Bud- the different "types"

So heres the deal, I'm a relatively new smoker. The last several times I've bought weed, it was with my friends and we never thought about what "kind" we were getting as long as it got the job done. But now that I'm smoking by myself more, and I have apparently had many different "types" of bud, I was wondering if anyone could explain the differences to me, and how I can maybe tell before I buy? Thanks!

 

don't believe the shit people tell you when looking to buy bud; there's schwag, there's midis, and there's high grade. i'm not saying different strains aren't out there, but they're rather hard to come across, and chances are when you're hanging with the younger crowd, those names are thrown around. i've had the opportunity to actually smoke some bomb bud that's a specific strain, but i actually knew the person, saw the plants and the set up. but trust me, people will hype up anything for cash or for "good press".

 

^agreed

the strains- white rhyno, purple haze, northern lights, etc.
the wannabes- flames, dro. etc.
dank
mids, midis
shwag
dirt weed

 

crippy,chronic,dro-lots of red hairs and crystals seedless
mids-some red hairs and crystals should be green few seeds
regs,schwagg,dirt weed- usally brown compressed and seedy as fuck

 

dude ive had some seriously high grade shit and it didnt have any red hairs.

 

first off.


never smoke schwag, its gross
ive had purple haze and white rhino, and it was insane. but the ive just had buds with red hairs, orange hairs, and white hairs. the more crystals the better. It should smell good, and be really resiny if its dank weed.

Has anyone ever had a hemp sucker? It kind of tastes like your eating keef.

 

no the hairs are there to catch pollen. resin glands are the crystils .hair can be many diferent colurs some strains have very few hairs some have a lot. sometimes people keiff the but and most of them fall off.

 

well he asked about types of bud, not potencies.

theres two main types. Sativa and Indica, and all weed you buy is a vague mix of the two. most weed in cold areas is indica because its easily grown inside but in places where its gorown outdoors more, sativa is more common.

whatver the case, its often hard to tell by looking at the bud, but when you smoke it you can tell.

sativa is traditionally considered more of a mind-expanding side of weed, and indica is traditionally the mind and body -numbing side.

if you see or get leaves, the thinner the leaves are, the more sativa is probably got, and the shorter or fatter the leaves, the more indica its probably got.

but in the end, there is no rule, only trend.

 

Wow, okay, there's one rule of thumb you have to follow when determining quality of pot: The more crystals, the higher the potency. Those crystals on the outside are actually the only THC on the bud. They adhere to the plant matter--anywhere there's surface, they'll be there, however small they are. That's why you can buy weed that looks like it had no crystals at all, and it will still get you high. Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they're not there.

Those "red hairs" are called pistills, and they're there to catch the pollen. A lot of the time when the buds grow, they'll basically just grow over these hairs, and sometimes they just fall off altogether. I know most of the really nice weed that I've had, with amber trichomes (which is the general consensus of when pot will be its most potent) didn't have any pistills at all. But, in a lot of varieties, the potency will have already started to decrease once the pistills ahve died and fallen off.

Most of the time the mexi weed that's compressed to crap won't be too potent because the compressing of it destroyes the crystals.


And, Stonerbill is righ with his description, but from my experience if you're buying your weed commercially, then it's more often than not cross-bred that it will have both indica and sativa effects. The primary differnce in the highs of indica and sativa's are speculated to be because of the high CBD content in sativa's compared to indicas.

 

Hey I used to call schwag, mex. Mex bud is really shitty! It has a lot of seeds (like a million) and a lot of stems. And most of the time it's brown (if i can remember correctly). Damn I haven't seen that stuff for a long time. It's all about the kind bud!!! Mex gives me headaches! You probably won't find any good, reliable connects for a couple years! I remember being younger, and I'll I did was hang out with older people who did drugs (but watch it). I always got smoked out... but then again when I was as young as you I was all paranoid when I'd get high around a bunch of older people! Thank God that's passed! Now i'm old.


Anyways, kind bud smells good, has crystals, tastes good, doesn't have a lot of seeds (if any at all). Sometimes has different colored hairs... like red or purple. And the denser the better! Sometimes there's white crystals too... umm umm... to bad I'm sitting in my school's pub right now or I'd smoke it up!

Peace and love

 

i know what you mean about mex. the first 8th i bought here had 67 seeds. the weed i was getting before i moved here had like 5 if i bought dudes low quality and none if i went for the better buds.

 

no there is thc in the plant matter too but the crystals are pure.

on the other part weed dose lose potentcy from being compressed but the biggest reson why mex sucks is how it is dryed. they brick it then let it dry. some kind of bactearya or something grows in it thats why it turns brown. if they would dry/cure it proper frist it would be better tasting, stone, ect.

 

and there are still so many different kinds of good bud.
there's standard (at least around here) bc nugs (everyone i hope knows what those are), orange hair buds, fluffy, dark green, organic buds (delicious), and the buds that are really yellow cuz of plant resin all over them (another good one). i could go on and on, but each level of weed (good, mid, and shit) can be broken up into finer categories.

 

ive never gotten seeds in the stuff ive bought. One time I think i did but i accidentally smoked it. I was already too high.

 

yeah, i've definatly smoked quite a variety it sounds like. i remember one time my friend got a dime from this guy we barely knew, and when she pulled it out, it looked just like gerbil food. from that day on, we've referred to schwag as gerbil food. eww!

anyway, thanks guys! you gave me lots of good pointers for my next purchase, which should hopefully be tomorrow or saturday. YAY! one more question i have is, would most dealers be offended if i asked for a hit before i buy? in the past, i always just trusted whatever i got, but after wasting enough money on crummy weed, i'd like to know what i'm getting.

yeesh. i feel like such an ameature, but the truth is, i used to not care as long as i got high at some point. now i have to ask all sorts of questions, when I ought to just know by now.

 

one time this black guy at my school tried selling a dealer in my grade oregano!! and he was like smell this weed its awesome! it smells so good!


then some other kid in my grade(the russian one) sold another idiot freshman trying to be a stoner(im a freshman but I hate most of my grade. only a few people are ok) oregane and tea leaves, and he smoked it and said he got high. he also said he smoked it with like a basketball pump or some weird shit like that.

 

You might could take a hit first, or not... But definitely look at it good, and smell it, weight it out, make sure it isn't crap..

 

haha reminds me of the time my friend was smoking a bowl and a seed popped and startled him and he lit his bangs on fire

 

wow, all that stuff is good pointers. I'd say after awhile experience and intuition will kick in too. It's like a stoner sixth sense.

 

o man, that's funny shit.