Can't get high off of this bud

[high_hopes]

Bought some bud from a buddy of mine who grew it outdoors. I have smoked bowl after bowl and even after 4 gravity bongs, nothing. I told him about it and he said he may have picked it too early.

I've never grown so I don't really know what he means by picking it too early. How could this effect the weed? Yeah, probably a stupid question but oh well - I don't know! What else could be wrong?

Has anyone else experienced bud that no matter how you smoke it, you can't get a buzz? I guess there's nothing I can do...bummer.

Here's a pic, taken by a webcam so you won't be able to tell much.

Thanks.

 

[Reinhold]

actually Im pretty sure hes right I dont know the exact details but its something to do with the plant hasnt reached its peak thc levels or something and that it has more plant material? than it does thc, does the bud taste pretty nasty and like chlorphyl? This year the same thing happened to me I got some bud that was harvest a month early and it didnt get me high but I felt a little something nothing much really I even let it cure for a month no increase in potentcy

 

[high_hopes]

Thanks for the reply. The taste is definately not the best - tastes somewhat smokey and ashey.

 

[glock23]

take a little break from smoking and you'll feel it after. you're probably used to more potent stuff, and the low potency from this stuff just isn't doing it for you. is it still kinda wet? if it is, and you let it dry out more, it'll improve. looks like he left a lot of leaf on there...

 

[high_hopes]

Glock..I am used to potent stuff, but I haven't smoked in over a month, so I doubt it's my tolerance coming into play. It was wet, but I let it dry. I know..it looks delicious but it's like smoking parsley.

 

[glock23]

it might improve after a good cure...if you haven't smoked in a month, that potency must really suck..lol. i've had bud that barely got me high improve drastically after a cure.

 

[tbc OG]

I doubt it has anything to do with curing. You can smoke bud as soon as its dried and it will get you just as high. It might not taste or look as good, but it'll still get you high.

Are there seeds itn it? If a marijuana plant is fertilized, instead of producing thc it will start to produce seeds.

The reason I ask this is because from the picture, it doesn't look immature. It is hard to tell from just that pic, but it looks mature.

Any idea when it was picked?

 

[sproutco]

We got sold some bud that would not get you high in college. We called this scholarly weed because you could get alot of studying done. I remember my friend once took revenge on a dealer that sold this weed to us. He took the mufflers off all his landscape mowers. You can imagine all the noise that guys machines made. Sproutco does not condone or approve of any of these actions but is funny though.

 

[bluebublelove]

should get you high at least sort of high, even if picked early. I mean, for the "size" of those buds it had to have had at least a minimal amount of thc on it.

 

[high_hopes]

Thanks for the replied people. No, there are no seeds. I am going to smoke a bowl and see what I get. When you say cure, what exactly are you referring to?

Thanks.

 

[glock23]

Curing is when you slow dry the buds from a near dry state, preferably in glass. It's kind of like aging cheese or something. It might just be low potency herb...have you tried smoking a big phatty of it? lol

 

[Guest]

Dude..that's a tough question. Doesn't look super immature, but it looks like it does have quite a big of leaf matter on it. Being seedless, I'd imagine even a weak stone. Only thing I can think of is that it's sativa, harvested early, and not had time to dry properly. Given all of these, you won't feel a "stone" like with indica, it'll be more clear, plus the potency is reduced ALOT by harvesting early, and you should really let it dry.

I smoked something gifted to me a few months back. It was harvested about 2-3 weeks early(could definitely tell by the bud & immature seeds), was mainly if not all sativa, and not grown well. That being said, I smoked a whole 1/8th or so over the course of a couple hours to maintain the slight buzz I had. I got something..but not much.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

even buds harvested too early should give a little tickle-especially if you havent toked for a month so my guess is its probably a weak strain

 

[treble]

yeah if its not doing it for ya after 1 bucket then there's a problem. And if it isnt putting you to sleep after 4 then I think that says it... but I would be concerned there is nothing.. at least you should be some kinda numb on 4

flick the guy a loupe off ebay for some ridiculous cheap price.. then he can see the trics... thats your guide

are we switching nutes when flowering?

to me it looks devoid of resin in that pic which makes me wonder... the bud formation looks ok, I would expect a bit of resin in there. Perhaps its a strain that dumps lots of resin right at the end.

so back where I was.. score a loupe so you can see up close 20x or 30x magnify and use the trichs as your guide not the calendar ... she may flower long and give you your resin right at the end.

I wonder how much bigger those buds will get? It could be interesting. I have a suspicion that this one might totally blow you away if you let it follow its course.

do you know what strain it is?

treb

 

[PazVerdeRadical]

I doubt it has anything to do with curing. You can smoke bud as soon as its dried and it will get you just as high. It might not taste or look as good, but it'll still get you high.

Are there seeds itn it? If a marijuana plant is fertilized, instead of producing thc it will start to produce seeds.

The reason I ask this is because from the picture, it doesn't look immature. It is hard to tell from just that pic, but it looks mature.

Any idea when it was picked?

it is all about the cure, actually. sure, you can smoke buds recently picked and get a buzz (so long as it is dry enough), but a properly cured bud will have a smoother smoke, better taste and much better potency! the slight fermentation process known as CURING is what enables the alkaloids to change into fermented forms that are more psycho-active. and btw, there are landrace strains that produce more resin when the buds are seeded than when not

Cannabis is a wonderful plant, and its behaviour is hard to classify.
if i were the man not getting high off that dope, wait and cure it.
also, what strain is it? some of those new hybrids i have smoked don´t get me high at all either...

peace.

 

[Guest]

i ran a clone i got a few years ago from my buddy, it was some mystery cut that he said was supposedly really nice.. grew it out, NO trichs formed on the buds, it stank to high heaven and formed huge buds too, ran it for 60 days, still no trichs so pulled it.. (i even had a long growlog on OG for it because i thought it would be a good run, but lol... it was a huge disappointment

it was the weirdest thing

got 3-4ounces off that plant and it never got me high, not freshly dried, or even after a 2 month cure, only happened that time...

chalk it up to just bad genetics/weed?

 

[Devilock]

From the pics it looks like frost may have fed up the buds before they were harvested. That could really screw up the potency if it got cold enough and for long enough. Peace and *Bong* :Friends:

 

[tbc OG]

it is all about the cure, actually. sure, you can smoke buds recently picked and get a buzz (so long as it is dry enough), but a properly cured bud will have a smoother smoke, better taste and much better potency! the slight fermentation process known as CURING is what enables the alkaloids to change into fermented forms that are more psycho-active. and btw, there are landrace strains that produce more resin when the buds are seeded than when not

Cannabis is a wonderful plant, and its behaviour is hard to classify.
if i were the man not getting high off that dope, wait and cure it.
also, what strain is it? some of those new hybrids i have smoked don´t get me high at all either...

peace.

I believe the science behind it, so I guess now i'm just talking from my own experience. From each of my harvests, I have always smoked a sample bowl right after the bud dried, before putting it in the jars. Every time, I would say the high was equivalent to the high I received after curing. Yeah, the bud tasted and smelled much better, but my guess would be the potency was the same.

Either way, I really doubt curing is going to turn a .05% thc bud into something blazeable. I guess at this point its worth a shot.

I'd personally take your entire stash and make put it into a batch of brownies. You can eat a lot more than you can smoke at once....and if you don't get high, at least you still have a nice batch of brownies.

 

[ogrefugee]

hemp?

 

[Guest]

Maybe he made BHO and gave you what was left...
If I stayed 1 month without burning, even the shittiest mexi weed would get me a "tickle" like someone here said...