Durban Poison 1/2oz
Strain Name (Cultivar): Durban Poison
Lineage: Durban Poison x Kush Mints
Breeder: Unknown
Description: A bold twist on two classic strains. Bright, frosty buds with subtle red accents and minty undertones. Flavor and aroma profile of spiced earth, sweet diesel, and cooling menthol.
- Earthy
- Woody
- Spicy/Herbal
Preferred Gardens was founded by David Polley in 2015 and has been cultivating since 2005. Preferred Gardens was prominent in the medical market long before legalization and remains a legacy cannabis brand; family-owned and operated with absolutely no investors. Preferred Gardens specializes in large-scale, mixed light greenhouse production and indoor cannabis cultivation. The Preferred state-of-the-art operations focus on culture, quality control, consistency and one-of-a-kind affordable strain selections. Currently the Preferred library proudly houses over 260 strains that have not been purchased from nurseries, rather have been bred or pheno-hunted from seed. And this is just the beginning. Preferred has its sight on world-wide sales with both mixed-light and indoor cannabis products, introducing multiple new strains each year. When you talk with David you quickly understand his genuine love for the plant. He is obsessed with his craft and serving the countless people who continue to be helped by the Preferred cannabis offerings. The Preferred family sends heartfelt thanks for your continued support of Preferred Gardens.
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.