murphyscafe wrote:My 2pence worth.....
With regards to the "ash" colour, if it's dark grey to black it was hydro grown, if it's a light grey to white then it was soil grown, this I can confirm from afew grows I've been involved with!
I've heard this before, and I agree that soil grown gives a light grey to white ash. I had thought though, that some hydro did eventually flush to the point that the ash was indistinguishable, although I don't have "first hand" experience with hydro. Has anyone come across hydro weed that burns with totally clean ash? I have to admit that one of the reasons I prefer soil is that it's a more "natural" plant.
jimi62471 wrote:alright geekymonkey.. Now you are just showing off! LOL
Yeah- just look at all that bad weed I bought! The Rokerij stuff was so bad I didn't even smoke it, and hesitated to even give it away!
If you want to watch me show off, you have to read my travelogues
Cloud of smoke wrote:
I couldn't tell beforehand which was good or bad but it didn't take too many tokes to know for sure. That said, some of my mates didn't even notice, so maybe I'm just paranoid, wonder why? LOL
Nah, you're just pickier. Welcome to the club. You will find we smoke better weed here.
I nominate Cisco for president.
griff9 wrote:
Oddly enough, both strains i tried from club media were not flushed properly..one was champagne haze, i can't recall what the other one was though..
To be honest though most bud in the Dam isn't flushed properly, I find it extremely hard to find clean stuff over there and thats exactly what i'll be looking for there come 420.. forget indica, sativa or whatever strain it may be.. clean bud is all I'm after.. quality over quantity this time round
Bummer. That's why I always recommend going by dealer's advice, rather than trip reports (batches change sometimes within a day in Amsterdam) or a pre determined list of strains. Even then, sometimes even then I get a dodgy bit of bud, from shops I quite like. I would encourage you to try Media again, 1e Hulp, Voyagers.
Uncle Ron wrote:I have a 30/60/100x microscope, and when looking at the bud, it sparkles brilliantly mostly because of the "clear-headed" trichomes.
If I were to judge if a bud is good by looking at the trichomes, I defo want them all to be cloudy, at their peak.
Lest we forget, clear is ripe (underdeveloped, heady high?), cloudy is peak (high and stoned?), amber is past peak (mostly stoned?).
That's a good explanation, and I'll add that as the trichomes get cloudy/mature, thc is diminishing and other cbds are increasing, so where you like your bud on the clear to amber spectrum depends a lot on how you like your buzz. Roughly, clear is "most high" and energetic and amber is "most stoned" with more pain relief and physical impact. Most people like something in the middle. I happen to like most strains a little ambered. (Or "well cooked" as I like to think of it.)
Because life is too short to smoke bad bud.
