Apples and Bananas Strain Feminized Marijuana Seeds

Where Apples and Bananas comes from

The Apples and Bananas strain sold as seed today is a layered cross. The first part joins Platinum Cookies and Granddaddy Purple, which gives dense, frosty buds and a purple streak, and that plant was crossed to Blue Power. The result was then crossed with Gelatti, a Gelato and Biscotti hybrid, which added the creamy dessert base, a gassy edge and a big jump in resin. It became a sought-after flavour strain on the West Coast in the early 2020s and still sells mostly on its smell.

The name comes from the aroma rather than the parents; there is no apple or banana strain in the pedigree. You may also see it written as Apples & Bananas or Apple and Banana, and at least one unrelated cross uses the same name with different parents, so check the genetics line on any listing. The version on this page is the Gelatti cross described above.

Apples and Bananas strain effects and experience

The first wave is quick and bright: a clear, happy head change, a burst of chattiness and a tendency to find ordinary things amusing. Many people like it for creative work, cooking or music in the first hour. The body side arrives more gently than in heavier dessert strains, as a warm, tingly looseness through the arms and legs that relaxes without pinning you to the chair.

That balance makes it a good late afternoon strain, but the THC ceiling is high. Some phenotypes land above 28%, and at that strength a large session can feel racy for people who are sensitive to strong sativa-side effects. A small first dose and a thirty minute wait is the right approach.

Apples and Bananas flavour, aroma and appearance

The nose opens with sour green apple, almost like a freshly cut Granny Smith, then a sweeter, riper banana that grows stronger as the bud is ground. Beneath the fruit there is a creamy, bakery-like note from the Gelatti side, and the exhale turns peppery with a trace of fuel. Myrcene gives the ripe fruit depth, caryophyllene adds the pepper, and pinene keeps the apple crisp; limonene and ocimene show up in smaller amounts.

The colas are long and spear-shaped with a heavy coat of resin that makes them look sugared. Most plants finish forest green with orange pistils; cool nights in the last fortnight bring out purple and blue tones, a trait from the Granddaddy Purple and Blue Power side. Growers usually describe two phenotypes: a taller, gassier plant that leans toward Gelatti, and a shorter, more colourful one where the fruit comes first.

Growing Apples and Bananas in Canada

Indoors

Apples and Bananas builds a strong central stem with long side branches, and that shape responds best to a screen. Veg for four to five weeks, fill a net and flip when it is about 70% full; the stretch will fill the rest. Finished plants usually sit between 80 and 150 cm depending on phenotype and veg time. Keep lights-on temperatures at 22 to 26 degrees, feed at a moderate rate, and bring humidity down to 40 to 50% from week five, because the spear colas pack tight around their centres.

Outdoors, by region

With 8 to 9 weeks of flower and a harvest from late September to mid October, Apples and Bananas works outdoors across most of southern Canada. In the Okanagan, the Kootenays and the BC coast, plant out after the last frost and expect a harvest in the last week of September or the first week of October. Southern Ontario and southern Quebec usually finish in early October. On the Prairies, start seeds indoors in April under lights so the plant goes outside large, then choose a sunny, sheltered bed against a south-facing wall; the finish lands in late September to early October in most years. In Atlantic Canada, a greenhouse helps with the damp autumn.

Height and training

Top at the fifth node and use low stress training to pull the side branches level with the main top. A screen of green works especially well here, turning one dominant cola into ten to fifteen even ones, and it keeps the taller phenotype inside a standard tent. Remove the lower third of small shoots at the flip so the energy goes to the canopy. Our guide to low stress training walks through the technique step by step.

Flowering and harvest cues

Watch for the calyxes to swell and the pistils to darken from day 50. Check trichomes with a loupe from day 55: mostly cloudy with a few amber heads gives the brightest version of the effect, and around 10% to 15% amber brings more of the relaxing side forward. Dry for 10 to 14 days at around 60% humidity. The banana note is the most fragile part of the profile, so avoid a warm, fast dry.

Apples and Bananas yield indoors and outdoors

Indoors, a screened canopy under a good LED yields 350 to 550 g/m², with the gassier, taller phenotype often at the top of that range. Outdoors, a plant in a 60 litre container or a raised bed produces 500 to 650 g in a warm season, somewhat less on the Prairies where the summer is shorter. The resin coverage is heavy enough that the trim is worth keeping for dry sift or rosin.

Who Apples and Bananas is for, and who should pick something else

Grow Apples and Bananas seeds if you love fruity terpenes with a bit of gas, want a potent hybrid that stays functional at modest doses, and like training plants into a flat, productive canopy. It suits growers on their second or third run, and its timing makes it a realistic outdoor choice in more of Canada than most dessert hybrids.

Pick something else if you want a sedating night strain or a no-training plant for a first grow. For a similar fruit and pastry profile in a shorter, more compact plant, Apple Fritter is the natural alternative.

How Apples and Bananas compares

Biscotti and Gelato are the two grandparents behind the Gelatti side and explain the creamy, gassy base. Granddaddy Purple sits further back in the pedigree and accounts for the purple and blue colour in cool weather, while Platinum Cookies brings the frost. Apple Fritter shares the green apple note in a bakery setting. Find more balanced crosses in our hybrid feminized seeds collection.

Frequently asked questions about Apples and Bananas

Is Apples and Bananas indica or sativa?

Apples and Bananas is a balanced hybrid, close to 50/50, with some phenotypes leaning a little toward the indica side. The effect starts with a quick, upbeat head lift and settles into a light, tingly body relaxation that rarely turns sleepy unless the dose is large.

How strong is Apples and Bananas strain?

Apples and Bananas usually tests between 22% and 30% THC, with CBD under 1%, and the strongest phenotypes sit near the top of that range. That places it among the more potent hybrids in our catalogue, so new or occasional users should start with a small amount.

What is Apples and Bananas strain a cross of?

The seed version is a cross of a Platinum Cookies, Granddaddy Purple and Blue Power hybrid with Gelatti, which is Gelato crossed with Biscotti. A different, unrelated cross also uses the name, so checking the listed parents tells you which one you are buying.

Can you grow Apples and Bananas outdoors in Canada?

Yes, in most of southern Canada. Its 8 to 9 week flower finishes from late September to mid October, which works on the BC coast, in the Okanagan and in southern Ontario and Quebec. On the Prairies, start it indoors in April so it goes outside as a large plant and finishes before the first hard frost.