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The NorCal Smoke-Off...12 strains

Doesn't really look like much in my (blurry) photo, but its really quite pleasing to the eye. Clearly on the wispy side, but enjoyably so. When I first looked at this weed - and before knowing anything about the heritage - I thought it had the leafy look of sativa. Nice crystal coverage, its more that the herb is small than super-loose or leafy. Dense for what it is. (Unlike polar opposite example to be examined later, Watty Kush, which might just be the most dense strain i've seen)

Great-weed garbage can is the first thing I think when smelling the jar. Its a clean, herbal smell, so the garbage can identifier is weak but there's just a myriad of things wafting around. Most important are the notes of arm-funk, parafin wax, lime-zest, and pine-tips.

Super floral on the inhale, this weed has nice expansion without the death-cough alot of these strains have. Clears me up in small does - but the end of the bowl does get rough. Mint aftertaste is just delicious. I like this because it leaves a little dank stench on my beard - somethin' for later!

Off-the-bat, this herb gives you a nice dizzing headrush that I've sort of come to associate with what i call weed-panic. There are certain strains - some sativa hybrids and some trainwrecks - that just freak me the **** out. I do not like this. Anyways, this dizzing headrush never got paranoia-inducing or uncomfortable. Lovely.

Instant "gotta go do something" impulse. Euphoria certainly. Little uncomfortable edge that i'm sure would ease after two months or so of curing. Slight sweaty-palm feeling too.

Indica lovers might not love this smoke. At first I had wondered if this would even ring my bell, its that heady. It actually does get you if you have enough but I LOVE that you can keep this mostly in your head. I'm going to smoke before bed to see if it keeps me up, I suspect it really wouldn't.

This is also an interesting strain because it makes you reflective and introspective, but not in the vacant stoner-zombie way. It also really makes you care about what you generally care about but not much else. You can really tune out well with this weed but look like you care. Its quite handy for certain situations, like i'd be the perfect employee on a small amount of this smoke.

Really none of the indica sleepy-bug to bite. You just sort of say sativa'd for a few hours and it mostly vanishes. Some people would seriously knock it for that, but I love it. Great - again in certain situations - to be able to know you aren't going to be a car-wreck for the next 6-7 hours.

I likey. This will find a spot in the garden.
 
c99 x g13...makes your head a dumb-waiter

c99 x g13...makes your head a dumb-waiter

Ahh, the proverbial c99. Loved by many, reviled by a few...and one of those strains that just might be too ubiquitous. Its certainly the "skunk" or "northern lights" of this weed-era. Maybe its just overdone, who knows, but I love the stuff and am always amazed by the crosses it can make. To this date, c99 x NYCD (via JLP's Juliet) was some of my favorite smoke ever!

By looking, its really hard to tell what g13 added to this equation. The nug looks exactly like a c99 nugget, and it smells almost exactly like c99 - that crazy-taffy, carmelized melon, fake pineapple thing going on. The yield - according to the grower - was one of the main things that the c99 got from G. I can live with that!

Unfortunately the taste seems to also be contributed from the g13 side of things. Deep pine sizzling at the back of the throat and just sticking in the mouth.

Sometimes I wonder if the uber-potency of g13 is really just the stupification factor. I honestly feel like 20 IQ points dumber after smoking g13, just all looking around the room confused. It can make me so vacant at times. There is certainly that instant "power-jolt" that c99 gives me; instantly i'm running around the room looking for something to do.

In that way, there is a weird, almost stiff transition between these strains that plays out in your head. The transition is drastic between head and body - I guarantee it would make someone who was drunk (and or unacclimated to potent weed) puke. With this smoke, its bouncy when its up - super intuitive - then gob-smacking. 90 second intervals...for a good hour or so.

One downfall of this pot is it doesn't have the ultra-smooth "want more" smokability that straight c99 has. At first this was some of the harshest puff out of my 12 strains. After more curing (it had already cured also) it got smoother, but not butter by any stretch of the imagination.

This is bad multi-tasking smoke. This also doesn't have the insulating
"headblanket" feel that g13 has, for good or ill.

Does quench the weed-bug for awhile, you don't want to smoke too much or other kinds directly after puffing this one.

-gwb

:joint:

 
Pure Kush

Pure Kush

Lets get stupid.




The smell of this herb is pleasant and evocative. Generally fruity, mysteriously enticing. Reminds me a little of opening a kool-aid packet. Creamy. Citric elements. Lavender soap. Wort.

The smoke, unfortunately, is nutty and non-descript.

This gives you an instant head jolt, one i enjoy at night and don't like earlier. Jittery energy waves over you right away, fading into a feeling of 'i'm done'. Drooling ripped! You even feel it buzzing around behind your face.

This just kills my ambition during the day.

That said, my wife found it somewhat heady all-around. It zombifies me.

Not my cup of tea, but everyone else was impressed.
 

Alphakronik

New member
Green W. Bush said:
Hello friends. As you may or may not know, I spent about a year of isolation and grow-liness in Ohio. I ran Ghaze, c99xchemdawgxmothership, some other fun stuff. I wasn't able to blow it up as much as i'd of liked - the landlord literally came over and walked around a few times - I had a hell of a time and introduced myself to the wild world of breeding. GHaze x pineappleMothership anyone? Anyways, i'm living in a 400-sq. ft. apartment now so that will wait. Which leads me to...

Moving to Oregon. I now live in the PacNW...school brought us up this way. I haven't met too many folks in Oregon - well maybe one or two - that are as strain and quality minded as they should be. I'm sure its just a matter of time - Oregon's certainly a hotspot for good herb.

But this is Cali weed, definitely the best i've encountered. Higher organics, compost teas, hours of serious geeking out, and hard work and time bring you fine smoke and this is FINE smoke.

Check it friends:



You must be in the wrong part of oregon! Everyone I know who grows is a complete strain whore. If you have a med card, and are a member of oregon green free (med group), you can participate in all the Oregon medical cups.
 
diggity said:
did you buy all that ganj?

I wish! I don't think it was all for sale. Well, maybe it was but I surely didn't have enough money to buy all that.

I just got .5g or 1g samples of each, so it ended up only being 3/8 of weed. Though its almost all gone now - cue panicked feeling - I did make it last almost 4 weeks which i'm pretty proud of. Especially for how hog-wild I got when I first got it ;)

I must credit the grower for his kindness in this way - having 12 types of weed is SOOO much better than just one or two, even if its the best weed around IMO, with exceptions (SSH comes to mind).
 
OK, time for the Watty Kush.

What strikes me about this herb is its density and the way it smells. From the bag-appeal side of things, this could easily be confused with commercial weed. It is very dense, packed with crystals, and some of your less-intelligent friends might say "beasters". They'd be wrong. In fact, if it was just appearance that I was judging on I might not have bought a bag of this...it would have been a HUGE mistake.

Anyways, this stuff is moonrock. It breaks up very nicely, and just keeps hitting and hitting. Smells particularly basil-like. I love its aroma, conjures up lots of images of different danks...a combination of spice, funk, and afghan-aromas. Some chocolately tones too.

This weed funks up a room quick, I puffed a few small bowls and the doorbell rung...my friend knew I was puffin' some seriously good weed. (Or maybe that was just my cashed appearance). This is super-kind on the lungs and mouth. Christmas spices. Mouth-drippingly tasty! Piney, herbal, this just tastes stanky...if such a thing is possible.

The buzz is one that lights you up. Feels initially like a hit of nitrous or helium, a pure head-thumping buzz. Waves of enlightenment take over, as well as euphoria. But not one of stupification or couch-lock. Not a good migraine strain at all though, unfortunately - puffing this headache can actually kick in my headaches on a bad day.

I love this weed. Excuse me while I light up and polish it off.



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Somebody chime in and say hello

Somebody chime in and say hello

Strawberry Diesel.

I have to confess: i've never smoked a reliable Sour Diesel pheno. Its sad, I know.

Anyways, this just looks ridiculous. Bag appeal is asinine. You could sell this for, well, however evil you felt like being.



Smells like straight-up Strawberry Cough with almost more ridiculous candied fruit smell. Vanilla. Sharp hops aroma too, whole cones. Another aromatic i'm not placing - juniper berry comes to mind.

Where do I start with the smoke report. As soon as you toke this, you know what you're in for. Like licking red-cedar extract, and eventually like smoking it. Pungent even before you grind it. And once you do, it slaps you around. Just the smell alone cries out to whoever's around.

I like this because it adds a little up to the Strawberry Cough high. I mean I love the SC thing but its seriously overwhelming most times. Just gets me feeling almost drunk, not sativa-y. I love that sometimes but not all times, this is much more functional. Wait, maybe not functional. More inclined towards activity, even if looking wonk-tastic. Interesting trippy thing happening around the sides of the eyes as well.

Damn this is good, one more pipe and its gone! :joint: :nono:
 
Eek! Only 2 more

Eek! Only 2 more



Shitty picture.

Anyways, this is Albert Walker. Named for one of the members of legendary reggae band Culture. Some really good smoke! I'm not an indica person, but this is an indica for me.

This herb looks sort of work-a-day, nothing super special from arm's glance. But once you look closer, you notice all sorts of crystals on a light green/brown nugget. Smells unique - one of my friends said old-school - of strong pine-sol, zinc-drops, candi sugar. Sweet, clashingly perfume-y, and floral. Complex.

This hits pretty well in terms of smoothness, not particularly much expand-o. But you can feel the indica punch instantly. But its not crippling. At first the buzz clenches you up a little bit, but after twenty minutes or so you're much more interested in things and wandering around. Not that you're that intelligent - I get lost like a mofo on this strain.

The buzz is totally calming, but not in a tied-up or slow way. You just want to listen to something with a deep, dark-ass beat and sort of groove. Euphoric, mellow, groovy.

Lots of applications for this - perfect roll one up and head to a friend's party type of thing.
 
The One. The Only. The OG.

The One. The Only. The OG.

OG Kush.

Ahh, the revered Ocean Grown. When I got all of these twelve strains, I made it a huge point to try them all before hitting this. Such hype, but from what i've experienced there's certainly something to it. Its just popping with crystals - looking so amazingly good - dense, just jumps out at you to smoke.

Reeks once you open the jar, and blows up your nostrils even before you open the grinder. Striking greasiness, jellied aloe-vera. There was an old strain in Indiana called Venetian this vaguely reminds me of. One tiny bud broke up into enough for a pinner.

Like most of these super-weeds i've been smoking, this one rings the bell instantly...I just coughed my ass of on this herb. Instant head cleaner - much like the come-on from amphetamine - with all the clarity and brain enhancement that comes. 15 seconds later you're seeing slight visuals around the eyes and a total scatterbrainedness wrecks the IQ-boost you thought you had.

At 10 minutes the high gets weighty, and you have that resigned "night is over" feeling that some strong weed gives you. Goes back heady for awhile before heading deep.

I can't focus well on this weed, nor can I really see that well. Visuals expressed as a fuzzy-buzz around objects. So probably not so good for motor-vehicle piloting.

All in all its a great cock-knock of a sativa thrash - goes on and on - and just funks you up from every angle. Keeps changing the more you smoke - but only to a certain point. Not ceilingless at all.

And that's part of the problem. This weed's so potent and wicked-fun that its too easy to overindulge and smoke like everyday. I wouldn't want too much of this for that reason, I could imagine the tolerance comes rather quickly too, especially to its unique qualities.

ADD Magnifier.


 
Headband.

Lost the photo, apparently.

But its better anyways because the sample did not look at all as sexy as these other strains. The grower said as much, but it was still grown with better organic ingredients than I could hope for, so 'meh'. As its said, the proof is in the puddin'! (puffin')

Smells of motor oil, fallen leaves, nut meat, chocolate.

And this shit is good. Hashy on the inhale, like sucking in Oregon air. Clean sativa buzz that drifts until it gets stoney and somewhat confusing. Listening to my friend who doesn't smoke much seemed to sum it up - he just grasped for words trying to describe things and my thought pattern was similar.

And it makes your head feel buzzy right where a headband would be. What a fitting name. Interesting, and very enjoyable smoke. Seems like something that would be well suited for camping in the woods and geeking out, rather trippy and not super-heavy like NYCD.
 
B

BeAn

Great thread, nice work for sure man....i know it musta bin pure agony smoking all that five-star herbage..much respect.:D:yes:
 
G

Guest

Great reports!

Thanks for taking the time again an again...
Very good descriptions an pics where fine!
Oregon sounds cool....im feelin the fresh air..
Peace!
 

Grunt

Member
Thanks alot for the reports. They were quite articulate and helped me out on some decisions I was attempting to make. It was good being able to "sample" 12 differant strains without having to navigate to an equal number of threads. Grunt
 

inflorescence

Active member
Veteran
Green W. Bush said:
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Doesn't really look like much in my (blurry) photo, but its really quite pleasing to the eye. Clearly on the wispy side, but enjoyably so. When I first looked at this weed - and before knowing anything about the heritage - I thought it had the leafy look of sativa. Nice crystal coverage, its more that the herb is small than super-loose or leafy. Dense for what it is. (Unlike polar opposite example to be examined later, Watty Kush, which might just be the most dense strain i've seen)

Great-weed garbage can is the first thing I think when smelling the jar. Its a clean, herbal smell, so the garbage can identifier is weak but there's just a myriad of things wafting around. Most important are the notes of arm-funk, parafin wax, lime-zest, and pine-tips.

Super floral on the inhale, this weed has nice expansion without the death-cough alot of these strains have. Clears me up in small does - but the end of the bowl does get rough. Mint aftertaste is just delicious. I like this because it leaves a little dank stench on my beard - somethin' for later!

Off-the-bat, this herb gives you a nice dizzing headrush that I've sort of come to associate with what i call weed-panic. There are certain strains - some sativa hybrids and some trainwrecks - that just freak me the **** out. I do not like this. Anyways, this dizzing headrush never got paranoia-inducing or uncomfortable. Lovely.

Instant "gotta go do something" impulse. Euphoria certainly. Little uncomfortable edge that i'm sure would ease after two months or so of curing. Slight sweaty-palm feeling too.

Indica lovers might not love this smoke. At first I had wondered if this would even ring my bell, its that heady. It actually does get you if you have enough but I LOVE that you can keep this mostly in your head. I'm going to smoke before bed to see if it keeps me up, I suspect it really wouldn't.

This is also an interesting strain because it makes you reflective and introspective, but not in the vacant stoner-zombie way. It also really makes you care about what you generally care about but not much else. You can really tune out well with this weed but look like you care. Its quite handy for certain situations, like i'd be the perfect employee on a small amount of this smoke.

Really none of the indica sleepy-bug to bite. You just sort of say sativa'd for a few hours and it mostly vanishes. Some people would seriously knock it for that, but I love it. Great - again in certain situations - to be able to know you aren't going to be a car-wreck for the next 6-7 hours.

I likey. This will find a spot in the garden.

I'm really suprised this would be considered sativa.

I mean 99.9% of stuff originating from Uzbekistan would be considered Indica (the father homeland of Indica).

Although I have seen dark green leaves and "wispy' calyx's associated with Indica's that produce an "up" high like this.

I think this is a special 'sport' of a IBL indica that expresses as a sativa.
 
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