Developing an appreciation of the different strains

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Fri 13th Nov 2009 06:27 pm

Oh wow yeah, I'm really feeling the difference in stone between the White Widow and the SSH. It's way easier to type right now than it was with the White Widow. I'm seeing a lot of colours. That's awesome. Ok it's getting pretty hard now, LOTS of colours.

The real difference is that this SSH gives you a strong high, but only in your head. While White Widow makes your body feel stoned instead. Rhymes too!

StonedSince67 · Post by **StonedSince67** » Fri 13th Nov 2009 06:39 pm

mark the martian wrote:Ok, I've been smoking a White Widow for weeks and weeks. How about soon I go and try something super Sativa-ish.

may i suggest silver haze?

mark the martian wrote:Thanks for the couple of recommendations, but anyone have a strain that they feel is a definitive 'sativa' strain?

if you can't find silver haze, then may i suggest amnesia haze?

mark the martian wrote:Maybe I shall take metal4mullets' advice and go for a Haze? There's a nice looking 8 Euro SS haze at my local

definitely try super silver haze as well, it's a close relative of amnesia haze

metal4mullets wrote:Personally, I can attest to Silver Pearl's potency and effect...which can be found at Homegrown Fantasy. Give it a shot and let us know what you think

this is a good suggestion, silver pearl is a real knock-out and worth a try as metal4mullets recommends

basjoe and green place and mellow yellow and cafe 420 (de kuil) are good sources of silver haze, amnesia haze and super silver haze

Gnarleydudeman · Post by **Gnarleydudeman** » Fri 13th Nov 2009 07:43 pm

When in Amsterdam, sometimes we have just sativa days and indica days which helps identify what's what.

The confusing thing is, whilst a sativa may be buzzy, if left to flower a little longer it becomes more stoney- could be compared to indica in the way you feel the effects. Different phenotypes of the same strains can also differ widely in effects. Even hash made from certain strains seem to affect me differently in hash form to the bud it was created from.

I agree that to know a strain of weed you have to 'live' with the weed. To smoke it in various different scenarios to establish it's true identity.

My preference for winter evenings is a nice stoney indica to help me unwind after work, whilst a clean sativa can energise me during the day (on the weekend) or for a chatty evening with friends.

To find what you really like takes time but once you start getting into genetics you want to try everything!

As I always say, variety is the spice of life!

GDM

Willjay · Post by **Willjay** » Fri 13th Nov 2009 09:29 pm

I have used the couch method to determine what I am smokeing, Sit in couch, smoke, when you are done smokeing if you, jump up to do something and can't rember what, Sativa, if you can't get out of the couch, Indica

baked · Post by **baked** » Fri 13th Nov 2009 11:18 pm

sure the pure sativas are expensive, but they are worth to at least try them once. with that you will know how it is to be high on weed

a cheaper solution would be the mexican haze from dampkring. as far as i know it is a 100% sativa too. i loved to vape it and it really lifts you up. with that experience and knowledge you will find it way more easy to recognize what effects are caused by which parts of any hybrids you smoke.

i personally love the chocolope haze from rokerij and it is only 9€ a g!!!

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Sat 14th Nov 2009 09:27 am

Thanks for the tip

I'm also noticing a difference in the feeling you get the next day. With the indica heavy White Widow I felt much more 'spaced out' the next day always, while with this one I'm feeling much more clear headed

baked · Post by **baked** » Sat 14th Nov 2009 10:31 am

i usually feel heavy headed after smoking too much indica on the day before. i just dont really get awake and want to smoke again

StonedSince67 · Post by **StonedSince67** » Sat 14th Nov 2009 02:57 pm

colinzeal wrote:To my mind it is also a little about teaching your mind the necessary vocabulary to describe the various sensations, feelings, flavours etc. I mean you may have smoked much marvellous weed in your time but if you have never attempted to describe it to someone (or even yourself) it may not be such an easy task. A person can smoke different weeds and know which they enjoyed most without necessarily having the ability to describe why very well.

yes well put

as an great example of writing about weed may i suggest the travelogue Softening the Crash Landing from geekymonkey, this report is filled with wonderful descriptions of what was being smoked, as just one example the following sentence appears in the first page of the report:

"He immediately pulled out the Red Dragon (13 E/g). 100% Bio/ organic, and it smelled like heaven in a pine forest."

based on that alone i would go into that shop immediately and buy some red dragon just to smell it and be in heaven in a pine forest ... magic!

imo this report has greatly increased the vocabulary of weed description and sets a high standard

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 01:46 pm

After trying the SS Haze properly I can clearly feel a difference in the stone. The haze makes me see more colours, and lets me still walk around and function. While White Widow just makes me 'stoned' in what I consider to be a more traditional way. Couch locking kind of thing.

So for my next 'assignment' I want to try something super super Indica-ish. More so than the reaosnably inexpensive White Widow I've been smoking. Thinking of picking it up today, where to and what strain would you guys recommend?

puffpuffgive · Post by **puffpuffgive** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 04:51 pm

can you even get a 'pure' indica? WW is 60/40 or something. humm.. OG kush from the green place has an extremely strong effect i recommend it unreservedly.15e/g

baked · Post by **baked** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 04:57 pm

katsu's black widow is a nice one, as is dampkrings g13-hashplant. both are about 12€ i think!

colinzeal · Post by **colinzeal** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 05:06 pm

i recommend Club Media's Hindu Kush €10/g approx

StonedSince67 · Post by **StonedSince67** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 05:32 pm

puffpuffgive wrote:can you even get a 'pure' indica?

i think la con from grey area is 100% indica

Gnarleydudeman · Post by **Gnarleydudeman** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 05:38 pm

Crimea Blue from Barneys is pure indica.

Hindu Kush is pure indica too, as is Hash plant (Dampkring).

When I was searching for that perfect nightcap smoke I also came across the Hill Street Special a couple years ago which was really nice. (Hill St Blues)

GDM

DeathRowRecords · Post by **DeathRowRecords** » Sun 15th Nov 2009 06:41 pm

Hill St Blues was our 1st stop on our 1st visit to Dam - we got the Hill St Special at 9E/g as they were out of Bubblegum.

I was disappointed, the weed was the driest of the trip, and to be honest I've had stronger back home regularly. Maybe a bad batch, but it was the worst smoke we had in 4 days.