So I met up with a guy that I consider a pro. Grows in Humboldt, and has been doing it for quite some time now. The reason I bring this up is because I thought I grew good herb. I know there is always room for improvement, but DAM!
I pulled out my GSC, blue dream, and WIFI from an indoor harvest I was very happy with. When he packed a bowl he was very polite and said it looked good and talked about the flavor profiles. I was feeling pretty good about myself until he broke out some outdoor headband he grew last year. HOLY SHIT! Some of the best herb I have ever seen, indoors or out. When I smoked it, I was soaring. So tasty!
Practice makes perfect, and apparently I need a lot of practice. Nothing like a humbling experience to motivate you to work harder. I don't know how I will face this guy today, I am really really humbled from this experience.
P.S. I have lived and been smoking/growing in NorCal for 15+ years. I have smoke tons of top shelve buds, so I do have a good base for comparison.
I dont know about 5000 ft. But I would like to be perched somewhere above the "Humboldt Soup"I miss cali, even if it was punching 600g holes into straight rocky clay while camp circled overhead.
Nothin beats that 5000 ft trinity sunshine... not all the sandy loam in the world.
I seems that some of you guys are a bit ahead of me in terms of flower maturation.....I wonder if its the geo dif or the strains..things are even a little earlier this year than usual.....got me scratchin ma hed.....
Killer plants everybody, I know my garden is smelling wonderful these days.
Practice makes perfect, and apparently I need a lot of practice. Nothing like a humbling experience to motivate you to work harder. I don't know how I will face this guy today, I am really really humbled from this experience.
The hype of the "emerald triangle " makes me laugh, it is not the only place quality is grown by quality growers, all over the world growers amaze me and many a head!
My area is full of past "emerald triangle" growers, whom have claimed many areas around can and do have better climates to achieve "top shelf" status herb, the 3 county northern cali scene out there is played just as the medi scene is as well here in Clownifornia, the joke of the cannabis world!