Hi was jsut wondering if it is possiblr to tell the difference by looking at the bud, as we a lot of the time in the u.k get unnamed bud?
Cheers.
indica or sativa? can you tell the difference by looking?
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r3l3ntless
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Indica and sativa can have certain visual characteristics when looking at the plant in growth, but when in a dried bud state, you can't tell. I don't really care if I'm smoking indica or sativa, to be honest. I hunt for a particular smell when buying bud in Amsterdam and go from there, even better if the taste is what I'm looking for as well and how the bud looks too. The smell is really hard to explain, but I know exactly what it is when I come across it after years of toking and for me, the taste is just as important as anything else, rather like a fine wine or good beer or even types of tea. Just my personal opinion, others may differ.
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metal4mullets
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Some people can tell easily just by looking. They're usually growers and have gone through a lot of product.
Personally, it's extremely hard for me to tell unless the buds are perfectly manicured and have the stereotypical appearances that are associated with indicas/sativas.
I believe pure sativa buds are usually taller, hug the stems, and somewhat thinner. Pure indicas should be short, chunky, and a bit wider. Also, sativas are usually lime green and indicas are a darker green.
So many strains are hybrids, though...so I think it's really difficult to tell the difference just by looking.
Personally, it's extremely hard for me to tell unless the buds are perfectly manicured and have the stereotypical appearances that are associated with indicas/sativas.
I believe pure sativa buds are usually taller, hug the stems, and somewhat thinner. Pure indicas should be short, chunky, and a bit wider. Also, sativas are usually lime green and indicas are a darker green.
So many strains are hybrids, though...so I think it's really difficult to tell the difference just by looking.
KEY TO SPECIES OF CANNABIS
1
plants usually tall, up to 2 to 6 metres (6 to 18 feet), laxly branched . Achenes (seeds) are smooth, usually lacking marbled pattern on outer coat (perianth), firmly attached to stalk and without definite articulation.
If the above is true the species is sativa.
1a
Plants usually small, 1.2 metres (1.4 feet) or less, not laxy branched. Achenes usually strongly marbled on outer coat, with a definite abscission layer, dropping off at maturity.
Go to choice 2 or 2a.
2
Plants very densely branched, more or less conical, usually 1.2 metres (4 feet) tall or less. Abscission layer a simple articulation at base of achene.
If the above is true the species is indica.
2a
Plants not branched or very sparsely so, usually 0.3 to 0.6 metres (1 to 2 feet) tall at maturity. Abscission layer forms a fleshy carbuncle-like growth at base of achene.
If the above is true the species is ruderalis.
Since 1974 research, Cannabis can be divided into three distinct species. Based on wood anatomy, growth habit, leaf variation, seed type, and chemical constituents.
1. sativa
2. indica
3. ruderalis
Lets face it, how many times has all the above been crossed and crossed again until a point where all the above becomes pointless reading and all you want to do, is get high. lol
1
plants usually tall, up to 2 to 6 metres (6 to 18 feet), laxly branched . Achenes (seeds) are smooth, usually lacking marbled pattern on outer coat (perianth), firmly attached to stalk and without definite articulation.
If the above is true the species is sativa.
1a
Plants usually small, 1.2 metres (1.4 feet) or less, not laxy branched. Achenes usually strongly marbled on outer coat, with a definite abscission layer, dropping off at maturity.
Go to choice 2 or 2a.
2
Plants very densely branched, more or less conical, usually 1.2 metres (4 feet) tall or less. Abscission layer a simple articulation at base of achene.
If the above is true the species is indica.
2a
Plants not branched or very sparsely so, usually 0.3 to 0.6 metres (1 to 2 feet) tall at maturity. Abscission layer forms a fleshy carbuncle-like growth at base of achene.
If the above is true the species is ruderalis.
Since 1974 research, Cannabis can be divided into three distinct species. Based on wood anatomy, growth habit, leaf variation, seed type, and chemical constituents.
1. sativa
2. indica
3. ruderalis
Lets face it, how many times has all the above been crossed and crossed again until a point where all the above becomes pointless reading and all you want to do, is get high. lol