Durban Poison
DANK is a proud cultivator of Durban Poison, one of our foundation strains since 2009. Often, the most pungent terpenes in the room, Durban Poison is 100% sativa, rich in limonene and linalool. With a menacing name that hints at its powerful psychoactivity, Durban Poison is a pure South African landrace. It is a bold and sticky variety that’s well adapted to a variety of growing conditions. Our cut of Durban Poison ranges in potency from 21% THC to 24% THC consistently.
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Disclaimer: Like all the strains we cultivate at DANK, this one is not always available and potency varies with every harvest. The best way to view the current menu is on our website, www.dank-colorado.com. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult your physician before using cannabis.
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Durban Poison has deep roots in the Sativa landrace gene pool. The strain’s historic phenotypes were first noticed in the late 1970s by one of America’s first International strain hunters, Ed Rosenthal. According to cultivation legend, Rosenthal was in South Africa in search of new genetics and ran across a fast flowering strain in the port city of Durban. After arriving home in the U.S., Rosenthal conducted his own selective breeding process on his recently imported seeds, then begin sharing. Rosenthal gave Mel Frank some of his new South African seeds, and the rest was cannabis history.
Frank, who wrote the “Marijuana Grower’s Guide Deluxe" in 1978, modified the gene pool to increase resin content and decrease the flowering time. In search of a short-season varietal that could hit full maturation on the U.S. East Coast, Frank’s crossbreeding efforts resulted in two distinct phenotypes, the “A” line and “B” line. The plant from Frank’s “A” line became today’s Durban Poison, while the “B” line was handed off to Amsterdam breeder David Watson, also known as “Sam the Skunkman.”
Durban Poison has a dense, compact bud structure that’s typical of landrace Indica varieties, but the flowers’ elongated and conical shape is more characteristic of a Sativa.