anyone think we need new terminology besides Indica and Sativa?
- Thread starter jessethestoner
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Good luck with that.
I can't even get people to call it cannabis... let alone cannabis anything.
I can't even get people to call it cannabis... let alone cannabis anything.
Something about the term hybrid seems clinical to me. Since people grow mostly crosses of sat. doms or ind. doms these days anyway, and even a lot of land-races must get crossed too as growing weed becomes more widespread and accepted, maybe describe it as high or stoney, like stoney shit vs high shit? But, then again, the terms sat. dom or ind. dom kinda indicate that anyway. For me, you just gotta k.i.s.s. 
Should we call it Short Round?
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I think this is pretty much accepted even if it is technically vague or incorrect.
I don't imagine it will change, as it is just a generalisation.
Like Black people, white people, yellow people, red people, brown people.......
To change terminology at this point in time would only confuse things more because while some may adopt the new terminology many would stick with what they know and are comfortable with.
As it stands now when people hear indica they tend to think, short to medium height, somewhat bushy plant with relatively short, wide leaves and dense buds that produce a mild to heavy (depending on the particular strain) body stone that is ready to harvest after 8 to 10 weeks (also depending on the particular strain) of flowering.
When people hear sativa they tend to think tall, somewhat lanky plant with long thin leaves and less dense buds that produce a mild to heavy (depending on the particular strain) heady, energetic high that is ready to harvest after 12 or more weeks (also depending on the particular strain) of flower.
Mainly when they are talking about indica vs sativa people are focusing on the size of the plant, the length of time to harvest and the high of the bud. Rarely are they referencing the size and/or shape of the leaves.
I feel that when people start talking about hybrids and they say X% indica, Y% sativa they are referencing the high mostly and perhaps to a lesser degree the flowering time. I seriously doubt anyone referring to percentages of sativa and indica in a hybrid has the ability to accurately determine the percentages of genetic traits inherited from the parents of that hybrid strain. So for example if someone says it's 70% indica and 30% sativa they are mostly saying the high from it is mostly a body stone but with a little headiness to it and vice versa for a 70% sativa, 30% indica.
I think also that a lot of what is meant by such terminology is dependent on who is talking to who. If a grower is talking to another grower then they're likely referring more to the physical characteristics of the plant and how it behaves while growing. If however a grower is talking to a non grower then the terminology is used more to describe the high. Then also if you have two non growers tossing around percentages of indica vs percentages of sativa they are most likely just posers trying to come across as if they know more then they actually do.
As it stands now when people hear indica they tend to think, short to medium height, somewhat bushy plant with relatively short, wide leaves and dense buds that produce a mild to heavy (depending on the particular strain) body stone that is ready to harvest after 8 to 10 weeks (also depending on the particular strain) of flowering.
When people hear sativa they tend to think tall, somewhat lanky plant with long thin leaves and less dense buds that produce a mild to heavy (depending on the particular strain) heady, energetic high that is ready to harvest after 12 or more weeks (also depending on the particular strain) of flower.
Mainly when they are talking about indica vs sativa people are focusing on the size of the plant, the length of time to harvest and the high of the bud. Rarely are they referencing the size and/or shape of the leaves.
I feel that when people start talking about hybrids and they say X% indica, Y% sativa they are referencing the high mostly and perhaps to a lesser degree the flowering time. I seriously doubt anyone referring to percentages of sativa and indica in a hybrid has the ability to accurately determine the percentages of genetic traits inherited from the parents of that hybrid strain. So for example if someone says it's 70% indica and 30% sativa they are mostly saying the high from it is mostly a body stone but with a little headiness to it and vice versa for a 70% sativa, 30% indica.
I think also that a lot of what is meant by such terminology is dependent on who is talking to who. If a grower is talking to another grower then they're likely referring more to the physical characteristics of the plant and how it behaves while growing. If however a grower is talking to a non grower then the terminology is used more to describe the high. Then also if you have two non growers tossing around percentages of indica vs percentages of sativa they are most likely just posers trying to come across as if they know more then they actually do.
