same gene pool for generations to maintain a consistent line.",
        "That distinction matters for the heritage label: geographical origin, collection history and later seed-bank maintenance are separate chapters, even when they share one name."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "Plant structure",
          "text": "Sensi describes compact plants with broad leaves and a 45–50 day flowering estimate. These are catalogue expectations rather than guarantees."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "The company mentions sweet sandalwood and damp pine. Smell varies with the individual plant and post-harvest handling."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Heritage carefully read",
          "text": "A regional name is not proof of an unmodified landrace accession. This entry records Sensi’s maintained regular line."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "regular",
        "photoperiod",
        "landrace"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "hindu_product",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "HERITAGE",
      "color": "#bdd9ae"
    },
    {
      "id": "blueberry",
      "name": "Blueberry",
      "variant": "Dutch Passion · Feminized",
      "issue": "05",
      "eyebrow": "The blue family",
      "deck": "DJ Short’s fruit-forward breeding found a Dutch home in the late 1990s.",
      "summary": "Blueberry's name points to aroma and occasional colour. This entry follows Dutch Passion's feminized version, not every blue-hued cross sold since.",
      "lineage": "Afghani, Thai and Oaxacan material, as Dutch Passion describes it",
      "seed_type": "feminized, photoperiod",
      "breeder_label": "80% indica / 20% sativa, breeder label",
      "flowering": "About 8–9 weeks of flowering, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Compact indoors; can become tall outdoors, breeder description",
      "aroma": "Sweet berry and fruit in the breeder description",
      "appearance": "Broad leaves, short internodes and sometimes blue-purple hues.",
      "experience": "Dutch Passion describes a clear, uplifting effect; this is a breeder account rather than a tested outcome.",
      "history": [
        "Dutch Passion credits breeder DJ Short with the original Blueberry family. Its catalogue says the line reached the Dutch market in 1998 alongside Blue Velvet, Blue Moonshine, Flo and Blue Heaven.",
        "The company describes Afghani, Thai and Oaxacan ancestry. That mix became a starting point for later blue-family crosses, which is one reason the word Blueberry now travels far beyond one packet.",
        "The colour is part of the appeal, but it is not a fixed feature of every plant. Dutch Passion describes blue and purple hues as possible expressions of its line."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "The plant",
          "text": "Dutch Passion describes a broad-leaved, resinous plant with short internodes. Its indoor flowering estimate is roughly 8–9 weeks."
        },
        {
          "heading": "What the name evokes",
          "text": "The berry association comes from the breeder’s account of aroma and colour. Neither can be verified from a seed label alone."
        },
        {
          "heading": "The exact version",
          "text": "Dutch Passion offers regular and feminized Blueberry. This profile refers to its feminized photoperiod seed."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "feminized",
        "photoperiod"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "blueberry_product",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "BLUE FAMILY",
      "color": "#adcbd2"
    },
    {
      "id": "white-widow",
      "name": "White Widow",
      "variant": "Dutch Passion · Feminized",
      "issue": "06",
      "eyebrow": "The resin era",
      "deck": "A Dutch classic built from Brazilian and Indian parent material.",
      "summary": "White Widow is a crowded name. This page stays with Dutch Passion's feminized version and the traits that breeder actually describes.",
      "lineage": "Brazilian and Indian parent material, according to Dutch Passion",
      "seed_type": "feminized, photoperiod",
      "breeder_label": "Indica-leaning hybrid, breeder label",
      "flowering": "About 7–9 weeks of flowering, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Medium-sized plant, breeder description",
      "aroma": "Spice and pine, with possible citrus or diesel notes",
      "appearance": "Compact flowers with pronounced visible resin in breeder material.",
      "experience": "Dutch Passion describes strong effects, but a seed description cannot predict potency or response for a tested batch.",
      "history": [
        "White Widow became one of the defining Dutch seed-bank names of the 1990s. Dutch Passion presents its own version as a cross of Brazilian and Indian material.",
        "The breeder emphasizes resin coverage: the pale trichomes are the origin of the name in its telling. Over time, many sellers have offered different products under White Widow.",
        "For this index, the named product matters more than a disputed claim to a single universal original. The page records Dutch Passion’s feminized photoperiod version."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "Resin and structure",
          "text": "Dutch Passion describes medium-sized plants and compact, resin-coated flowers, with a 7–9 week flowering range."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "Its page mentions spice and pine, with citrus or diesel in some expressions. There is no attached batch terpene report."
        },
        {
          "heading": "One name, many products",
          "text": "Other breeders sell White Widow. This entry is intentionally tied to Dutch Passion’s seed product and claims."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "feminized",
        "photoperiod"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "widow_product",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "DUTCH CLASSICS",
      "color": "#dee0d4"
    },
    {
      "id": "durban-poison",
      "name": "Durban Poison",
      "variant": "Dutch Passion · Feminized",
      "issue": "07",
      "eyebrow": "From Durban to Dutch selection",
      "deck": "South African ancestry adapted by Dutch Passion for northern growing seasons.",
      "summary": "Durban Poison carries a place name and a long seed-bank history. Dutch Passion's feminized version is a selected line, not a direct snapshot of an untouched population.",
      "lineage": "South African Durban material; Dutch Passion lists an unknown indica contribution",
      "seed_type": "feminized, photoperiod, landrace",
      "breeder_label": "Sativa-dominant, breeder label",
      "flowering": "About 8–9 weeks of flowering, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Tall and vigorous; substantial stretch in breeder description",
      "aroma": "Spice, anise, liquorice and citrus in the breeder description",
      "appearance": "Many side branches and a taller, slimmer flowering habit.",
      "experience": "Dutch Passion describes an energetic effect; individual responses and batch chemistry remain unverified here.",
      "history": [
        "Dutch Passion traces its Durban Poison material to South Africa and says it was worked over years in the Netherlands. The product page names Durban crossed with an unknown indica.",
        "That history makes the common 'pure landrace' shorthand too simple for this particular seed packet. A regional origin and later breeding can both be true.",
        "The company positions the line as a durable outdoor classic that can finish in a northern season. This profile records those breeder claims without promising identical results elsewhere."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "Growth habit",
          "text": "Dutch Passion describes a vigorous plant that can stretch substantially. Its indoor flowering estimate is around 8–9 weeks."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "The breeder describes spice, anise, liquorice, lemon and clove. These are sensory descriptions, not a laboratory terpene panel."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Reading the heritage claim",
          "text": "The page acknowledges South African roots and Dutch selection, rather than using the word landrace as an absolute genetic certificate."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "feminized",
        "photoperiod",
        "landrace"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "durban_product",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "HERITAGE",
      "color": "#d8b778"
    },
    {
      "id": "orange-bud",
      "name": "Orange Bud",
      "variant": "Dutch Passion · Feminized",
      "issue": "08",
      "eyebrow": "A selection from skunk",
      "deck": "An early-1980s Dutch Passion selection known for its citrus character.",
      "summary": "Orange Bud came from selection within Skunk-family material. Here the focus is Dutch Passion's feminized seed, with its own documented flowering range and aroma notes.",
      "lineage": "Selected from early Skunk-family material, according to Dutch Passion",
      "seed_type": "feminized, photoperiod",
      "breeder_label": "Sativa-dominant hybrid, breeder label",
      "flowering": "About 7–9 weeks of flowering, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Moderate stretch; can roughly double in bloom, breeder description",
      "aroma": "Sweet orange, nectarine and citrus in breeder description",
      "appearance": "Orange hairs and resinous flowers described by Dutch Passion.",
      "experience": "Dutch Passion describes an uplifting effect; no personal effect or medical outcome is guaranteed.",
      "history": [
        "Dutch Passion dates Orange Bud to an extensive Skunk selection in the early 1980s. The aim, it says, was a fruitier expression without leaving the family’s growth traits behind.",
        "The selection later became part of the Dutch coffeeshop era. It also gave Dutch Passion an Orange Family of later seed lines, which should not be collapsed into this original product.",
        "The modern packet is sold in several formats. This record follows the feminized, photoperiod Orange Bud rather than Auto Orange Bud or Orange Bud 2.0."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "The plant",
          "text": "Dutch Passion describes a vigorous plant with a 7–9 week flowering window and some stretch after flowering starts."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "The orange name refers to the breeder’s sweet citrus and nectarine descriptions. It is not an assay of a particular harvest."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Version matters",
          "text": "Original Orange Bud, Auto Orange Bud and Orange Bud 2.0 are different seed products. The page covers only the first."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "feminized",
        "photoperiod"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "orange_product",
        "names"
      ],
      "family": "DUTCH CLASSICS",
      "color": "#efb579"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbd-charlottes-angel",
      "name": "CBD Charlotte's Angel",
      "variant": "Dutch Passion · Feminized",
      "issue": "09",
      "eyebrow": "The CBD-led line",
      "deck": "A Dutch Passion line selected around CBD expression and low THC.",
      "summary": "This is Dutch Passion's feminized, photoperiod CBD Charlotte's Angel. Its chemistry is a breeding goal and a breeder-reported range, not a test result for seeds in this index.",
      "lineage": "Dutch Charlotte × Red Angel, according to Dutch Passion",
      "seed_type": "feminized, photoperiod, cbd-forward",
      "breeder_label": "CBD-rich, low-THC breeding goal",
      "flowering": "Medium-to-long flowering period, breeder description",
      "stature": "Tall, sativa-leaning growth with substantial stretch",
      "aroma": "Spice, diesel, citrus and pine in breeder description",
      "appearance": "Long branches and large flowers, according to breeder material.",
      "experience": "Do not infer safety, impairment or medical benefit from this seed label. Chemistry must be checked on the actual harvested material.",
      "history": [
        "Dutch Passion describes CBD Charlotte’s Angel as its first low-THC, CBD-focused variety. The breeder gives Dutch Charlotte and Red Angel as its parent material.",
        "The company says it selected the line for a CBD-rich profile and introduced it before the automatic version. The photoperiod line has since served as a parent for CBD Auto Charlotte’s Angel.",
        "The breeder publishes typical cannabinoid ranges, but they are not a certificate for a future harvest. We record the goal and leave batch numbers to actual lab reports."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "Plant structure",
          "text": "Dutch Passion describes a tall, vigorous plant with long branches and a medium-to-long flowering period."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "Its description includes spicy, diesel, citrus and pine notes, with variation among phenotypes."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Chemistry caveat",
          "text": "CBD-rich and low-THC are breeding goals. A final product needs batch testing before making a chemical or legal claim."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "feminized",
        "photoperiod",
        "cbd-forward"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "charlotte_product",
        "cdc"
      ],
      "family": "CBD FAMILY",
      "color": "#a6d9c7"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbd-auto-charlottes-angel",
      "name": "CBD Auto Charlotte's Angel",
      "variant": "Dutch Passion · Autoflower",
      "issue": "10",
      "eyebrow": "A second chapter for Charlotte",
      "deck": "Dutch Passion crossed its CBD line into an automatic flowering version.",
      "summary": "This is a distinct seed product from photoperiod CBD Charlotte's Angel. The automatic label changes the flowering behavior while the CBD focus remains a breeder goal.",
      "lineage": "CBD Charlotte's Angel × CBD Auto Compassion Lime, according to Dutch Passion",
      "seed_type": "autoflowering, cbd-forward",
      "breeder_label": "CBD-rich, low-THC breeding goal",
      "flowering": "About 11–13 weeks from seed to harvest, breeder estimate",
      "stature": "Medium to tall, sativa-leaning structure in breeder description",
      "aroma": "Fruit, earth, pine and citrus in breeder description",
      "appearance": "Slender leaves, long branches and resinous flowers described by breeder.",
      "experience": "The breeder describes calming effects. That claim is not a prediction or a medical recommendation; test the actual product for chemistry.",
      "history": [
        "Dutch Passion made this line by crossing CBD Charlotte’s Angel with CBD Auto Compassion Lime. The result is an autoflowering product with a different life cycle from the original photoperiod line.",
        "The company says the automatic version won a CBD-category award in 2019. The award and its published CBD range refer to the breeder’s line, not to every future batch.",
        "This paired entry makes a useful comparison: familiar family name, different flowering behavior. It shows why a seed format should be visible beside the strain name."
      ],
      "details": [
        {
          "heading": "Flowering behavior",
          "text": "Dutch Passion estimates about 11–13 weeks from seed to harvest and describes a medium-to-large, sativa-leaning plant."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Aroma in context",
          "text": "The breeder reports earthy fruit with pine and citrus. Phenotypes and post-harvest handling can shift the result."
        },
        {
          "heading": "Chemistry caveat",
          "text": "Its CBD focus does not establish the cannabinoid content, safety or legal status of a particular harvest."
        }
      ],
      "type_ids": [
        "autoflowering",
        "cbd-forward"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "charlotte_auto_product",
        "charlotte_product",
        "cdc"
      ],
      "family": "CBD FAMILY",
      "color": "#a8c5f0"
    }
  ],
  "seed_types": [
    {
      "id": "regular",
      "name": "Regular",
      "axis": "Sex expression",
      "short": "Seeds that can develop into male or female plants.",
      "body": [
        "Regular describes sex expression, not potency or flowering speed. A regular seed lot can produce male and female plants; which ones appear is not decided by the word on the pack.",
        "Regular seeds remain useful for breeding and preservation because they retain the possibility of both sexes. The label tells you nothing by itself about cannabinoid content or whether the line is photoperiod or autoflowering."
      ],
      "read_label": "Look for the breeder, named line and flowering behavior alongside the word regular.",
      "crosses": "Can also be photoperiod, autoflowering, F1 or a heritage line.",
      "sources": [
        "seed_overview",
        "breeding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "feminized",
      "name": "Feminized",
      "axis": "Sex expression",
      "short": "Bred to produce female flowering plants with high probability.",
      "body": [
        "Feminized tells you what sex expression the breeder is aiming for. It does not tell you whether a plant needs a seasonal light change or flowers automatically.",
        "Breeder descriptions often say these seeds produce only female plants. In practice, seed and growing outcomes are biological rather than absolute; read the specific breeder's terms rather than treating the label as a guarantee about every seed."
      ],
      "read_label": "Pair feminized with photoperiod or autoflowering to understand the whole package.",
      "crosses": "Can be photoperiod, autoflowering or F1.",
      "sources": [
        "seed_overview"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "photoperiod",
      "name": "Photoperiod",
      "axis": "Flowering behavior",
      "short": "Flowering responds to changes in day length or light schedule.",
      "body": [
        "Photoperiod plants respond to the length of day and night. Indoors, growers change the lighting schedule to start flowering; outdoors, seasonal day length drives the transition.",
        "Photoperiod is separate from seed sex. Northern Lights Feminized and Jack Herer Regular are both examples of photoperiod versions with different sex-expression labels."
      ],
      "read_label": "Check whether the seed is regular or feminized as a separate question.",
      "crosses": "Can be regular, feminized or F1.",
      "sources": [
        "seed_overview",
        "nl_product",
        "jh_product"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "autoflowering",
      "name": "Autoflowering",
      "axis": "Flowering behavior",
      "short": "Flowering begins without the same light-cycle trigger.",
      "body": [
        "Autoflowering describes when flowering begins. These lines start flowering with age rather than waiting for a change in day length, a trait associated with ruderalis ancestry in modern breeding.",
        "Many retail autoflowering packs are also feminized, but the two words describe different traits. An automatic version of a famous cultivar is a distinct breeding product from its photoperiod version."
      ],
      "read_label": "Read the whole label: automatic, regular or feminized, breeder and specific line.",
      "crosses": "Often sold feminized; can also be described with an F1 breeding label.",
      "sources": [
        "auto",
        "seed_overview"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "feminized-autoflowering",
      "name": "Feminized autoflowering",
      "axis": "Combined label",
      "short": "A common retail pairing of female-focused seeds and automatic flowering.",
      "body": [
        "This label answers two separate questions at once. Feminized refers to the expected sex expression. Autoflowering refers to the flowering trigger.",
        "It is useful to keep those ideas apart: a feminized photoperiod seed and a feminized autoflowering seed are not interchangeable versions of the same growth schedule."
      ],
      "read_label": "Still check the named cultivar and breeder; the paired label is not a chemical profile.",
      "crosses": "Combines the feminized and autoflowering axes.",
      "sources": [
        "auto",
        "seed_overview"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "f1-hybrid",
      "name": "F1 hybrid",
      "axis": "Breeding method",
      "short": "First-generation offspring from two selected parent lines.",
      "body": [
        "F1 means first filial generation: the direct offspring of two parent lines. Breeders may use carefully developed, stable parents to aim for more uniform plants in the first generation.",
        "The label is a claim about breeding, not a promise of identical outcomes in every garden. Ask what parent lines were used and whether the breeder means a true F1 from established inbred lines or simply a first cross."
      ],
      "read_label": "Look for a breeder explanation of the parent lines and what was actually tested.",
      "crosses": "Can also be photoperiod or autoflowering, regular or feminized.",
      "sources": [
        "breeding",
        "f1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "inbred-line",
      "name": "Inbred line",
      "axis": "Breeding method",
      "short": "A line selected over generations for consistent inherited traits.",
      "body": [
        "An inbred line, often shortened to IBL, is developed through repeated breeding and selection. The goal is greater consistency in particular traits, not perfection in every plant.",
        "Stable parental lines are especially important when a breeder wants to make a predictable F1 hybrid. The term should describe a documented breeding process, not simply a strain that has been sold for years."
      ],
      "read_label": "Look for the traits the breeder says were stabilized and for generation or testing detail.",
      "crosses": "A breeding-history term; it does not specify sex expression or flowering trigger.",
      "sources": [
        "breeding",
        "f1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "landrace",
      "name": "Landrace / heritage",
      "axis": "Origin & preservation",
      "short": "A regional population shaped over time in a particular place.",
      "body": [
        "Landrace is an origin and history claim. It usually describes a population adapted over generations to a region, rather than a recently named commercial cross.",
        "The word is often used loosely in marketing. A careful listing should say where the material came from and what preservation or later breeding work has happened since collection."
      ],
      "read_label": "Look for provenance: region, collection history and any subsequent selection.",
      "crosses": "Can be sold as regular seed; later breeding can produce other formats.",
      "sources": [
        "breeding",
        "nl_history"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cbd-forward",
      "name": "CBD-forward",
      "axis": "Chemical breeding goal",
      "short": "A line selected with CBD expression as a stated goal.",
      "body": [
        "CBD-forward describes a breeding target, not a seed's sex or flowering behavior. A breeder may select for a CBD-dominant chemical profile, but the exact result belongs to a tested plant or batch.",
        "Do not infer a safe or non-impairing product from the seed label alone. Product chemistry and legal status require the actual material and local rules, not the catalogue category."
      ],
      "read_label": "Look for independent, batch-specific cannabinoid testing when chemistry matters.",
      "crosses": "Can also be regular, feminized, photoperiod, autoflowering or F1.",
      "sources": [
        "seed_overview",
        "cdc"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "balanced-thc-cbd",
      "name": "Balanced THC:CBD",
      "axis": "Chemical breeding goal",
      "short": "A line bred toward a more even THC and CBD relationship.",
      "body": [
        "Balanced describes a target chemical relationship, often around one-to-one THC and CBD. It is not a fixed percentage and does not make the product non-impairing.",
        "A seed can carry this breeding goal alongside any of the sex-expression and flowering labels. The way to know what a harvested product contains is a batch test, not its category name."
      ],
      "read_label": "Check the measured THC and CBD values and their units for the actual batch.",
      "crosses": "Overlaps with regular or feminized, photoperiod or autoflowering.",
      "sources": [
        "cdc",
        "names"
      ]
    }
  ]
}