I would plant in Sept
Tropical fall run ,mmmgood oldschool durban ,thanks
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Durban. In flower since April 5th i think, so One more week for this one. Fresh it has a nice motivational buzz, great for work. I Start curing the fast plants tonight. They went just over 16 weeks.
Interesting these flower so long. Durban Poison was certainly never a natural 8 weeker. This one Smells similar to Cannabiogen’s Durban, which was a bit flat for my liking. If you like a Sativa high, great care must be taken when breeding early hybrids( I assume Durban was hybridized with something Pakistani or Afghani long ago, perhaps during the Anglo Zulu Wars, when Indian servants of the British were captured by the Zulu) like Durban Poison, or you’ll breed out that Sativa magic and help the old Kush genetic contribution to become predominant. Breed for the high, not for the bud looks. I hope to keep the magic in this one.
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Damn she is a gorgeous lady!!
I’ve given up seeking DP, as so many conflicting stories prevail.
That one is amazing though!!
All the best!!
webe
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I Salute you @Upstate , nice job preserving Durban Poison…back in the day 70s , durban poison. Was very strong ,like they say tripping weed , I’m kinda new on OG , as I am learning alot for youall growers , pass on seeds , grow in world , many thanks…
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Very close to harvest. These do get a little mold, but not bad. It isn’t easily spread. no leaf fungus. Nice sturdy plants.
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Guess its been a long journey lol i looked back up top. How have these been to grow? Everything you wanted 1973 to be? You treated them so much better than the time i tried em lol
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@TestOfOath These were easy growers. I have to wait for the plants to cure before knowing how good it is, but I can tell you this one isn’t sleepy. Good work weed😁
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My 2 favorite Durbans ready to pick. In flower since April? I thought it was the 5th, but it was after that. Just after April 12th. I’d guess by the 15th seeds were plantable. So 107-120 days flowering. 15-17 weeks. I could see people preferring a harvest one week later than I like, and maybe 1 week.earlier for early peak potency. Resin glands are still clear on one plant, cloudy on the others at this time. Chopping now.
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Ouh that smell can’t ya smell that smell…nice pics Bro …one more green world , grow the world…Peace…
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Man that looks really nice, and not as fluffy as a lot of equatorials!
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Really nice work with the Durban Upstate.
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I found this wonderful research paper - which suggests that Durban Poison wasn’t a hybrid but rather a mixture of flowers from Kwazulu Natal and Lesotho!
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Lesotho produces large quantities of cannabis (called “matekoane” in Sesotho, the language spoken in Lesotho). Lesotho basically grows cannabis to supply the large South African market of marijuana.
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According to all sources interviewed during the field study, cannabis production is most prevalent in the following districts: -
- Mokhotlong: the eastern sector of this mountainous district (a zone stretching east and south from the Moremoholo River Valley, and including the district capital, Mokhotlong) is part of a region known for its high-quality marijuana (“first grade”). This region also covers parts of Thaba-Tseka and Qacha’s Neck districts (see below). The top-grade marijuana is shipped to Durban in South Africa, where it is probably marketed and exported under the name “Durban Poison” (notably to the Netherlands).
- According to sources, high-grade matekoane often arrives in KwaZulu-Natal villages on the backs of donkeys and porters. It is likely that cross-country motor vehicles are also used. Once in South Africa, Basotho marijuana is taken to Durban townships by collective taxis (many of the taxi firms in townships around Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town are owned by dealers in “dagga” - marijuana - and Mandrax). Once in Durban, the cannabis will be packaged and sold on the national market or exported to Europe (until now it seems mainly to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and in quantities that are not large) or even to North America, often mixed with marijuana grown in KwaZulu-Natal.
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In 1978 Ed Rosenthal did indeed bring back Durban Poison seeds, but from Amsterdam, not from South Africa… He gave them to me and I developed Durban Poison. Ed never grew this strain. The seeds were not from a developed cultivar (there was no seed industry then) It was a landrace of very mixed characteristics from mediocre to quite good potency and with a very early harvest time when growing outdoors. After several generations I had two distinct higher potency phenotype lines, the A and B lines. I did give the B line to Skunkman Sam and he further developed it in Amsterdam. The B line had about 10% intersex phenos, and I mistakenly gave the B to Sam causing him to have to rework the strain to eliminate the tendency to put out a few male flowers on about 10% of the females.
Citation from Mel Frank
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I have often pondered the rumors of “trip weed” and I think the best answer I can come up with has nothing to do with novel cannabinoids or extreme potency. I think most North American reports of “weed of unusual potency” during the peak of prohibition in the 20th century relates to supply chain irregularity and tolerance. I think a lot of modern preservationists would do themselves a service to take a multi-week tolerance break before sampling heirloom strains, to simulate a prohibition-era “drought” leading to a stronger experience. When was the last time you personally sat back and took a nice long T-break? Try smoking two back to back joints of an 18% Thai or African landrace after that and tell me if you get CEV’s (I certainly do).
In the modern era where we all have jars on jars of hybrid bud available to use all day, I think the mind gets confused about what a strong cannabis-induced experience was really like back when prohibition forced our receptors to clear out from time to time…
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I find trippy bud not often but often enough.
Kosher Kush is really trippy. Visually and Aurally. No t break needed and it isn’t closed eye. Also many thai’s are like a mild mushroom trip without the bad qualities. Durban has never been trippy for me but has been one of the longest lasting highs i’ve ever experienced.
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This picture is Full of “Perfect Joints…” how could I NOT have seen that the 1st-time.
Awesome shot! Roomful of Joints and you’ve gotta Pipe! Love it
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Nah man its out there!. I smoke all day ery day
My mahakala vietblack x thai haze will induce most low dose psychedelic requirements every time. It took me years to find that though. I doubted it too.
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