Words & Pics: Green Born Identity – G.B.I.

The Doc, Ellis D., Mr. Knolle, and Mr. Power-Planter met the other day for a chilled get-together, each expected to bring a self-grown weed strain along as exceptional as possible. The look, smell, and effect were rated using vaporizer blind-testing and awarding points to choose the best strain of the day.

The gang started in the early afternoon to take sufficient breaks between the single strains and clear their heads. As each cannabis aficionado is a very experienced, excellent grower with a select strain taste, it was a tight competition. Still, in the end, a champion stood out. Ellis D. said before he knew what it was,

“This strain is all banana; it smells and tastes like this, and it is very intriguing. These heavily trichome-encrusted flowers are sticky and have given me a tremendously powerful super-stoned effect.”

Mr. Knolle laughingly agreed, “Such is this weed’s banana flavor that I guess a monkey would eagerly inhale this vapor, too! And then do his monkey business more than ever…”

And Mr. Power-Planter jested, “Yah yah, Monkey see, monkey vape –  the two of you are some real weed apes! But it’s true, that much of a banana aroma I’ve not come across yet as regards marijuana, that’s pretty extraordinary. It packs such a wallop that now, later this evening, I’m glad it was the last variety to be sampled today: rien ne va plus! Dockie, you’ve entered this kind of banana weed, so tell us now what it is.”

He did, beaming joyfully: “What has that utterly dazed and bananized you all is Banana Punch by Barney’s Farm!”

Banana Punch had piqued The Doc’s curiosity

He had grown this winning strain briefly in a separate tent, not in his standard grow room. For that tent run, he had envisaged a few exotic pure sativa strains and intended to apply a brief veg time of 12 days. Shortly before the grow began, he couldn’t resist experimentally adding a Banana Punch plant to this cycle – he had intended to grow two plants of this strain, but not before his next regular cycle in the grow room.

While 12 days of veg time were too brief, of course, for a slightly Indica-dominant variety (55%), The Doc was mainly out for that special flavor and not so much a significant yield – after he had read Barney’s Farm’s strain description of Banana Punch, he had become very curious about it. Both the scent and taste of this hybrid bred from Banana OG and Purple Punch were supposed to remind of ripe bananas, plus something berrylicious and citrusy added, a rich flavor built on a prominent presence of limonene, pinene, myrcene, and caryophyllene.

Barney’s promised vigorous, robust plants suitable for a wide range of cultivation methods, delivering ample yields of 600-650g per sqm within a moderate 60-65 days of blooming.

Banana Punch was also supposed to have inherited that violet play of colors from her Purple Punch father and provide a strongly calming, relaxing, and highly exhilarating effect. Certainly, much of interest to outdoor gardeners is its early finish under natural light already at the end of September, with plant heights of about two meters and most generous yields of up to 1.5 kg per plant.