Homegrown Fantaseeds
A seed company that turns up in the record books of the High Times Cannabis Cup, with most of its own story still undocumented in the sources we hold.
- 5cup results
- 2first places
- 1997–2008active in results
- 2cups entered
01Beginnings
The sources behind this page do not say when, where, or why Homegrown Fantaseeds began. There is no founding date, no founder's name, and no account of the first seeds it released. Rather than fill that gap with guesses, we are leaving it open.
What the sources do offer is the setting in which the name appears. Steven Hager, an editor at High Times, started the Cannabis Cup in 1988, and the event has usually taken place in Amsterdam in November1. That describes the competition, not the breeder, but it is the stage on which Homegrown Fantaseeds shows up in print.
02The Story So Far
The clearest appearance of Homegrown Fantaseeds in our sources is at the 21st Cup in 2008, where a strain called Cheese, credited to the company, is listed among the Indica Cup winners1. Beyond that single listing, the sources give no account of how the entry came about or what followed it.
A similar name turns up earlier. The 5th Cup in 1992 lists a Haze x Skunk #1 cross credited to Homegrown Fantasy1. The names are close, but the sources do not say they belong to the same company, so we are keeping the two apart.
Some of the Cup's wider history is useful background, though it belongs to the event and not the breeder. San Francisco hosted the first Medical Cannabis Cup on 19-20 June 2010, and that same year Dutch police raided the Amsterdam Cup location1. In 2014, after 27 years, Amsterdam hosted what seemed at the time to be its last High Times Cannabis Cup1.
03Culture and Community
Seed companies compete at the Cup, and a panel of VIP judges picks the companies behind the top indica, sativa, and hybrid entries1. That is how a name like Homegrown Fantaseeds ends up in a winners list. The sources do not describe the company's own community, collaborators, or reputation.
The judging is only part of the event. The Cup also offers live music, educational talks, and an exhibition space where cannabis businesses present their goods1. Since 1997 it has also held induction ceremonies for the Counterculture Hall of Fame1. These are details of the Cup, offered as background, not claims about the breeder.
04Where Things Stand
The current status of Homegrown Fantaseeds is not documented in our sources. We cannot say whether it is active, retired, renamed, or absorbed into another business.
The most recent dated winners list we hold is for the 27th Cup in 2014, and it contains no Homegrown Fantaseeds entry1. That absence is only a note about one list. It does not show that the company stopped operating, and the sources say nothing either way.
05What Comes Next
We found no announced plans for Homegrown Fantaseeds in the sources, and nothing about new releases, events, or direction.
On the podium, in our data
CannaLib records 5 cup results naming Homegrown Fantaseeds, between 1997 and 2008, 2 of them first places.
Where they showed up
- High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) · 4 entries
- Highlife Cup (Netherlands) · 1 entries
Strains behind the results
Sources
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