Durban Poison
This landrace strain is rumoured to originate from South Africa, crafted in the mountains just outside port city, Durban. The seeds eventually landed in the hands of legendary cannabis grower Skunkman Sam who stabilized the cultivar in California during the mid 80s before bringing it back to Amsterdam for distribution through various seed banks. This strain gained international recognition as a pure sativa with incredibly uplifting effects. Vibrant green with light orange hairs, these Christmas tree buds are pine forward with a slight sweetness - a truly classic daytime smoke.
- Earthy
- Woody
- Spicy/Herbal
Heirbloom is grown and cultivated by the team at Cannabiotix and is focused on producing classic cannabis varieties or "heirloom" strains at top level quality. An "heirloom" is defined as: something of special value handed down from one generation to another. Here at CBX, cannabis has always been very near and dear to our hearts and we believe having a passion for the plant means everything for the user experience. Providing consistent and truly premium cannabis products is what keeps us pushing forward, and Heirbloom allows us to pay tribute to the strains that brought us here. Without these unique cultivars and the breeders that helped produce them, we likely wouldn't have the incredible variety we see in today's market. Starting with 9 distinct genetics, our lineup was meticulously curated with the goal of bringing our team's most special and beloved cultivars to market with CBX standards fully in place. By providing a nicely assorted variety touching on a wide palette of flavors, we hope everyone can find a few options that resonate and ring true. Applying the same level of diligence, care, and love for the plant that we do at CBX, we aim to deliver another product line that you can rely on for consistent quality, boutique cannabis. 100% of Heirbloom is produced, packaged, and labeled in-house, ensuring customer satisfaction by controlling each step from start to finish. We will produce Heirbloom pre-rolls from our microbuds without shake or trim. Pure flower, rolled to perfection. All Heirbloom live resin concentrates and live resin sauce cartridges are produced in our manufacturing lab using our beautiful single-source material. Flower grown to its peak, extracted freshly, and processed into an incredibly tasty live resin for your enjoyment. It is our sincere hope that you will revel in these nostalgic phenos and pass it along to the next generation.
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.