A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Cannabis

Introduction

• There are four main indicators when delineating between high-quality flower and subpar flower: Smell, look, feel, and flower structure.
• The more trichomes you can see with the naked eye, the better indicator of the flower’s potency, not only for intoxicating qualities but also therapeutic properties as well.
• From dirt brown to an immature lime green flower, nature provides several visual clues when you’re looking at a good plant gone bad.
• Personal preference is the ultimate factor among strains once the quality has been established.

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The best smoking experiences often come with the best marijuana buds. When flower is really good, you spark up and experience pleasant highs, great flavor, and relaxing aromas. The worst smoking experiences often come when flower is, well, just bad. We always want the “loud,” “fire,” “Private Reserve” weed, and want to avoid the “schwag,” “brick,” and “bunk” weed at all costs,medical marijuana for sale.

Identifying high-quality, or as people familiar to buying weed say, “top shelf” flower can throw even the most experienced cannabis connoisseurs for a loop, so here are a few key traits that separate today’s high-end strains from less desirable ones.

Indicators of High-Quality Flower

Smell

Cannabis cultivated and cured to the highest standards typically exhibits a pungent and pleasant aroma. Flowers emitting a strong fragrance are commonly referred to as having a “dank” or “loud” odor, indicating the overall quality of the flower. There are a variety of terms for the types of aromas high-quality cannabis emits, including “skunky,” “diesely” and “piney.”

Flower Structure

Skillfully cultivated and cured sativa-leaning flowers tend to be light and fluffy in shape and composition, while indicas tend to be tighter and denser in flower structure, though the structure and the experience usually have little to do with each other. Rock-hard flowers are a sign that cultivators may have used plant growth regulators, which can lead to an unpleasant taste. Extremely fluffy flowers could be a signal that the plant was not grown under sufficient light intensity and was not cultivated to its potential.

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While “top-shelf flower is the hallmark of a great dispensary, good flower comes in many shapes and sizes — and has more than a few nicknames.

Indicators of Subpar Quality

Smell

Low-quality flower can take on a variety of quirky fragrances, which are rarely good.  Often referred to as “schwag,” or “bottom shelf,” these low-end buds can reek of a musty or mildewy aroma. A musty or strawlike aroma is a clear indication of aged or compromised cannabis. Typically, when stored away from light and heat, cannabis has around a one-year shelf life before starting to really degrade. Unpleasant aromas are generally a sign of mishandling, poorly cured cannabis, or advanced age.