Every year in December, one of the world’s only professional creators of marijuana strains and marijuana seeds releases new strains to eager growers worldwide. We just got early info from Humboldt Seed Company about their new photoperiod feminized strains for 2025—and they sure do look tasty. Time for a celebration in your grow room…

Banana Melt is a potent sativa-dominant hybrid with a tropical flavor profile of ripe bananas, citrus, and pineapple. It provides an energizing and uplifting high, perfect for creativity and focus. It’s great for both indoor and outdoor growing, with strong resistance to mold and disease. It tends to grow tall, so topping is recommended. Ideal for novice growers, it quickly recovers from stress. Some phenotypes display striking Ultraviolet Purple highlights.

* Genetics: Banana Melt Bx3 x Blue Dream x Squirt; Sativa Dominant/Hybrid

* Bloom phase: 63 days

* Great for both indoor and outdoor growing, with strong resistance to mold and disease.

* Smells and tastes like ripe bananas, citrus, pineapple.

* Energizing and uplifting high, perfect for creativity and focus.

Banana OG is a classic Emerald Triangle clone circa 2010, coveted and preserved by growers in Humboldt’s coastal surf village Trinidad, now made for you in stable seed form. HSC says: “We occasionally get the opportunity to keep a clone strain’s flame burning through our process of backcrossing and selfing a clone until the seed line consistently displays the traits of the original clone. We’re proud to have done this with Emerald Triangle clone classics Trainwreck and Headband, to name a few, so when a strain reaches this levels of notoriety in the world’s cannabis strain capital we know it must be special. Banana OG is insanely productive, with a very popular candy gas terpene profile, and is excellent for making extracts. Expect giant colas that are frosty green with attractive purple highlights and THC averaging over 25%. Banana OG displays resistance to powdery mildew, which frequently attacks OG strains, as well as other fungal pathogens. A great strain for rosin folks or eclectic growers who seek to differentiate themselves with this cult classic.”

*Genetics: Classic Banana OG Clone x Banana OG S1 #21 x Banana OG Bx3

*Sativa Dominant/Hybrid

*Bloom Phase: 55-65 days.

*Flavor and Scent: Bananas, Fuel Terpenes, Banana Taffy.

*Appearance: Frosty Green Colas with Purple Mottling.

*Effect: Classic OG with Sativa Uplift.

*Growth: Amazing Yield, Frosty Golf Ball Buds with Hardly any Leaf, Upright Growth.

*%THC: 25%

California Haze is cherished for its uplifting and energizing effects. This Sativa dominant hybrid produces tall spear-like plants that reach for the heavens. Her flowers boast a unique aroma profile characterized by earthy, citrus, and sweet notes. Plants are extremely disease-resistant and produce a euphoric, creative high perfect for artists, musicians, and experienced users. California Haze is celebrated globally for its trippy, invigorating effects. Expect faster flowering times, increased potency, and denser flowers compared to traditional old-school Haze strains. A modern-day improvement on a classic.

*Genetics: California Haze x Original Haze x Arcata Trainwreck

*Sativa Dominant/Hybrid

*Bloom Phase: 67 Days

*Huge dense flowers with taste and smell of citrus, pine, candy.

*%THC: 27%

* Tall spear-like plants that reach for the sky.

Chicken n’ Wafflez is what’s for breakfast, dinner and you won’t be skipping lunch either. HSC says: “Guaranteed to be one of our all-time greatest creations, this strain is gourmet without the pretentiousness, potent without the anxiousness and inspiring without incapacitating. The fusion of buttery maple syrup terpenes poured over golden waffles followed by our secret blend of herbs and spices makes this admittedly unlikely flavor come to life for everyone who’s grown the Chicken n’ Wafflez. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that the frosty purple buds make for ridiculous bag appeal, it’s crazy loud, tests average over 30% THC, stands up to pests and pathogens and pretty much grows itself. You gotta try this one now!”

*Genetics: Jelly Donutz #117 x Purple Cartel by Xotic Flavors

*Indica Dominant/Hybrid

*Bloom Phase: 60 days

*Amazing yield, Frosty golf ball buds with hardly any leaf!

*Tastes and smells like salted butter, syrup with KFC on the exhale.

*Smells like maple syrup, sourdough waffles, and secret blend of herbs and spices.

*Extremely Potent without Anxiousness, Productive and Creative.

*%THC: 32%

*Frosty Purple Colas with Green Mottling and Orange Pistils.                               

Moon Fog is a heavy Indica with frosty nugs and purple flakes. Comes from rare genetics including Moonfog x P. Face OG x High Octane.

*Bloom Phase: 55-65 days.

*Amazing Yield!

*Celestial, dreamy, foggy high.

Our magazine had the honor of being one of the first to tell growers how unicorn and excellent Humboldt Seed Company is, from their earliest days. We’re happy to be the first to tell you about their new 2025 strains and here’s the best news—this year’s new releases have the highest THC percentages, rarest genetics, most outrageous terp artistry, and unique crosses of any HSC annual release ever.