Favorite strains?

[SmartAleq]

Right at the moment I'm pretty enamored of Raspberry Kush but there's some Agent Orange that's caught my eye (and nose) that needs more exploration. What's your favorite?

[TheChileanBlob]

Y'all must live in onea them dispensarial states. Round here we got two strains: loud and mids.

[SmartAleq]

Better than that, I live right at the border of two LEGAL states!

I'm rather looking forward to the tourist industry kicking up--it will be interesting, I'm sure.

[Jaglavak]

My favorite strain is whatever's in my stash box at the time. But I think my all-time fave is a sugar frosted fruity-stanky treat called Blue Moon. A velvety smooth sativa that is good and stout but doesn't knock you out. Perfect for garage puttering.

[Fenris]

Hypothetically, I've 'heard' there's something called "Buddah's Sister" that's the second mellowest buzz I've ever had.

Of course, for future historians trying to derail my nomination for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, this is only what I've heard and I fully respect federal law until I'm sworn in and can apply the 10th Amendment to pot law...did I say that out lod?

[Khampelf]

I'm totally spoiled. I'm a legitimate authorized medical marijuana patient. I can't grow because I live within 25 miles of a dispensary.

Right now I have a Blueberry Skunk for a morning smoke. Very bright and cerebral, comes on like coffee. There's Golden Goat for an evening smoke. I remember it being pretty heavy, but I haven't gotten into it much because of a number called Gorilla Jack that I got free on bonus points. It a real couch locky sledgehammer, I stared at the coffee table for about 20 minutes, then took the 2nd hit. I buy on Thursdays when the special is eighty five dollar quarters.

[Glazer]

Northern Lights

[Jaglavak]

Originally Posted by Khampelf

I buy on Thursdays when the special is eighty five dollar quarters.

Yi-yi-yi-owwwwch!

[Glazer]

I get quarters of dank for ninety bucks any day any time delivered.

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by Jaglavak

Yi-yi-yi-owwwwch!

Is that high or low? In Phoenix, $25 quarters were the standard for years in the early 2000s.

[SmartAleq]

Northern Lights is a fine old standard--I have a couple feminized seeds that are a NL backcross that I'm wanting to try. I prefer the sativa dominant bright heady strains to the indica couchlocks although you can't beat those for pain relief and sleep assist.

[Glazer]

That's low for dank. We can still get $25 quarters of swag.

[JackieLikesVariety]

I'm rather looking forward to the tourist industry kicking up--it will be interesting, I'm sure.

be excellent for the economy!!

[Barney Fife]

Sniff

[Barney Fife]

"Glazed and Confused"

[Glazer]

What?

[Jaglavak]

Originally Posted by Khampelf

Is that high or low?

That's over twice what you would pay for the finest kind on the west coast.

[Chacoguy]

I'm currently using:

Dawgs Waltz

90% Indica, 10% Sativa

23% THC

Batch Number: {REDACTED]

[Jaglavak]

Of course there's the legendary Cave Man. An uber-skunky sticky pure indica with a locomotive head rush. Two hits and you're back to knuckle walking. Don't see it around too much anymore.

[SmartAleq]

Cannabis is such a genetically malleable plant that strains are constantly being thought up and just as quickly abandoned. Everybody's in search of that perfect head, that perfect flavor and smell, and growers are always searching for the heavy producer that's resistant to everything up to and including nuclear bombs. Evolution on this plant is proceeding at light speed--remember what was available back in the day and compare it to now, it's like chalk and cheese.

[Jaglavak]

We'll be tapping them like maple trees for hash oil within 10 years, tops. Ten more years and they'll come wrapped around a light bulb with a little spigot at the bottom.

[Chacoguy]

Are you guys vaping or smoking? What kind of utensils are you using?

As I've posted before, I've got one of these.

I;ve got a plastic Dugout (A one hit pipe, shaped like a cigarette in a cigarette case} as a backup.

Mine Floats!

[JackieLikesVariety]

I have had many women my age indicate they would be much more willing to smoke if they could find something that is gentle, like they remember from decades ago.

you know, where you could smoke a joint and just get high instead of so baked you can't work your phone. less potent, IOW, I think there is a market for that especially as more states legalize. for anyone looking for money making ideas!

at what point is vaping worth it? that's expensive, that doodad Chaco posted.

[SmartAleq]

It's worth it if you have, say, compromised lung function and don't want burning plant matter smoke in your lungs. It's also gentler, less likely to produce the old "cough to get off" reflex. As for potency, this is why hardly anyone outside of a hardcore stoner would fire up a joint for himself--that's more of a party thing. A little single hitter glass pipe with a carburetor is perfect for solo smoking, you put just a little bit in, smoke that and see how you feel. Or use a slightly bigger pipe, fill the bowl and take hits off it all day, which is pretty much how I do things. Potency is a feature, not a bug, just because older people remember how they used to whorf up gigantic Cheech and Chong style digits to get barely over a headache does NOT make that the good old days!

ETA: This is also a good argument for dispensaries, which display THC and CBD content on the jars for every strain. They range from 9-10% up to 27-30% THC so a lightweight can get what pleases her.

[Jaglavak]

The solution to the potency problem (wait for it...) is to only take a couple of hits. Smoking a whole joint of good weed by yourself is like guzzling six or eight shots of Scotch. Otherwise you might look for someone's trimmings. Usually stuff like that is processed into hash or edibles, though.

As far as vaping, it becomes worth it when you develop smokers hack or when you need to be low profile. That little unit that Chaco uses costs about as much as an ounce of the good stuff, so it's not that spendy in the big picture. And it's very well made and will last you a long time. IIRC his survived a trip through the washer and dryer recently.

One thing to be aware of with cheap equipment. There are persistent rumors that some el-cheapo Chinese vaporizers use materials that can be a health hazard, like plastics near the heating element that get hot enough to emit vapors, or traces of lead used as a mold lubricant. This is a straight shot right into your blood, don't mess around. The fancy Pax vaporizer uses a sealed stainless steel oven that takes buds, not juice cartridges. If you're going to get one, that's the only type I would consider. But if you don't smoke often, a small glass bong costs about $20 and works just fine. You could also get a little brass pocket pipe, but I find the water makes it a lot easier on the lungs.


PS - Scooped by Smartie... again.

[Glazer]

I use a small blown glass pipe with a finger carb. Smoove like butter when clean. A little rough if I haven't cleaned in a few weeks.

[SmartAleq]

Yeah, no metal pipes--metal is the death of tasty weed. Glass or an apple, mang! Stainless steel chamber for a vape is different, since it never gets up to actual combustion temps.

[Jaglavak]

What new superstition is this?

[Half-Man/Half-French]

Man, I am so jealous reading this thread.

[SmartAleq]

Once you've gotten used to glass trying to smoke out of a metal bowl just tastes hot, harsh and nasty. Brass especially, it has a distinct flavor to it that's dire. Stainless is some better, but most metal pipes aren't stainless. The only advantage to metal is durability, but a thick glass piece carried in a hardshell case (or if it's very small, a pill bottle) is nearly as durable. Just don't expect it to bounce of a rock, just sayin'.

[Thats Life]

Smoked some weed back in the day. I'm all for people smoking it, hey it's freedom right as long as it don't effect no one else. But for me i don't think it done my mental health anygood, i reckon most folk can smoke it, be chilled get enjoyment out of it but some it may not do the brain anygood.

PS this was in the drunk tank right

[Nonny J. Nonnington III]

Jesus, I'm just waiting for someone here to start talking about terroir.

Just kidding. I don't smoke anymore, but in HS a friend sold me some stuff he grew himself. I had never had anything like it before or since, almost psychedelic. My friends liked it, but never thought it anything special. For me it was almost a religious experience. So I completely understand wanting to something that reacts the right way with your brain chemistry.

I was with some friends last night who were smoking, and they were asking each other a question. Back when we were young, you might be offered the choice between pot or hash; it was either a crumbly "blonde" hash or a Playdoh consistency "black" hash. But none of them have seen hash for years. Is is still available?

[Chacoguy]

Yes, both.

[SmartAleq]

Around here hash has taken a big backseat to BHO mostly due to it being a less labor intensive process than dinking around with the bubble bags and dry ice and all that. People still use kif boxes and make hash but it's more likely to be a home cottage industry sort of thing to utilize trimmings and buds too small or fluffy to mess around with trimming.

[Jaglavak]

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Once you've gotten used to glass trying to smoke out of a metal bowl just tastes hot, harsh and nasty. Brass especially, it has a distinct flavor to it that's dire. Stainless is some better, but most metal pipes aren't stainless. The only advantage to metal is durability, but a thick glass piece carried in a hardshell case (or if it's very small, a pill bottle) is nearly as durable. Just don't expect it to bounce of a rock, just sayin'.

OK, now you're just making stuff up. Brass melts at 1700 F and your Bic isn't heating it up that much. And once you've got a good rind on it the weed doesn't touch metal anyway. Besides, I do need it to bounce off a rock. Tinkerthud, remember? I like my little sneak-a-toke just fine.

[Jaglavak]

There's only one way to settle this. By the Canticle of Chong, the answer is to smoke your age in bong hits with half out of glass and half from metal. You'll be blindfolded of course, and I'll stand by with a microphone to capture your impressions about each flavor.

[JackieLikesVariety]

Jack Herer

that's all I know

[JackieLikesVariety]

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Right at the moment I'm pretty enamored of Raspberry Kush but there's some Agent Orange that's caught my eye (and nose) that needs more exploration. What's your favorite?

to get back to the OP!

[Glazer]

Just got me some blue diesel. Nice top of the head high. Great for walking the dog down the beltline scoping out the girls.

[SmartAleq]

I think Jackie's in luuuuuuurve!

[JackieLikesVariety]

[JackieLikesVariety]

Nice top of the head high.

not sure I have experienced that

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by Jaglavak

There's only one way to settle this. By the Canticle of Chong, the answer is to smoke your age in bong hits with half out of glass and half from metal. You'll be blindfolded of course, and I'll stand by with a microphone to capture your impressions about each flavor.

I accept. Next time I have another smoker over I'll have them give me the Pepsi challenge to see if I can tell the difference. I'll probably know just from the draw.

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Yeah, no metal pipes--metal is the death of tasty weed. Glass or an apple, mang! Stainless steel chamber for a vape is different, since it never gets up to actual combustion temps.

I still have a metal pipe, but it only comes out for parties, sitting loaded in my back pocket with an arrester cap.

[Khampelf]

I re-upped with a quarter of Blueberry Skunk and another eighth of Hillbilly Armour. I'll be very sad if the BBS is discontinued.

[Jaglavak]

Can you say, Orange Crush? Oh yeah.

[Chacoguy]

Blue Dream has caused me to reevaluate my stovetop.

[hilarity n. suze]

For awhile I was buying a really nice strain called Astro's OG, indica-dominant, that was really, really great for writing. A nice mix of motivation + access to inner psyche. The local pot stores claim it will be back, and they have sold me a variety of stuff that supposedly is similar, but it is not working out nearly as well. BBS kind of knocks me out, and something called Blue Diesel was lacking in the motivation department although the dreaminess was there for sure.

So I'm looking. Experimenting. 50% off on Wednesdays at my local pot store. (Plus a punch card for BOGO when it's filled.)

This is something I could not have imagined back in my own pot-dealing days!

[SmartAleq]

Anything with Diesel in the name is likely gonna be couchlock city--it's known for it. If you want your head to still be in the game go for sativa dominant strains like White Widow, Jack Herer, Northern Lights, Agent Orange, etc. Those get your head all buzzy while still leaving your ass velcro free.

A kind soul just gifted me with some very fine Blackberry Kush shatter that I'm gonna give a sound smacking in about thirty seconds. If I'm not back in a reasonable time frame, send baked goods!

[JackieLikesVariety]

what does the word "shatter" mean? I googled and get "tired" is that what you meant?