Rare Dankness
A Colorado seed breeder with a basement-start story and a catalog built heavily on OG family genetics.
- 3cup results
- 0first places
- 2012–2014active in results
- 1cups entered
01Beginnings
Rare Dankness is a cannabis seed breeder and brand rooted in Colorado. One strain guide says it came out of the state's established cultivation scene1. Beyond that, the trail is thin: none of the sources we reviewed gives a founding year or a more precise place of origin, so both are listed here as not documented. A quick note on names, too. "Rare Darkness" is not a sibling company; it is the name of one strain, and the two should not be mixed up.
The same guide describes the founding aim as taking elite cuts that existed only as clones and making them more stable and better through breeding1. Industry profiles, as the guide relays them, sum up the focus as refining the strongest cannabis genetics of the previous thirty years1. A separate 2024 listicle credits Scott Reach as the person behind the brand and says the breeding began in his basement2.
02The Story
According to the strain guide, the breeding library was assembled by sourcing well-known cuts, mainly OG Kush and Ghost OG derivatives1. Those cuts were reportedly worked through male lines, which the guide credits with locking in resin density and terpene expression1. Ghost OG is described as a cornerstone parent across several of the breeder's lines, often paired with haze or with grape and skunk partners1. Treat these as the guide's characterizations rather than verified breeding records.
The guide also tells a few tales about individual lines. Ghost Train Haze is said to have had a headline moment in 2012, when a lab test reportedly came back at 25.49% THC and the strain was billed as that year's strongest1. Because the source is SEO-style, that figure deserves caution. Rare Dankness #1 is described as an OG-driven building block that appears in several crosses, including a reported pairing with Poison OG that yields a bushy, gassy plant able to show purple tones1. Star Killer is called a Skywalker OG-derived hybrid that the breeder shaped further, though the guide itself labels that anecdotal1.
The guide frames refinement of the OG-based hybrids as an effort toward sturdier stems, tighter spacing between nodes and more calyx relative to leaf, with the lines pitched at modern LED and carbon dioxide rooms rather than the older high-pressure sodium era1. Rare Darkness, the strain, is described as a grape-leaning cross on an OG frame1. On reputation, the 2024 listicle says the company earned its standing on quality alone and mentions multiple awards, but it names none, so specific awards are not documented in these sources2.
03Culture and Community
The catalog has a link to the concentrate crowd as well as the flower crowd. The guide says the breeder itself recommends one of its lines, Lee Roy, for hash making, which ties the catalog to solventless and extract-minded fans1. There is also a bit of playful community slang: jars of the breeder's flower are reportedly nicknamed "room clearers" for how forcefully the aroma announces itself1. That nickname is anecdotal.
As for standing in the wider scene, the 2024 listicle says the company is respected by veteran and newer players alike2. It places Rare Dankness at number six on a top-ten list of cannabis industry success stories, a lineup that also includes Cookies, Green House Seeds, DNA Genetics, Soma and the Jungle Boys2. Being named alongside those companies is a fair indicator of how the brand is talked about, though it is one outlet's opinion rather than a formal ranking.
04Where Things Stand Now
As of December 27, 2024, the date of the BudMother Media listicle, Rare Dankness is described as running one of the most highly regarded seed companies in the business2. The strain guide, which carries no date in our materials, adds that its flagship lines now show up regularly in dispensaries and gardens1. That is a statement about reputation and presence rather than a business report. Current ownership, operations, release schedules and any activity after the listicle's date are not documented in the sources we reviewed, so this page does not claim them.
05What Comes Next
No announced plans, upcoming releases or public outlook for Rare Dankness were found in the sources used for this page. Anything about the breeder's future direction is therefore not documented here. If the company shares new projects or news, this section can be updated once there is a reliable source to cite.
On the podium, in our data
CannaLib records 3 cup results naming Rare Dankness, between 2012 and 2014, 0 of them first places.
Where they showed up
- High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) · 3 entries
Strains behind the results
Sources
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