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Vintage Colombian
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I have known my whole life there is a "bud" high and a "hash high". The hash high used to be mellower in the day, but nowadays you have people making hash from pure fire and I have been dusted from one fucking hit.
Interestingly, I have some friends that are Mexican guys that are connected. I can get outdoor pot grown by Mexicans in California that is lightly compressed. I stress the lightly part, because I have had horrible luck making hash from anything bricked "hard" without using corn whiskey and a blender. This weed I get from my friends would not be the best bet for dry sift, but the bubble bag trick or just pure gravity in ice water works very well. Some of the best hash I ever had was made from that Mex. It is seedless btw. So I have been able to get a pound of this stuff, friend prices, for 350 USD. I have made an ounce and a half of this fire hash for a little bit of my trouble and 350 bucks. When I was smoking that stuff I always fretted over the time I would be out of it and have to wait until next season, and there was no guarantee that I would get the same stuff again. It was just that good. I would break open my pressed stash and just smell it a long time before I smoked any. Kind of like when I drink a fine wine and spend more time smelling it. I am getting myself worked up now jajaja.
Nowadays the Hash in Seattle is a buyers market anyway. I go to farmer's markets and clubs and have so much just given to me in free samples... It is everywhere. You got your oils of every kind of every strain as well as the BHOs, Bubbles, Waxes, candies etc. Everything under the stoner's sun is available and competitively priced. When I go to the market I work one guy against the next and get a price. I have gotten top shelf weed, Cenex, for $700 a half pound. We are not talking outdoor Mex that has been bricked. If I made hash of this stuff I would have a lot more options.
Legalization has brought out the mob mentality of a lot of guys that were either doing it illegally all along (most probably) to guys that just hate the system, to guys that just like to be farmers, to absolute millionaires that made their money from Microsoft stock in the 80s in this new legal business. I know places where you can see 20 dispensaries and a rec store in a one mile stretch. A person can go to all twenty of those for the first time and collect a free sample gram of weed for a first time visit. It has come completely undone. It is worth the price of admission for a visit up here now.
And here I am stoned and ranting... ask anything tho
Interestingly, I have some friends that are Mexican guys that are connected. I can get outdoor pot grown by Mexicans in California that is lightly compressed. I stress the lightly part, because I have had horrible luck making hash from anything bricked "hard" without using corn whiskey and a blender. This weed I get from my friends would not be the best bet for dry sift, but the bubble bag trick or just pure gravity in ice water works very well. Some of the best hash I ever had was made from that Mex. It is seedless btw. So I have been able to get a pound of this stuff, friend prices, for 350 USD. I have made an ounce and a half of this fire hash for a little bit of my trouble and 350 bucks. When I was smoking that stuff I always fretted over the time I would be out of it and have to wait until next season, and there was no guarantee that I would get the same stuff again. It was just that good. I would break open my pressed stash and just smell it a long time before I smoked any. Kind of like when I drink a fine wine and spend more time smelling it. I am getting myself worked up now jajaja.
Nowadays the Hash in Seattle is a buyers market anyway. I go to farmer's markets and clubs and have so much just given to me in free samples... It is everywhere. You got your oils of every kind of every strain as well as the BHOs, Bubbles, Waxes, candies etc. Everything under the stoner's sun is available and competitively priced. When I go to the market I work one guy against the next and get a price. I have gotten top shelf weed, Cenex, for $700 a half pound. We are not talking outdoor Mex that has been bricked. If I made hash of this stuff I would have a lot more options.
Legalization has brought out the mob mentality of a lot of guys that were either doing it illegally all along (most probably) to guys that just hate the system, to guys that just like to be farmers, to absolute millionaires that made their money from Microsoft stock in the 80s in this new legal business. I know places where you can see 20 dispensaries and a rec store in a one mile stretch. A person can go to all twenty of those for the first time and collect a free sample gram of weed for a first time visit. It has come completely undone. It is worth the price of admission for a visit up here now.
And here I am stoned and ranting... ask anything tho
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I think what we are seeing in some legal state is the process of evolution with legalization. The PNW has been a cannabis culture for a long time and cannabis is widely accepted there already. And as a result everybody's coming out in the open creating a flood of "local" product. Buyer's market no doubt. But until there's "federal" legalization (2016) thing's are going to be very out of balance. Once we have global legalization (2020) thing's will settle into their prospective place.
Personally I only want to grow, selling is only a vehicle to allow me to grow. I have no delusions of grandor of becoming some marketing conglomerate cutting into someone's "profit".
36 years ago I was complaining to my brother about how shitty the Colombian weed had gotten. He said hey man if you don't like it go down there and do it yourself. Here I am.
huligun, I know it's been awhile but congratulations on your fine son and lovely family. I got a question for you, do you grow up there? Did you grow in Colombia? Not that it matters, I was just wondering about your thoughts on growing here in Colombia VS growing up there.
red rider
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I think what we are seeing in some legal state is the process of evolution with legalization. The PNW has been a cannabis culture for a long time and cannabis is widely accepted there already. And as a result everybody's coming out in the open creating a flood of "local" product. Buyer's market no doubt. But until there's "federal" legalization (2016) thing's are going to be very out of balance. Once we have global legalization (2020) thing's will settle into their prospective place.
Personally I only want to grow, selling is only a vehicle to allow me to grow. I have no delusions of grandor of becoming some marketing conglomerate cutting into someone's "profit".
36 years ago I was complaining to my brother about how shitty the Colombian weed had gotten. He said hey man if you don't like it go down there and do it yourself. Here I am.
huligun, I know it's been awhile but congratulations on your fine son and lovely family. I got a question for you, do you grow up there? Did you grow in Colombia? Not that it matters, I was just wondering about your thoughts on growing here in Colombia VS growing up there.
red rider
jim dankness
Active member
This is great fertilizer for the conspiratorial-minded but without a source or someone to accuse you've gotta admit, you're just blowing a warm breeze in our direction...
Either way, it won't matter - if consumers find out that it isn't all about how much THC, then the labs can't make you or break you when they pick a number.
Maybe everyone will figure that out on their own. You know, try this and that and really pay attention to how well they work, and use that as a basis for what they want and not the numbers on the package. But it couldn't hurt to start spreading the word, if we believe it's true, just in case some people need a little nudge to get their independent thinking started.
Maybe everyone will figure that out on their own. You know, try this and that and really pay attention to how well they work, and use that as a basis for what they want and not the numbers on the package. But it couldn't hurt to start spreading the word, if we believe it's true, just in case some people need a little nudge to get their independent thinking started.
jim dankness
Active member
Didn't the consumers already find that out when Ethan Russo & co's work on the 'entourage effect' was published years ago?
I don't really see any asset to either individuals or the community at large in conspiracy theories that lack any evidence, hence my inquiry.
I don't really see any asset to either individuals or the community at large in conspiracy theories that lack any evidence, hence my inquiry.
Sorry for failing to adhere rigorously to the topic, but ... today I dropped in on the new retail marijuana store two blocks from me, and I mentioned this high-test-THC thing, and he pointed out that his strain info posted on the wall doesn't show a test number. General description of effects and stuff, no number.
He said a friend of his quit growing Panama Red, because the test results kept coming back like 9%. Who would want that.
He said a friend of his quit growing Panama Red, because the test results kept coming back like 9%. Who would want that.
You guys have a good point about testing. First I don’t see how a lab can give you an accurate THC percentage, every plant is a little different (even with in the same strain)and not only that but different parts of the pant contain different amounts (top VS bottom). I believe this testing is hype to make the masses “think” more THC the better the effect. We know better, its quality over quantity but most people think more is better.
I am 100% in agreement of testing cannabis for sales, but testing only for toxic herbicides and pesticides and any other harmful chemicals we need a pure and natural product. Now as far as a marketing view high THC levels sell (I would guess) but the fact is you get high on as little as 1-3% and at 9% that would be some pretty potent stuff. I have no way of testing here but I know the top self-indoor I was getting in Atlanta had to have been well over 15% but it didn’t get me as high as the lower % domestic seeded regular, That might just be me but the really high % Cannabis gives me an almost instant tolerance that builds so fast after a few session I don’t feel very much if anything. I think as legalization evolves certain people will see that there are many types of cannabis and how and where it is grown will become an important factor to consumers. The great thing about the advancement of indoor growing technology is it leveled the playing field. Now anyone can grow good weed in their closet and as a result (of legalization) there must be a flood of indoor weed. But I feel that even with different strains the “quality” of the effect will become generic and bland satisfying the masses but not the gourmet enthusiast. I mean Bud light is Americas best selling beer but I drink imported Steinlager.
BTW I’m about to close this thread and start another one once I can really grow down here.
red rider
I am 100% in agreement of testing cannabis for sales, but testing only for toxic herbicides and pesticides and any other harmful chemicals we need a pure and natural product. Now as far as a marketing view high THC levels sell (I would guess) but the fact is you get high on as little as 1-3% and at 9% that would be some pretty potent stuff. I have no way of testing here but I know the top self-indoor I was getting in Atlanta had to have been well over 15% but it didn’t get me as high as the lower % domestic seeded regular, That might just be me but the really high % Cannabis gives me an almost instant tolerance that builds so fast after a few session I don’t feel very much if anything. I think as legalization evolves certain people will see that there are many types of cannabis and how and where it is grown will become an important factor to consumers. The great thing about the advancement of indoor growing technology is it leveled the playing field. Now anyone can grow good weed in their closet and as a result (of legalization) there must be a flood of indoor weed. But I feel that even with different strains the “quality” of the effect will become generic and bland satisfying the masses but not the gourmet enthusiast. I mean Bud light is Americas best selling beer but I drink imported Steinlager.
BTW I’m about to close this thread and start another one once I can really grow down here.
red rider
GanjaBredMan
Member
Please provide the link when you do close this thread. Cheers
Sorry to back track and go a little off topic but this reminded me of some wine experiences in Tuscany. Some of the best wines I’ve ever sampled and you would never get them if you weren’t there. These wines never left the country and probably not even the area where they were grown and produced.
Yes when I made the statement about the quality of export VS domestic I was making a comparison based on my personal experience with both. Others may very well have a different opinion but mine is based on actually having them both. However to me it seems like common sense that export quality (no matter how good it is) is not the best the country produces. Anyone ever hear of 30 meter hash? Never gets 30 meters away from where it’s made (Amsterdam?).
The reason I’m thinking about closing this thread and starting another is because I think we’ve just about coved everything I have details of here in Colombia. It would be embarrassing to post pictures of my window sill grow. And short of pictures of “purchases” I don’t have any new information at the time. I’ve actually stopped consuming for an undisclosed time, to dry out a bit and I haven’t seen anything really interesting for a while now. The Purple Corinto seedlings are growing fast and look very healthy on their 5th set of true leaves and my crippa female is slowly making flowers. Of course I’m still working on the finca but nothing solid yet.
As far as the wife, it’s like sitting on a time bomb, right now things are “ok” but that could change at any time for any reason. After not following through with Carolina not only did I lose the opportunity to bang her brains out but now she’s not even taking my class. But that’s ok because I’ve got to either get the wife back on track or divorce her and my son will not let me go easy. He’s 10 years old and I am his best friend and we are very close. He really has it rough in his school because he’s half American and blond. Even the teachers bully him and he has a few friends but most of the bigger boys torment him. I am a combat veteran and years ago started practicing Buddhism (Japanese) and am totally nonviolent now. But I will and have defended myself and I teach my son how to defend himself. I teach him that there is no dishonor in escaping and there is no honor in combat. Yesterday I had to go to the school because my son had gotten into a fight. When I get to the school my son is sitting in the office with this kid twice his size. Torn shirt but no other damage to my son but the big kid had a sprained wrist and a broken finger. The director (principle) told me that my son had been in a fight with three other boys that day too but only hurt the one in the office. Nothing really happened but I asked my son and he said the 6th graders (he’s in 4th) jumped him in the bathroom and he couldn’t escape. He said the boys started to push him around slapping him as they called him a gringo puta. Finally he said one of the boys grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him. I am so proud of what my son did next, he grabbed the kid by the thumb and twisted his hand of his throat and at the same time bent the kids wrist almost all the way back dropping the kid to the floor allowing him to escape the bathroom. My son said Daddy I tried everything to avoid violence but there was no choice and he cried saying he didn’t want to hurt the boy but he couldn’t breathe. I was so proud of him; he never lost his temper and was able to neutralize him without hurting him too bad. I spent all evening with him and I’ve never felt better in my life, I have to be here for him.
Red rider
The reason I’m thinking about closing this thread and starting another is because I think we’ve just about coved everything I have details of here in Colombia. It would be embarrassing to post pictures of my window sill grow. And short of pictures of “purchases” I don’t have any new information at the time. I’ve actually stopped consuming for an undisclosed time, to dry out a bit and I haven’t seen anything really interesting for a while now. The Purple Corinto seedlings are growing fast and look very healthy on their 5th set of true leaves and my crippa female is slowly making flowers. Of course I’m still working on the finca but nothing solid yet.
As far as the wife, it’s like sitting on a time bomb, right now things are “ok” but that could change at any time for any reason. After not following through with Carolina not only did I lose the opportunity to bang her brains out but now she’s not even taking my class. But that’s ok because I’ve got to either get the wife back on track or divorce her and my son will not let me go easy. He’s 10 years old and I am his best friend and we are very close. He really has it rough in his school because he’s half American and blond. Even the teachers bully him and he has a few friends but most of the bigger boys torment him. I am a combat veteran and years ago started practicing Buddhism (Japanese) and am totally nonviolent now. But I will and have defended myself and I teach my son how to defend himself. I teach him that there is no dishonor in escaping and there is no honor in combat. Yesterday I had to go to the school because my son had gotten into a fight. When I get to the school my son is sitting in the office with this kid twice his size. Torn shirt but no other damage to my son but the big kid had a sprained wrist and a broken finger. The director (principle) told me that my son had been in a fight with three other boys that day too but only hurt the one in the office. Nothing really happened but I asked my son and he said the 6th graders (he’s in 4th) jumped him in the bathroom and he couldn’t escape. He said the boys started to push him around slapping him as they called him a gringo puta. Finally he said one of the boys grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him. I am so proud of what my son did next, he grabbed the kid by the thumb and twisted his hand of his throat and at the same time bent the kids wrist almost all the way back dropping the kid to the floor allowing him to escape the bathroom. My son said Daddy I tried everything to avoid violence but there was no choice and he cried saying he didn’t want to hurt the boy but he couldn’t breathe. I was so proud of him; he never lost his temper and was able to neutralize him without hurting him too bad. I spent all evening with him and I’ve never felt better in my life, I have to be here for him.
Red rider
GanjaBredMan
Member
You're doing a good job raising your son red rider, work it out with the wife. If not, don't waste your/her time. Something is still keeping you there red. Anyways, I wish you luck on your finca.
Your new thread it's gonna be huge I can feel it. You're on the right track just be patient . I'm glad that you put your son first I agree with that. But you got to be happy too so do what you gotta do on the side. Just be there for him. These are the best days, he'll grow up too fast time will fly by. Being a father is very cool, best (job) I've ever had. My daughter away at college now and I miss her. Continued best wishes keep us updated ok? Peace sdd
Ps keep the bud porn coming here's a couple buds from my latest harvest
Ps keep the bud porn coming here's a couple buds from my latest harvest
Thank you so much my friends, compassion comes from the purest of hearts. Actually things are going much better with the wife and confidence is high, however we still have the nasty problem of the wife’s vagiclosit condition. As much as I’d like to say it’s not a big deal it is and needs to be addressed ASAP in order to move forward. It’s time for me to let go of my resentment and work on seducing her again. Not an easy task but not impossible either, however traditional methods do not apply to this individual. Flowers, candy, candle lite dinners are ineffective with her, seducing her requires an analytical approach. I have many things on my side but not very good at utilizing them. One thing I know she needs sex too (she was hot as a firecracker) and if I use the right tactic she will have to give in. This stupid game is annoying and time consuming when we really both want the same thing. But I’ll play along just to get things back on track.
Really even with all her BS and the never ending wait for the finca, I still really enjoy living here and I’m happy. I’ve learned that for me less is more when it comes to real happiness. Twenty some odd years ago all I cared about was making money and getting more. Houses, boats, motorcycles, cocaine and booze were constantly on my list and on my mind. I wasn’t rich but doing real good and not happy, hungry but not happy. Now I have next to nothing, no house no car no high pressure job and got to say I’m much less stressful even in dealing with the wife. But I do miss living in the USA, up in them North Georgia Mountains. I miss the seasons and the changes that come with them and our traditional holidays. I miss being around Americans and feeling a part with them, even after all the years here I’m still very much an outsider. Now I understand why people go to the USA and think it’s better there because really it is.
Happiness isn’t a place it’s a state of mind and most times with practice I can control that state of mind once I let go of the idea that I need a thing or a person or a place to make me happy. That’s not to say things, places and people to contribute to the happiness as the purple Corinto QWISO proved a 4 AM this morning (so much for my break). I took a couple hits this morning and OMG man I felt it strong and was still feeling great when I walked the kids to school a couple hours later. I didn’t stop my break because I was too stressed out or something I just happened to find some QWISO I had “misplaced” and I couldn’t resist one or two small hits. Really it’s hard not to be happy, with the oil it’s impossible.
red rider
Really even with all her BS and the never ending wait for the finca, I still really enjoy living here and I’m happy. I’ve learned that for me less is more when it comes to real happiness. Twenty some odd years ago all I cared about was making money and getting more. Houses, boats, motorcycles, cocaine and booze were constantly on my list and on my mind. I wasn’t rich but doing real good and not happy, hungry but not happy. Now I have next to nothing, no house no car no high pressure job and got to say I’m much less stressful even in dealing with the wife. But I do miss living in the USA, up in them North Georgia Mountains. I miss the seasons and the changes that come with them and our traditional holidays. I miss being around Americans and feeling a part with them, even after all the years here I’m still very much an outsider. Now I understand why people go to the USA and think it’s better there because really it is.
Happiness isn’t a place it’s a state of mind and most times with practice I can control that state of mind once I let go of the idea that I need a thing or a person or a place to make me happy. That’s not to say things, places and people to contribute to the happiness as the purple Corinto QWISO proved a 4 AM this morning (so much for my break). I took a couple hits this morning and OMG man I felt it strong and was still feeling great when I walked the kids to school a couple hours later. I didn’t stop my break because I was too stressed out or something I just happened to find some QWISO I had “misplaced” and I couldn’t resist one or two small hits. Really it’s hard not to be happy, with the oil it’s impossible.
red rider
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Back 2007 my marriage suffered another melt down after my mum died in March. During that time I started working for a “call center” but I only worked there for a month. I met this very bi lingual Colombian guy named Ray. He was a short normal looking Colombian guy to me but he attracted women to him like flies to poop. Anyway I had just harvested the Johhny Blaze I had been growing and turned him on. Ray had smoked before but nothing really good and he loved the blaze so when I returned to the USA that June I gave him two full quart sized jars of the last of my blaze and a hand full of domestic seed (Punto Rojo included). I never saw Ray again but we kept in touch. In 2008 Ray moved to Colorado and we still kept in touch. Anyway Ray has moved back to Bogota and this could be an opportunity. I’m going to meet with him tomorrow and talk to him about the finca. It might turn out to be nothing and he can’t help me with it but there is a chance because his family has fincas all over Colombia. I know his mom, she has a restaurant in Chico (a neighborhood here in Bogota) and I know his sister as well. So Ray after coming from Colorado asked me if I was growing and had any samples which I don’t but I want him to try the last of the purple Corinto. I want his opinion and comparison since he said he was smoking only high end retail buds in Colorado. I’m going to get him some crippa for him too (at his request) since his Colombian friends told him that’s the only good weed here anymore. I’m happy to see this guy.
I had to go to the school again this morning, different problem with my son. It seems his teacher pulled him to the front of the class and humiliated him in from of the class (the gringo thing again). This is a bad thing that I really needed to happen and I’ll tell you why. My wife is not happy unless she has an enemy to fight with, when she doesn’t have an enemy she turns on me. So thing have been going better with us but this morning when my wife went to talk to my son’s teacher (another hotti) it was on. My son’s teacher is no pussy cat and for a moment I thought their argument was going to come to blows. I just stayed out of the way but when they calmed down a bit my wife started rubbing her body against me and touching me in a very friendly manner. And outside the school she kissed me for the first time this year. I was shocked but she said thank you for being there with her (I can’t remember her ever thanking me for anything) at the school. She went on to say that she does love me and wants to try to make things right between us. I remembered not to get too happy and agreed with her saying we have to reestablish or sex life. Agreeing only to “talk” about it we finally reached an agreement. Hell I thought I was going to go home and get laid right then and there, but we had classes to teach and would have to postpone. Of course I was willing to ditch my classes but she wasn’t in that big of a hurry.
Anyway good news all around today (reason enough to hit the oil again) and I might get growing plants pictures after all. More to come.
red rider
I had to go to the school again this morning, different problem with my son. It seems his teacher pulled him to the front of the class and humiliated him in from of the class (the gringo thing again). This is a bad thing that I really needed to happen and I’ll tell you why. My wife is not happy unless she has an enemy to fight with, when she doesn’t have an enemy she turns on me. So thing have been going better with us but this morning when my wife went to talk to my son’s teacher (another hotti) it was on. My son’s teacher is no pussy cat and for a moment I thought their argument was going to come to blows. I just stayed out of the way but when they calmed down a bit my wife started rubbing her body against me and touching me in a very friendly manner. And outside the school she kissed me for the first time this year. I was shocked but she said thank you for being there with her (I can’t remember her ever thanking me for anything) at the school. She went on to say that she does love me and wants to try to make things right between us. I remembered not to get too happy and agreed with her saying we have to reestablish or sex life. Agreeing only to “talk” about it we finally reached an agreement. Hell I thought I was going to go home and get laid right then and there, but we had classes to teach and would have to postpone. Of course I was willing to ditch my classes but she wasn’t in that big of a hurry.
Anyway good news all around today (reason enough to hit the oil again) and I might get growing plants pictures after all. More to come.
red rider
GanjaBredMan
Member
Hey red,
Talking about the problems with your wife can bring bad vibes, try to make the present a better one my making her laugh and smile. Know when to walk away from her tantrums and always make believe shes in control. A happy wife equals a happy life.
P.s good luck on your finca venture. This is a potential business deal for you! Find and prepare what ingredients are needed to make your friend come on board. Turn your ideas into a reality by making it concrete. Worst case scenario, ask him if his family can push you into the right direction. Its a win win! Peace
I never had to grow in Colombia. My cousins were connected growers, big time. I would go to giant piles of weed and pick out the choicest buds for myself and some to sell. I would ride my motorcycle into touristy areas and sell to men from the US and Europe. That is how I learned to initially speak so many languages. So no, I never grew in the old country.
I do grow now and it has it's problems outdoors here. Washington is not the best place to grow weed. California is the best place to grow outside. I grow indoors here mostly and do okay. It is a hobby. I still buy a lot of weed all year long whether I have it or not. I like variety.
And thank you. My son is everything to me. Not everything, my little wife is too. But my son brought my old mother so much happiness that he has been a blessing and a life giver. We have another one on the way too. When it rains it pours.
Ah yes I remember reading that about you before. You would pick out buds to sell to the tourist. I bet it is nice to be able to “legally” shop and buy different strains and concentrates. I would think certain strains would do well outside even that far north or even further (B.C.). Congratulations on your new baby, it really started getting fun for me after the 2nd one.
