Ahoy, friends!
How are you? I hope you continue to power through the Covid-19 Pandemic. Ideally these vaccines will continue to roll out and we’ll be back up to our usual shenanigans come Summer. Time will tell, I suppose.. Until then, wash those hands, social distance, and wear masks!
We had a quality harvest just over 3 weeks ago; drying and trimming 3 plants, considered a strain called Banana Hammock- a cross between Grape God and Mandarin Sunsent. Although the yield wasn’t nearly what we had hoped for (resulting in 2 ounces from 3 plants), it’s clear that these are the highest quality buds we’ve grown thus far! The nugs are full of orange pistils and clean, shimmering trichomes. When smoking the Banana Hammock, one is hit with a citrus’y, fresh taste, accompanied by a heavy body high- sending the user into melting mode on the couch. This batch is truly the real deal.
Currently, we have two more plants of Banana Hammock growing in the garage; they’ve been in the vegatative stage for almost 60 days now. Although we were worried this would be the end of the Banana Hammock strain, a good friend of mine, an experienced grower (10+ years!), came by the Nevada House to show me how to “clone” the plants. It was a relatively simple process in which we removed one of the leaves from the plants (making peculiar trims along the way), potted it in a mixture of vermiculite and perlite, and gave it plenty of water to get started. Vermiculite is used to increase nutrient and water retention, while the perlite helps with drainage and aeration. Over the next 4-6 weeks, the leaf will develop a root system and then need transferring to soil. From there, a typical cannabis plant will grow! We created 10 clones, hoping that at least 6 develop a healthy root system.
After getting these clones started, we’ll look to help them transition into the plant vegetative stage, eventually moving to the flowering stage to produce nugs. The cloning process is actually a shorter process than growing from seed, as it cuts out the time needed to germinate a plant and develop a seedling. It is our first time working with clones and we’re excited to see what they produce!
Until then friends, be safe out there and keep grinding! If interested in sampling some Banana Hammock, you know where to find me.
Cheers!
TCK
