What a Super-Strong Guy

♫ Grape Ape! Over 40 feet high!
Grape Ape! Just a little bit shy!
Grape Ape! What a super-strong guy!
Yup, that's me! The Great Grape Ape! ♫

As much as I enjoyed Grape Ape I gotta believe this strain was incorrectly named. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon was about a giant purple ape who, along with his sidekick  Beegly Beagly, traveled around looking for adventures, often thwarting bad guys. Rather than looking for adventures and hi-jinx, smoking Grape Ape gave me some mighty fine couch-lock.

I’m not entirely sure I would have looked at the Grape Ape if it weren’t for the relationship with the cartoon.  It is an indica dominant hybrid – a cross between Afghani and Skunk #1. Also take a look at the nugs. I’m a sucker for purple strains and I really love the look of this purple. Grape Ape has some serious royal purple going on, with just enough greens and oranges thrown in to give a nice contrast to the purple. And when you open up the package the entire house smelled of a potent skunky-raisiney smell that lasted a long time.  It doesn’t have much taste on the intake, but a very enjoyable smoke on the exhale. It’s a tough taste to describe, somewhat like sucking on a citrus-flavored lozenge and then smoking a Monte Cristo.

The true test of any strain isn’t the taste, smell or look, but what it does for you. I gotta say this is close to a perfect indica. Shortly after your first exhale your head starts to feel lighter than the rest of the body, like it could easily detach and head home to Kansas. The high slowly moves from your head to your limbs, but while your head feels light, your arms and legs feel heavier, like using them just isn’t worth the effort. By the time you find yourself sitting in your comfy chair, the rest of your body starts to catch up with your head and limbs, giving you that warm indica feeling in your torso.

This is a great high for just kicking back and watching things around you. My problem is insomnia and I find it best with an indica to smoke half a joint a few hours before bedtime and then finish off the joint just before I hit the sack. I didn’t want to sleep while buzzing from the Grape Ape so I didn’t go to bed until the buzz was mostly over, and I still slept as if hibernating. This is a strong indica dominant hybrid, best used as a nighttime high, when not a lot needs to get done and you have plenty of time to relax and enjoy yourself. A few friends or a good old-fashion comedy is just about the most you are going to want to handle while enjoying the Grape Ape. You don’t want to be putting down any bad guys.

♫ Grape Ape! If he comes to your town,
Grape Ape! He will really put down
Grape Ape! Any bad guy around!
The Great Grape Ape! ♫

 

From: Magnolia Wellness Collective, Orangeville, California

Price: $50 1/8

Creator:  Apothecary Genetics

Awards:  1st Place - Green Cup - 2005 and 2006
                 1st Place - Medical Cup - 2006 - Lake County

Genetics: Afghani crossed with Skunk #1

Flowering indoor: 7-8 weeks
Flowering outdoor: Ready in end of September and Mid of October.