How Much Influence Does Bag Appeal Have on You?

[slimjoint]

Bag appeal plays a huge role, but mostly for the price, most places will take crapy looking weed if it hits nice and the price is right.
For instance a shop had had some outdoor GDP ,it looked okay trim job was not the best, the smell wasnt the strongest or the best. I dont think it was really gdp , but it had some purple on it--. But the stuff hit harder thanthe $60 top shelf OG while this was only $40 8th.

i would smoke some stuff that doesnt look good, but is really strong, as long as taste isnt off. But i wouldnt pay top dollar.

 

[FiveLeggedGoat]

Let's say you're looking to buy some herb and you are offered two different bags of Colombian Black (CB#1 & CB#2), both are from the same mother plant but grown by two different growers. CB#1 is much frostier and prettier than CB#2. I think it's pretty obvious that the better looking one is going to be more potent. This doesn't hold true when comparing different varieties of course but if you are familiar with the strain you are purchasing, looks can most certainly be an accurate indicator and the best tool one has when trying to predetermine quality.

 

[DoobieDuck]

You guys are so kind..thanks for all the input..respect to every one of you. Hey good point 5LG...of course the more resinous of two of the same would be best...or would it. And the grower skills playing a part..I think that's the first someones mentioned that, at least with identical parents.
I voted 25%..but if returning to purchase from the same retailer I would seek out the same meds if I'd found a keeper. If all they had was the shake from a good one I previously had I might take that over some awsome looking bud. We all know how deceiving this can be...don't we?
I've had request before for seed of certain plants that when finished provided very little relief. The requests came directly from looking at my images. That is sort of gratifying as a photographer but those boys would have been severly disappointed if I found a way to sell them the seed! Cheers...DD

Rez Haze/Chemdog...

 

[MacGyver420]

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[OrganicBuds]

Its all about bag appeal. Just like you want the sexy girl over the smart girl, its all about that first sight.

 

[WelderDan]

I haven't bought weed in over two years, but even if I did, looks mean zip to me. It's about effect. I've had some very mediocre looking weed that blew my socks off. I've had beautiful weed with killer bag appeal that was mediocre at best.

Bag appeal is something to worry about when you are pushing product. I can't see it when it's rolled in a joint or stuffed in my bong.

Kinda like my old Dodge Challenger. She looked homely with faded paint and steel rims. Just another ratty old car. Until you stood on the loud pedal. Then you got to see what the ass end of a fast car looks like.

Who cares what it looks like? As long as it does the job.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

I had some haze that looks not so great but it is super dank

 

[DoobieDuck]

Does your outlet let you sample first before buying?

Does your outlet let you sample first before buying?

I can't tell you all how much I appeciate all the posts and votes..hope a thank you will work.

May I ask..I've only been to a couple collectives, both small rural town outlets, neither allowed patients to try the smoke before purchasing, yet they did slip close friends in the back room.

Do collectives or dispensaries give patients the chance to smoke, sample, or try the Meds first where you live? Thanks again..DD

Old Moonshine F2

 

[Canniwhatsis]

No sampling here in CO, illegal to medicate on premises. Boulder is even slightly tighter not allowing "Rooted plants" at dispensaries, basically negating their ability to sell clones unless your willing to buy a plant that you've never seen brought directly from the grow room off site with no inspection.


Figure I'll jump in on the bud porn!

 

[chos3n]

I enjoy it when I get a bag and I can smell it threw someone's pocket and it makes the whole car reek. And when they take it out it definatley is a nice sight to see light green nugs covered in crystals.

But I've gotten a strain that is frosty as hell, people around here call it white rhino or champagne, but it is crap. Very little on taste, headache high, extremely small undeveloped seeds.

 

[MakinGoo]

No sampling were I go either.. But I haven't been 2 a club in a long time.. I've been 2 a few clubs b4 that had a smoke section so at those clubs I by a Lil bit & blaze it up b4 I dicide if I want that kind.. But 99% of the time I buy a gram & sample it later & go back later 4 more if it's over the top super bomb..

 

[SteeLx]

Bag appeal means a lot to me, when im deciding which strain i'm going to buy...

All the people that say it does'nt mean shit. They forget that most of the good weed also have great bag appeal.

 

[Pig Pen]

Steelx,

With all due respect, your answer, while it works for you may not serve others equally as well. In particular recreational smokers are well served by this type of selection. If you are looking for a particular effect or relief visual cues will give little or no insight. Not all cannabis strains grow with good "bag appeal" regardless of how well they are grown. Some strains are quite sparse and don't produce large rock hard buds but provide unique and useful resin and terpine profiles that are simply not available in other strains.

So, keep an open mind ...

 

[MaynardG_Krebs]

I find it interesting now that there's been a larger number of respondents, that the curve is pretty even in the top 4 choices with the 100% option lagging behind. It does seem that the bag appeal is more important for 'recreational' users (such as myself) vs the 'medical' users. Very interesting..

mgk

 

[The Hatter]

Unless its the only thing you have to go by, looks and smell count very little in my book particularly since I like sativas which always look like fluffy popcorn bud.

Generally herb that looks like a big gooey boulder of bud is not to my liking at all. It's almost always couch locking indica that tastes great but has a very poor quality effect at least as far as my tastes go. If your an indica lover then bag appeal means more since good indica tends to be chunky resin coated nice looking stuff.

Some of the best sativa smoke on earth looks like tiny nugs of fluffy popcorn bud. I have had my indica loving friends laugh at the stuff I've had until they tried it and it wrecked them for half the day.

 

[The Hatter]

I find it interesting now that there's been a larger number of respondents, that the curve is pretty even in the top 4 choices with the 100% option lagging behind. It does seem that the bag appeal is more important for 'recreational' users (such as myself) vs the 'medical' users. Very interesting..

mgk

When it comes to black market cannabis you almost always only find indica strains which may be part of the reason that recreational users value bag appeal more since good indicas generally have good bag appeal. You just don't see sativas going around, or if you do they are hybrids that still have the chunky indica style buds.

Even in the dispensaries pure sativas are almost unheard of because they are hard to grow, can take 20+ weeks to flower and they just don't produce the same way indicas do not to mention their poor bag appeal all of which makes them less desirable to sell.

What you can find at the dispensaries are very sativa leaning hybrids, since sativas have cannabanoid profiles that are quite different from indicas and which work well for some conditions. Many of the Hazes are 75% -90% sativa. Once in a blue moon you might find a true 100% sativa strain at a dispensary.

If you ever wish to find 100% pure sativa you pretty much have to grow it yourself.

 

[BasementGrower]

i have had some sorry looking sativa buds. couldnt give em away. shit was soaring great buzz . no takers. another time i had fluffy buds . no takers. i put it in ziplocks and put under mattress. pulled it out and it all went like a wildfire. LOL

funny shit.. had some sativas. i let cure for 4 months.. because no1 wanted them.. added a couple fresh buds to the qp.. and then pressed the bags a little to compact the buds.. and wala people loved it.. they were judging to much on appearance and when i told them the story now they all actually will ask to take a couple rips of it if it looks questionable.. but i find it good to just be honest. if u smoke buds u know how it is. tell them the truth and customers always come back.

 

[BasementGrower]

its wierd tho. because ive grown a couple sativas that looked amazing.. but i cut it down at all cloudy at 14 weeks.. couldnt wait anymore.. and honestly after 3 week curing.. i smoked a blunt to the face.. and i felt like i didnt even smoke.. .. then i grew a hybrid that was 75 sativa 25 indica. and got a very sativa lookin plant that the high was completly different.. what are the main effects of Sativas

 

[stihgnobevoli]

mostly in the head. you might not be used to or even recognize the sativa high, its mosre to do with the speed of your thinking than the speed of your movements like indicas. it's a generalization b ut indicas are for your body and sativas are for your mind.

 

[red rider]

Bag appeal

Bag appeal

When "buying" bag appeal means everything. You can't test the bud before buying and in most of my purchases (over the past 30+years) I didn't even get to see the weed before paying for it. Most smokers know bag appeal has nothing to do with the effect that is the reason we love this plant so much. That being said which of these two very differnt budz would you think is better?

One frosty hybrid and one seeded pure sativa.



Viva Colombia!