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Reasons Not to Buy for Strain Names

Discussion in 'Beginner Cannabis Consumption & Tips' started by Wacky Backy, Jan 21, 2010.

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  1. #1 Wacky Backy, Jan 21, 2010
    Just to help out a few of the apprentice tokers who always seem to be focussed on the name of their bud. :smoking:

    Obviously all this is void if you get your bud from a dispensary or personally know the grower.

    1. It's probably not actually the real deal.
    Dealer's are breaking the law selling this to you, do you think they care about giving you a fake name?

    2. Various factors like handling & when or if the plant was flushed can effect potency & taste.
    Not flushing can leave the bud with an unpleasant after-taste. Handling, storage & transportation are what affect the quality of your weed (making some danky-dank about as good as mids), the growing environment has more impact yield than quality.

    3. You'll end up paying a higher price for your "white widow" (when it's just upper mids) than some no-name dank.
    Dealers are running a business, an illegal business. They'll gladly rename their product as an excuse to up the price, who wouldn't?

    4. If you've heard of the strain &/or read up on it, you'll be expecting a completely different high than you actually get.
    Everyone's experienced one of those heavy couch-lock highs when you thought you had a sativa & were about to go do something that now seems much less appealing.

    5. You will look like a n00b :D
    My dealer once told me a story of a guy who phoned him up & said "I need a 10 bag of white widow & another of AK-47." I'll leave you guys to comment on that.





    So remember guys, examine your weed before buying & do not pay any attention to strain names (unless you're in a proper dispensary, or Amsterdam).

    Happy toking. :hello:
     
  2. #2 Headin2Mars, Jan 21, 2010
    Way too help out. I have the same philosophy, but usually when I pick up it's the real deal, since my guy pays top notch for the name strains, and he knows growers.
     
  3. #3 detailed one, Jan 21, 2010
    lol i dont care for the name if my bud is a nice green and fluffy and tons of thc crystals. im happy (usually always get some nice buds)
     
  4. #4 FrostAie, Jan 21, 2010
    hard to fool me I have never bs anyone find people closer to growers for more accurate strain names holding on
     
  5. #5 Wacky Backy, Jan 21, 2010
    The point I'm trying to make is that strain names don't matter much anyway lol
     
  6. #6 Love&Space, Jan 21, 2010

    It's just an opinion
     
  7. #7 Wacky Backy, Jan 21, 2010
    Actually it's a fact, potency & taste depend a lot more on drying, curing & how it's handled. Also, if you harvest a sativa dominant strain a bit later when the trichs are amber coloured, you can get a body stone from it & if you harvest an indica dominant early when the trichs have just turned white/cloudy, you can get a head high from smoking it.

    The only prominent differences in strains is the taste, & it's hard for new smokers to find bud that's cured well enough to bring out the different flavours. Although you would notice a difference in highs between pure indica & pure sativa, both of which are very hard to find nowadays.
     
  8. #8 SkunkWoodz, Jan 21, 2010
    Not a newb here. But I prefer names, even if they're made up. It's just easier to identify the weed. Like for example. Remember that "superman kush" we had last week, that was bomb! Instead of "remember that weed we had last week"

    And it's your own fault if you get taxed cuz you don't know any better, that's a given. You pay for quality not names.

    And you can get crappy grown, legit strains. My homie grows some outdoor trainwreck that's unlike any other trainwreck I've ever gotten. Should he not call it trainwreck?
     
  9. #9 Wacky Backy, Jan 21, 2010
    If it's trainwreck then why wouldn't he? I was talking about not focussing on a name when you have no way of telling. And I ain't saying I get taxed for names or anything, since I grow my own, but I've seen it happen a helluvalot. That's why I made this thread.

    Anyway, if the weed was that good, they'll know what you're talking about when you say "remember that weed we had last week" hell, you could name it yourself. This is just about new stoners who don't know much about weed paying extra thinking they're getting better.
     
  10. #10 SkunkWoodz, Jan 21, 2010
    word man, i dunno why i even posted that
     
  11. #11 Cottonmouth 85, Jan 21, 2010
    Well if you don't know much about pot, and confuse things like white widow with high middies then I think you are right. I wouldn't pay attention to what your dealer is calling it.


    However otherwise that is absolutely TERRIBLE advice. If you don't know crap about bud and somebody sells you dense round indica nuggets as haze. That is your fault for being ignorant. Haze is a pure sativa, with a super spicy peppery smell and unbelievably airy buds. It's hard to miss. Lots of things get sold as haze, few things are haze. But if you know what to look for about 99% of haze can be ruled out at a single glance.

    Once you've seen enough of them diesel and trainwreck both have unmistakable smells and apperances. No faking them with com bud. Etc, etc.

    Different strains can give VERY different stones. If you dealer has 4 strains: skunk, diesel, haze, and northern lights. Those are 4 standard, well known, stabilized strains, that produce iconic bud. Each one different. If you wanted a sativa and bought northern lights instead of haze because you don't believe in names then it's your fault. Not the dealers.

    The whole reason anyone started naming strains was to classify them as different from one another.
     
  12. #12 Cottonmouth 85, Jan 21, 2010

    pretty much this whole post was not true.

    late sativas will be stonier then early, and early indicas will be more heady then late ones. But trying to conflate the two or say pure indicas and pure sativas (okay pure sativas is true) are hard to find is nonsense. Tons of pure indicas on the market. g13, afghani, kush, hashplant, shiva, etc etc. Indica is extremely common commercially.
     
  13. #13 dr0ss, Jan 21, 2010


    That NGAFATOTC was the death bro!
     
  14. #14 Wacky Backy, Jan 21, 2010
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    If you read my post that bold part is basically what I said. BTW those indicas aren't all pure indica, well hashplant is. But G13 was clone only & nobody knows the actual genetics but G13xHashplant would be pretty close. So I may have got carried away about the indicas. Sorry :D but everything else is true.

    EDIT: Oh yeah, and thanks for trying to make me look like a douche. I only started this thread to try to help people.
     
  15. #15 MIKED1313, Jan 21, 2010
    i dont know what your talking about but everyone asks for strain names around here. and its REAL
     
  16. #16 TJJ, Jan 21, 2010
    go by looks not the name
     
  17. #17 ztc, Jan 21, 2010
    Why wouldn't it matter? Most tokers on this forum do pay attention to strain names, and they go out of their way to verify if the strain is real or not. If you look at my pickup thread I clearly label where it's random headies vs. a strain name, and I am fully confident that those strain names are the true labels of those strains. I am the 3rd or 4th pair of hands to touch most of my buds, and I've spoken with the growers themselves, and I know full well I can trust them. The names do mean something to me because AK-47 and White Widow produce DIFFERENT effects, therefore I'd like to determine which bud I am smoking so I know what kind of high I will have for the next few hours. It's there to keep you from smoking the wrong bud when you're on a time constraint and rushing perhaps. Some dealers that I pickup from only have named bud, and it always stacks up to what I expect it to be.
     
  18. #18 Daniel., Jan 22, 2010
    Also to consider; White Widow from Sensi will not possess the same high from a White Widow bred by Flying Dutchman, Dinafem, Nirvana, etc. or Vice Versa
     
  19. #19 SizUrPP, Jan 22, 2010
    yea, like how hard is it to make up a cool name? lol
     
  20. #20 pmgz, Jan 22, 2010
    Haha I buy from a reputable grower and I know the guy gets from legit seed shops like barney, greenhouse, and sensi.. names do matter because different bud has different effects, bro.
     
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