High Times – October 2019

60 HIGH TIMES I OCTOBER 2019

HEALTHY HARVEST

Plants are hung whole with just the fan

leaves stripped in 50-60 percent humidity

for seven to ten days. After that, the flow-

ers are bucked (removed from the main

stem) and put into containers for two

weeks to cure at a 12-13 percent moisture

level. Only then are they hand-trimmed

by a professional crew and stored in a

climate-controlled area for freshness.

One of Big Island Grown’s signature

strains is its Hamakua Banana OG. The

strain has acclimated to the islands and

reeks of fresh dank bananas, which is

quite ironic considering this was once

home to the largest banana farm in the

United States. The company also grows

some Hawaiian varieties including the

Big Island cut of White Widow, Maui Girl

and Skunk Dog.

Another local favorite that Big Island

Grown produces is Dutch Treat, a big

yielder known on the islands as just

Dutch. The company is also running

Humboldt Seeds, CSI and Karma Genet-

ics strains such as Josh D OG, Green

Crack and Mendocino Purple Urkle.

CBD-rich strains include CBD Critical

Cure, a local Hawaii-acclimated cut of

Cannatonic, and the in-house 20:1 CBD

strain called Mauka Berry. The company

plans to roll out over 75 unique pheno-

types in the next year.

Entering another wing of the facility,

we met Dr. Craig Pollard, who leads Big

Island Grown’s manufacturing division.

The company produces its own concen-

trates, including distillate and solvent-

less cartridges, pharmacist-compounded

infused topicals, CBD-rich tinctures and

some fantastic-looking rosin. Extract

artists in the in-house laboratory fresh-

freeze harvested flowers, then freeze-dry

the ice-water-extracted material that is

then pressed into solventless live rosin.

Patients can also purchase full-extract

cannabis oil in syringes for the potent

oral administration of activated THC.

Recently, the law was revised to allow

visitors to Hawaii to take part in its

medical-marijuana program. Out-of-state

patients can purchase medical cannabis

by applying for a medical card that is

valid for 60 days—so you can now enjoy

a trip to paradise and legally acquire and

consume lab-tested and sustainably grown

cannabis from Big Island Grown. m

Check out bigislandgrown.co for more

information, to view their medical mari-

juana menu, and for links to applications

for 60-day 329V cards for visitors to

Hawaii from medical states.

The B.I.G. cut of

Lemon Kush

Buds being

hand-trimmed

before

packaging