is "high THC" the Holy Grail for you?

[armedoldhippy]

i've been pondering this for a spell. is the search for the highest thc % out there what you want? is flavor a sticking point? because i really miss being able to spin a hogleg & be able to smoke it while rolling down the road, lounging in a tree stand, or sitting in a boat fishing, whatever. a few years back, i gave a good friend a branch from a cured plant, corndog size buds. saw him a week later, he says "here" and gives it back. "i can't smoke that. i enjoy the act of smoking, and it's just too much for me and my wife..." i find myself getting that way. i'd rather have a big joint of great tasting decent buzz inducing weed that i could enjoy burning and passing around. i like an alcohol buzz too, but i aint into shots of pure grain ... (i'm not saying i've never done that, lol) i guess i just miss the olden days of good Colombian & soft hashish...

 

[Ur Humbl Nr8tor]

Effects are where it is at for me and by effect, I don’t mean 32% THC, then lay on the couch for a couple hours nodding off. There’s a time and place for that and for me, it’s right before bed. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t 15% sativas out there capable of peeling your skull cap back. They have their place too. The lumbo you find in a lot of the old haze lines are perfect everyday type smoke allowing you to fine tune your experience with nearly ceiling-less abandon.

 

[BudToaster]

i have a dual purpose for preferring sativa/high thc - one, i like the buzz when i vape it, and two, i am trying to stockpile some bud for rso - for anticancer therapy. i have had (spouse, too) melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma, so having the rso available is highly desirable. if thc doesn't fix what ails me, then it will be lights out.

the one Cinderella 99 seed i was gifted from the dispensary is turning out extremely well. five plants harvested so far, six to go. trying to get cutting to root. taking a while.

 

[sallyforthDeleted member 75382]

I ignore THC numbers. It’s all in the effect and resin profile. I dislike most modern poly hybrids and the recent desert flavour type hype. I don’t get this high THC thing as it’s not representative of the high/stone. What happened to all the other cannabinoids ? Obviously bred out by misunderstanding.

 

[Chi13]

It's all about effect for me. Some of the weaker pot I have is actually the most enjoyable. Sometimes though I wish those were a bit more potent. I have turned to landrace strains a couple of times during the last 5 years or so, specifically Laos, Indian, and Ethiopian. They are all weaker than most hybrids but have a fantastic high. Sometimes I think what I am looking for is the opposite of the entourage effect.
Something else I'd like to add too, is that often these strains only have faint odour. I hear how important terpenes are but to me it these subtle ones that I prefer, not the in your face types that people rave about.

Great thread.

 

[SeaDog_BC]

Times change and trends come and go. There was a time when "Very Low Odor!" was a proud selling point in seed catalogs. Today it's more like "The loudest 5.5% terps we've ever seen!"

And there was a time when "good pot" necessarily meant strong pot, because a lot of stuff out there was brown crap you couldn't even catch a buzz off. The race to make more potent strains continued for a while but by the time 30% thc happened the extract market was already taking off big time. Today a smoker with a tolerance can walk into any pot shop in the country and buy a vape thats 80% or 90% thc. In that world what's the point of breeding flower that focuses on potency above all else when it can't even come close to extract?

Anybody smoking flower today is looking for a different experience than the dabs and vapes offer. Different highs, different looks and smells. The north american market certainly has achieved the different smells part. Long gone are the days when you and are buddy are sniffing a bag going "I don't know, I think maaaybe I can smell blueberries? or maybe not". Now if a strain is supposed to smell like oranges it smells so strongly like oranges that people who are bothered by strong scents will get a headache from working with it.

Hopefully the effect based breeding catches up to that level.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Anybody smoking flower today is looking for a different experience than the dabs and vapes offer. Different highs, different looks and smells.

yup. used to smoke hash oil, have done vapes, the CBD based delta-8 and 10. still go back to good buds though. real weed has variance to it, a friend calls it "soul". have chunked buds up a hit at a time, and found different flavors just in that one bud ! the concentrates do away with this, and suffer as a result IMHO.

 

[Brother Nature]

I love a good high THC plant, but only in the right time and place, like chilling at home and watching a movie. Generally, I love something I can smoke all day, still get high, but also still function normally. I hate going to the grocery store, second guessing each thing I buy, then coming home with a bunch of munchie food that I end up eating all in one night.

 

[rolandomota]

Yes high thc but more importantly the right kind of effect I smoke tons of low smell low thc sativa from Mexico so I'm more in to High thc mess you up sativa
the Mexico has that type of crazy high but its mild especially if you smoke 2 ounces a week of it

it seems more euphoric usually rather than heart racing or paranoia definitely introspection but more feel good type than mess you up type and some paranoia not much

warm euphoric thoughtful forgetful distracted

I guess this is why I love the super strong sativas for all day everyday smoke I really don't understand why more people aren't like me usually people talk about not everyday type of smoke and I'm like what the fuck? Too strong? LOL I want that weed here's some mild Mexico I trade you ha ha

With all that said most weed doesn't impress me at all I see frost and right away I'm thinking let's see how weak this shit is...

I smoke all day everyday I build a tolerance to everything quickly so even my best weed turns normal after a few days of smoking it

So where the hell is all thuthis super powerful weed I tried ace and was disappointed all I can do is keep trying

 

[rolandomota]

Yes high thc but more importantly the right kind of effect I smoke tons of low smell low thc sativa from Mexico so I'm more in to High thc mess you up sativa
the Mexico has that type of crazy high but its mild especially if you smoke 2 ounces a week of it

it seems more euphoric usually rather than heart racing or paranoia definitely introspection but more feel good type than mess you up type and some paranoia not much

warm euphoric thoughtful forgetful distracted

I guess this is why I love the super strong sativas for all day everyday smoke I really don't understand why more people aren't like me usually people talk about not everyday type of smoke and I'm like what the fuck? Too strong? LOL I want that weed here's some mild Mexico I trade you ha ha

With all that said most weed doesn't impress me at all I see frost and right away I'm thinking let's see how weak this shit is...

I smoke all day everyday I build a tolerance to everything quickly so even my best weed turns normal after a few days of smoking it

So where the hell is all this super powerful weed? I heard ace had it but I tried ace and was disappointed all I can do is keep trying at least it was OK not a total loss of time

And lastly most weed that people swear is good I think is wack as fuck booring hemp like barely any effect no flavor crap I might as well keep smoking my cheap Mexico weed types because the mexico is just as good or better than most shit you see out their and free seeds
Rolando mota all day everyday....420!

 

[yesum]

Hell no, but I am from the seventies. Still chasing highs from that era. When the cali sense or red hair started showing up I thought it was great. Took me a while to value the mostly lower thc strains that varied so much and were vanishing or losing quality rapidly. Character was mentioned with old lines. Might be nostalgia but the old lines were more defined in effects, and the effects went deeper.

The Congo Black I have now is likely in the teens for thc, it takes me back to the 73' Mexican I had. Great stuff, trippy but not real strong or tasty.

 

[goingrey]

A joint of lower potency weed is a much more enjoyable experience for sure. In fact with the stronger weed it sometimes feels like a "battle" to get to the end of the joint. But inhaling smoke is not good for the lungs so from that point of view I appreciate the one hit quitter weed.

Vaping is an interesting evener. The vapor from less potent weed can be just as strong, you just get less of it from the same amount.

 

[BlackBart]

I ignore THC numbers. It’s all in the effect and resin profile. I dislike most modern poly hybrids and the recent desert flavour type hype. I don’t get this high THC thing as it’s not representative of the high/stone. What happened to all the other cannabinoids ? Obviously bred out by misunderstanding.

You are right on the money !!

 

[St. Phatty]

I've met -1- dedicated Cannabis smoker that preferred "Mersh" (press brick seedy Mexican herb) because it didn't make him too high.

He could smoke as much as he wanted without getting too high.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

As an all day, everyday, medical user, the higher the THC the less enjoyable and effective it seems for me.

While I do understand the desire most have to simply get unfunctional quickly, I've been there myself, I grow for terpenes, flavor, and effects which raaarely include 'sleepy.' Upbeat, anxiolytic, clear headed medication. The last 15 years I've been sampling all the new stuff, vs. a mix of old genetics I have, and they've fallen flat. The best 'new' stuff I've seen recently is a Lebanese landrace. lol Seriously old, uncrossed for centuries type genetics and they are moderate THC, moderate terpene, yet so deliciously complex.

High THC is so booooring!

 

[St. Phatty]

As an all day, everyday, medical user, the higher the THC the less enjoyable and effective it seems for me.

While I do understand the desire most have to simply get unfunctional quickly, I've been there myself, I grow for terpenes, flavor, and effects which raaarely include 'sleepy.' Upbeat, anxiolytic, clear headed medication. The last 15 years I've been sampling all the new stuff, vs. a mix of old genetics I have, and they've fallen flat. The best 'new' stuff I've seen recently is a Lebanese landrace. lol Seriously old, uncrossed for centuries type genetics and they are moderate THC, moderate terpene, yet so deliciously complex.

High THC is so booooring!

THC is not the only cannabinoid.

I can see why some people want a lower THC/non-THC cannabinoid ratio.

The last time I had 5 hits of high THC pot I could barely walk. I was a Mugger's Dream, a stoned American stumbling around the streets of Canada.

 

[Petrochemical]

No in fact I see that as a money grab for bottle neck breeders

 

[shithawk420]

I can't even smoke this shit anymore.but then again we're drinking and acting stupid.but we live in the country so we get away with it most of the time.i swear it's like trailer park boys over here.i live in a house though

 

[Switcher56]

As an all day, everyday, medical user, the higher the THC the less enjoyable and effective it seems for me.

While I do understand the desire most have to simply get unfunctional quickly, I've been there myself, I grow for terpenes, flavor, and effects which raaarely include 'sleepy.' Upbeat, anxiolytic, clear headed medication. The last 15 years I've been sampling all the new stuff, vs. a mix of old genetics I have, and they've fallen flat. The best 'new' stuff I've seen recently is a Lebanese landrace. lol Seriously old, uncrossed for centuries type genetics and they are moderate THC, moderate terpene, yet so deliciously complex.

High THC is so booooring!

Bingo!

 

[exploziv]

I wouldn't say high thc is good or bad, as the effects and qualities of the high seems to come from a lot of other compounds and also from the interaction between those compounds. I guess it's also a bit of a personal choice for each individual as well, we might like some more than others and we as growers we are even blessed cause we can keep or grow again those varieties thst we liked in the past, a guy that just buys it might get diferent quality and variety each time.