What strain do you think I have?

I'm becoming interested in different strains (and possibly growing) lately, but no one I hang out with seems to pay that much attention to what strains they're buying. They just classify weed as mids and stuff.
So yeah, I bought an 8th of some pretty nice weed. It's extremely sticky, but contains more leaves than I've ever seen. Also, it looks like the seeds are just coming in, but they're covered in crystals. It's like.... young weed or something. Has anyone heard of (or had) it?

 

^^^Its uber hard to tell what weeds what without trying it. Send it my way and I'll give you my professional opinioin.

Honestly, unless you know and trust the grower your weed came from, its near impossible to say definetively what is what. Many dealers will label any chronic as AK or kush or bblueberry just to sell it. This doesn't mean the weed is bad, just not necesarily a speccifc strain

Cheers

 

I never understood this strain shit, good weed is good weed, shit weed is shit weed. Why does it matter what name your weed has?

 

I don't know, it's kind of interesting. And like I said, I'd like to grow some day and experiment with different strains and all that.

 

If your weed has seeds its probably not worth giving it a name.

 

then purchase you seeds from a credible seed bank

 

Like circaX said, many dealers will give a stash a name just to make a sale, which is really lame. Unless you know who grew it, you'll never really be able to tell for sure. It used to be you could tell what kind of weed you were smoking by region. Because only certain strains were available in certain regions. With the advent of the internet and seed delivery services, this is no longer the case.

 

All I know is, I just smoked a really tiny bowl of some of what we call "good weed" and I feel baked as hell

Yesterday i smoked a medium size bowl of what we call crap weed, and I didn't feel shit

and yeah, unless you know a grower, your probably not getting the weed your guy is saying your getting

 

i think it's white widow

 

i'd say you have something that would fall under the category of "mids;" it would be very difficult at this point to know what strain it is, unless you know precisely where the genetics came from, who grew it, etc, etc.

the reason your weed is so leafy is because it wasn't finished properly. "finishing" is the final process of weed growing where you pick all the excess leaves off by hand (basically, any leaf that's not coated in trichomes).

you said your bud is sticky--generally an indication of moderate to high trichome coverage, which is a good thing, of course. seeds are generally not found in high-quality strains from experienced growers, though. poor quality bud is often found to be abundant with seeds. in fact, i've seen weed so bad that it just looks like a bag of leaves and seeds--and nothing else--yuck! good genetics tend to put their energy into flower-making and trichome development rather than reproduction (creating seeds), which is what crappy bud usually does.

right now i'm smoking a strain called Jack Herer. the genetics are originally from Sensi Seeds (a dutch company). it was grown professionally. and it's incredible bud, really; the smell is ungodly, the taste practically savory, and the stone is soaring. it has a really unique and interesting growth structure. personally, i love knowing what genetics i have--i think it's fun and really adds to the experience. i just hate the made-up nonsense you find out on the street these days....

 

either you're being sarcastic or you have no idea what you're talking about. there is no way to tell from anything from that description...

and as said above, the leafy characteristic just means it was trimmed poorly. in other words, you paid for leafs instead of pure bud. if it was expensive bud, then you got ripped off. real dank is just bud, no leaves.

 

yeah i know what you mean, thinking about things like that really does add to the experience.

and TheShow, where are these banks located?

 

obviously sarcasm.




s0ma: most of the banks I'm familiar with are European located. I'm sure there are others though. Can be found online fairly easily.

 

This is true, and like many stated, it's impossible....not nearly, IT IS impossible to tell what strain it is 100% unless you grew it or you seen the seeds come in, that the grower grew.

I see where your coming from, but really, the leafyness totally depends on genetics and phenotype. ALOT of people use scissors to "trim" instead of "plucking" the leaf off......this will naturally leave more leafs than plucking.....but when using scissors you can hold the stem and "trim" rather than grasping the buds and "plucking". When your holding the bud or cola your bruising and damaging trich's.

Yes, seeds are not found at all in properly grown weed. I too have seen some bags that pretty much just contained leaf, stem, and seeds....definately yuck!!! Tho i do dissagree with the last part of this statement......crappy bud comes from growers who grow female and male plants together and could give a shit less about males pollinating females.....wich will make a shit-ton of seeds. Plus when they are handling and transporting they give no special attention and pretty much ruin the bud. Plus they barely dry it (for extra weight) and hardly ever cure it (bad taste, color, smokability). I do know that even a properly grown plant can spit out a male flower or two and if your not paying enough attention you'll end up with a couple seeds.....but it is in no way genetics.....just bad growing practices. Even if you get a couple male flowers, and its grown properly, it will still be great smoke......a couple male flowers in no way signifies crappy bud.

Jack Herer is excellent bud!!! Congrats on the score!! I too love knowing what genetics im smoking, makes for a more pleasurable smoke IMO. Especially when you know what seed co. its from.....then you can look at specific info for that specific strain...

 

yes, i know. genetics do play a role. but leaves that are coated in trichomes are good to go anyway. it's just the solid green leaves that shouldn't be left on the end product. they taste harsh and lack good THC levels, obviously.

i've trimmed plenty of bud. scissors are WAY too slow (unless you only have a few pounds to trim!) and they don't really get rid of the petiols. and as long as you know what you're doing, hand-trimming does not significantly damage the product. in fact, it's the best way to get a "perfect" bud, in my opinion.

and, yeah, i wasn't clear about the pollination seed-making thing. but it is true that certain strains will focus their energy in different tasks. so if you do get some fluke pollination in your high-quality crop, at least it probably will continue fueling trichome development rather than derailing all its resources to reproductive development.

peace

 

The big deal with Strain names is this.. if you're smoking some bud and you KNOW what it is.. then you can later compare it to others to call out the fakes.. name brands sell buddy... you goto a liquor store.. you gonna pay $24 for a case of Coors(replace this with whatever beer you drink) or $24 for a case of unlabeled beer

 

my apologies...didn't mean to unjustly accuse...

 

can we maybe get a better describtion of the bud...maybe a picture too?

 

wouldnt the unlabeled cost less though? Thus people dont care about strains because they are trying to save money. Some people dont care what kind of pot they smoke, I on the other hand always have to have chronic buds.

 

to the op - i dont think we would be able to tell, even if you had pictures.