1.4.26, 13:29. It was flavorful. I’m not sure how to describe the taste or I can’t put my finger on it. Murphy’s Oil Soap. A fruitiness but not like other fruit flavors or notes from other strains. Not berry, not the Durban citrus, and not the lemon polish flavor either.
It’s not fresh. I opened the jar back in July, in Tucson, which is where I bought it. I dabbled with the Apples & Bananas then; smoked a couple joints of it. Took one of them on a trip-within-a-trip as I flew from Tucson to San Diego. I have taken a liking to sparking up on the balcony of the Best Western Yacht Harbor (Point Loma), where I stay for a night before meeting up with a group and going into Tijuana, MX, to build a small house (link to trip report).
I left Tucson later that July so the jar of Apples and Bananas sat for all of August and the first half of September. My wife and I were back in Tucson in September but my cannabis attention was drawn to other flavors of the moment; I don’t think I smoked any of the Apples and Bananas in September. The jar was sealed; and the jar was left stashed inside a large Mason jar. The Mason jar was itself stashed inside one of the large dispensary zip-bags, so I making a concerted attempt to keep it fresh but time goes by—and it’s the desert after all.
Yet, when I returned my focus to the Apples and Bananas this past December, it seemed like it had kept pretty well. Before we left the desert again in December, I rolled up some of my oldest stashes and pocketed them away for the haul back east. Which is where I am now, in Wildwood, Missouri, at 15:24 in the afternoon, about two hours into the experience of burning the final joint of Apples and Bananas from that jar I opened back in Tucson in July.
Two hours in, I’ll say the effects are certainly present and neither too up nor too down. I’m not sleepy despite this being a cold, cloudy Sunday afternoon. Indeed, the effects served early on as an effective aphrodisiac. Remember this for future purposes! I still feel a mix of brain buzz, body buzz, and some overall feelings of warmth. Not quite baked.
Earlier in the smoke session, I scrubbed clean my toilet using baking soda and vinegar. The high was coming on and it had me looking for something to do. This was an appropriate Sunday afternoon strain, but then again aren’t they all? Later on, I was content plopping down into a comfy chair and watching (more) football I don’t really care about. I don’t have a team I root for, not after the Rams left. I don’t bet. I don’t play fantasy. And football’s not even my favorite sport to follow (that would be baseball). But sometimes I just want to sit and have something on the TV to zone out with.
I’ve had a drink, and I’ll eventually have another. I’ll probably smoke again this evening but right now I’m still enjoying the pleasant background high, with my ears ringing just a little bit. This has been a solid two hours with the Apples and Bananas supplying at least an undercurrent. 15:29.
16:42. The background buzz faded gradually. I’ve been reading, casually watching football, and lounging. I am reading by headlamp light as the sunlight disappears. I am not quite baked but I’ve been “not quite baked” for hours. I have been slow drinkin’ and feeling content, or pretty close to it.
The Apples and Bananas put in a good showing but you’ve got to give it some time to do its thing. Don’t expect too much upfront or even at any particular moment during the smoke session. It’s like a pitcher who serves as an innings eater or maybe it’s the “sixth man” off the bench in basketball. Not a star but an invaluable part of the roster all the same.
I’ve been really happy with the three strains I’ve had from Grow Sciences within the last year, Florida Jack (link to review) and Prickly Pear (link to review) being the other two. I did smoke another rendition of Apples and Bananas, a couple of years ago. It was grown by Revolution when they were still selling flower in Missouri. I remember being underwhelmed but maybe I just didn’t give it enough time to let it work. I always liked the Apples and Bananas genetics, which are ((Platinum Cookies x GDP) x Blue Power) x Gelatti.
Weeds of Grass 