Tropicanna Banana Grow Diary and Strain Review

This indoor run with Tropicanna Banana from Barney’s Farm was my first time with this strain. I usually germinate more seeds than I need, then keep the strongest plants and pass the extras along, so I started this grow the same way.

The plan was to watch the genetics carefully and not pretend I knew them in advance. In the end, this turned into a long photoperiod run with plenty of training, some cold-room trouble, and a finish that had to be handled plant by plant.

Great yields

22 - 25% THC

Tropicanna Banana (Barney's Farm)

• Photoperiod
• Cheers up even the dead one
• 700 g/m² indoors
  2000 g/plant outdoors

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5

10

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Starting the Run

Week 1

I started with 10 seeds in Root Riot cubes moistened with Root Juice. Germination went well: 9 out of 10 opened, which gave me enough choice for the rest of the run.

The seedlings spent their first week in a mini greenhouse with high humidity. A small 26W Secret Jardin lamp stayed on 24/0, and the young plants slowly reached up toward it while forming their first true leaves.

Once the difference between them became clear, I kept the five strongest seedlings. The rest went to friends, which is usually better than trying to cram every plant into the room.

Week 2

By the second week, the roots had pushed through the starter cubes. That was my sign to move the plants into their first 1.7l (0.4gal) pots with All Mix.

The transplant went smoothly enough. The plants were still small, but they looked ready to stop living in cubes and start building a real root zone.

Week 3

The third week was when I started thinking more seriously about structure. Tropicanna Banana didn’t look weak, so I was comfortable beginning the first shaping work instead of letting everything grow straight up.

I topped the plants and watched their reaction closely. They didn’t collapse or stall in any dramatic way, which made me more confident about pushing the training further later.

Week 4

By week 4, I was already using LST to keep the growth spread out. The plants had enough flexibility at this stage, and bending them early felt easier than fighting tall stems later.

This was also where I started to see that canopy control would matter. The genetics had a good push to them, and I didn’t want the tent turning into one crowded wall of tops.

Veg Progress and Training

Week 5

The room was still running 24/0, and training stayed the main job. I kept working the plants into a wider shape and used ScrOG to help organize the canopy.

There was still enough veg time ahead, so I wasn’t worried about slowing them a little. I wanted more useful tops, not just height.

Week 6

This week brought a climate problem. Day temperature hovered around 15°C (59°F), while nights dropped to about 10°C (50°F). That was colder than I wanted, and the plants definitely weren’t in ideal conditions.

I also had to flush during this stretch. It wasn’t the smoothest part of the grow, but the plants kept going, and I stayed focused on getting the room back into a steadier rhythm.

Week 7

By week 7, the plants had stretched hard and one measurement reached roughly 120cm (47.2in). That was more height than I wanted to manage casually.

I did defoliation to open the plants and improve light penetration. At this point, I wasn’t stripping them for looks; I was trying to keep the room workable and stop the lower growth from wasting energy.

Week 8

LST and defoliation were still part of the routine. The canopy needed regular correction, and Tropicanna Banana didn’t feel like a plant I could just ignore for a week.

The work was worth it, though. The tops were easier to separate, and airflow through the plants looked better after each cleanup.

The Flip and Early Flower

Week 9

The plants were close to the point where veg had done its job. The structure was there, the tops were spread out, and I was mostly preparing for the switch rather than trying to reshape everything from scratch.

I kept the routine steady and watched for the plants that looked best as future keepers. This was the kind of strain where phenotype differences were already worth paying attention to.

Week 10

On week 10, I took clones from the plants. I wanted rooted cuttings ready for a future SOG run, because by now I had enough interest in this genetic to keep working with it.

The mother plants stayed on track after that. Taking clones didn’t become a major setback, but I did keep an eye on how each plant recovered.

Week 11-12

This was the flip period. I changed the room to 12/12 and gave the plants another defoliation so the developing flower sites could get more light.

The stretch came in noticeably after the switch. I wasn’t shocked, but it still meant I had to keep watching the canopy instead of assuming the ScrOG had already solved everything.

Week 13-14

Flowering was properly underway by this point. The plants kept stretching more than I would have liked, so canopy control stayed part of the job even after the flip.

The early buds were forming, and the room started feeling more like a flower room than a veg tent. I still wasn’t ready to relax, because the final shape was not completely under control yet.

Late Flower and Finish

Week 15-16

The buds were filling in, and resin coverage was starting to make the plants look much more interesting. The flowers weren’t the densest I’ve seen, but they had a good frosty look.

At this stage, I was mostly watching ripening and trying to keep the environment from creating problems. With this much plant mass in the room, I didn’t want to give mold a chance.

Week 17-18

Flush time came for the first plants, and I started checking the finish more closely. Mold risk became real enough that I had to remove affected spots quickly instead of pretending they might dry out and disappear.

One plant was clearly ahead of the others. Its soil was already fully dry, and the plant itself had started drying down, so I cut it first. Another plant still had around 70% clear trichomes, so I left it for another week.

Week 19-20

A week later, I harvested the second indica-leaning plant. The remaining two followed a few days apart once they looked ready enough.

The timing worked out well because the clones from week 10 had already rooted and were waiting for their own SOG run. I liked that feeling: one crop finishing while the next plan was already alive.

Tropicanna Banana Yield and Final Thoughts

I didn’t weigh the harvest wet because I dry whole branches hanging upside down. After drying and a long trimming session, the final weight came to 420g (14.8oz) of dry buds. There was also a full bag of sugar leaves for hash, but I didn’t count that in the yield.

Tropicanna Banana turned out to be a good daytime hybrid for me. The effect was euphoric and energizing rather than heavy, so it didn’t feel like something I’d save only for the end of the night.

The buds weren’t extremely dense, but they looked beautiful and frosty. The finished taste leaned more toward the sativa side, while the terpene profile moved between citrus and berries. One phenotype even had that strange stink-bug note, so I wouldn’t run this one without a carbon filter.

As a first run with Tropicanna Banana, I came away interested rather than tired of it. It asked for training and attention, especially with stretch and late-flower risk, but the final jars made the work feel justified.

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