Trip strains from decades past that made a big impression on me and are the foundation of what I mean by trip weed:
Thai Stick - Very powerful and energetic to a fault.
Sumatran - Same as Thai Stick.
Jamaican Ganja - Trippy, powerful, and energetic, but not the same feel as Thai Stick.
These strains were all very powerful, and very consistent.
Trip strains in the last decade or so:
Neville's Haze - As powerful as what I remember from decades past, but this one had the Thai feel to it and was more pure trippy, like psilocybin. It was also extremely euphoric in waves. Best weed I ever smoked. This thread is dedicated to my decade+ search to find a mate for seeds made from this parent.
Zamaldelica - Second strongest in this last decade. The one I tested so far was trippy, but was also a bit on the dark side and especially introspective rather than mind expanding. Anxious to try more because others have reported strong euphoria and energy. I need that outward looking, mind expanding, losing ego, and sense of awe of the world in my keeper cut. The bonus of this line is the relatively quick flowering period for such a plant. The down side is the tendency to auto flower from root restriction, although this could be a potential plus for imaginative growers.
SAGE - Life is good euphoria, and trippy enough to feel in a different plane of existence. Excellent aroma and bag appeal.
Bangi Haze - Just a touch trippy. Exceptional for its clarity, and very positive vibe. Nicely energetic. What it lacks in power, it makes up for in superb quality and excellent balance of effects I desire. To top it off, it finishes in early October!!!!! Breeder quality for a northerner like myself. If I don't find something better in a year or two, I'm breeding this to the seeds from my Neville's Haze cut.
Since the 1980s, it seems most consistency has been lost, and all selections are highly dependent on the exact cut. In my opinion, this is due to rampant outcrossing, and precious little line breeding. This is a generalized statement, and not to any one specific strain or breeder. Any breeders doing line breeding for more than 6 generations I would consider as modern experts. In my opinion, what people seem to call "landraces", are most often actually line bred strains for 100s of years by generations of breeders, like grandpa or grandma to father or mother, and again to daughter and/or son. My intention is to only cross strains that have qualifying effects. I'm not a line breeding expert, but I think if I stay within certain parameters of effects, I may get some consistency of effects despite the variety of morphological traits. I hope.
Selections from posters on this thread that have descriptions of the highs that sound like trip weed to me, or general descriptions that seem to have a consensus from many posters. General descriptions would include something like "this was trippy" I have little or no personal experiences with these:
Destroyer
Highland Mexican x Blueberry
Double Jam
Double Thai
Nanan Bouclou - Seems like it might be a bit trippy. Also it is supposed to be relatively early outdoors. It was about a 9-12 week strain indoors if I remember correctly. It did not work indoors for me. I'm thinking of crossing to Bangi Haze to see if I can get it to ripen outdoors. I have seen so many posts from Idiit, who seems to have grown many strains, that I cannot ignore it.
I'm pretty sure I missed a bunch in this last category. If you send me a message, I'll edit this post and add to it if I remember or get enough consensus that I think it qualifies (this could be tricky).
All the Best... Tripsters,
ThaiBliss
Greetings ThaiBliss, thanks for all that great information about the strains. I would have to say out of all the Ace strains I've tired thus far my favorite trippy strain would be Oldtimer's Haze(my holy grail without question). Did a 5 pack, 3 males, 2 females, one was mutated was decent but nothing like the other female which was covered and dripping with trics. Green Haze was very beautiful as well, crazy yield but far less trippy.
Currently trying Pure African which is suppose to be 100% landrace Sativa and very trippy so says the breeder. Also about to get some Double Thai going and Ima have to try their Thai Stick after your report. Heard Ace is trying to get away from the Meao Thai line which I think is a bad move. I thought Meao Thai was suppose to be the strongest of the Thai family, so why breed away from it? Dubi said he wanted Zamaldelica more on the Malawi side for the Carrot taste/smell so they are breeding it more on that side. If you purchase some Malawi ask for the Old Malawi killer seeds, they'd probably be more like the original and more trippy. Maybe Dubi will drop in with more advise
Dubi is working on crossing a elite Zamaldelica with their best OTH as we speak, can't wait for that. Also talked about crossing their OTH with a original haze(32-36 week pheno). I know she would turn out a big beautiful beast outside. Might take 8 or 9 months to flower but a 20 foot trees would turn out a lot of amazing buds. Good luck on your currently journey man finding your holy grail.
. I wish we could live closer, so we could light one up.
