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Until recently, I wasn't even aware that are different strains/types of marijuana, and I'm interesting in learning how to identify the different types. From what I understand, some strains are a lot more potent than others, so help on this would be appreciated.

Bailey1138

You can't really identify a type of marijuana just by looking. Well, most people can't, anyway. I've known some older potheads who can by looking at it and smoking it, or at least who think they can. You basically have to trust your dealer.

Aside from that are just ways of telling schwag from middies from kind. Which I will describe in case anyone isn't aware, and I'm sure different people classify them using different terms.

Schwag is the bottom of the barrel, it's usually a dull green or brown, and real compressed because it most likely came from a brick. It'll probably taste bad in a pipe, best smoked in a joint or in a bong.

Next up you have midgrades or middies. The greens start to get more vibrant and the hairs start getting brighter, more red than brown. It'll also start tasting and smelling better. Middies and schwag will both be referred to by commersh, which just means it's commercially grown and fairly common.

Next you have kind, kindbud, dank, the bomb diggity, there's a million different terms but it's all good herb. It'll be real bright green and the hairs will be bright red, white, yellow, orange, or purple. These are the different strains that have names. One or 2 hits of this stuff will get average users ripped, and, with some strains, it'll just take a hit for even the biggest potheads. It'll probably either smell skunky, or really sweet, a lot of times it'll smell and taste like a vegetable or something.

I hope that helps at least a little.

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Huge

If you want to know see the different strains, go to a seed website. I wouldn't be able to tell you one though. Or go to www.overgrow.com . I havn't registered on their forum, but I just like to look at all of the pictures, and learn how MJ does what it does, and why it does so.

potheadreturns2

here ya go: http://ixiderekixi.tripod.com/ it has pictures and descriptions of different strains.

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Psycho Donkey

There are some ways to identify strains but you have to know what to look for. Example: Northern Lights, this stuff smells, I mean really strongly, it can take up to 3 bags just to contain the smell.

Trust your dealer, if you know him, if he gives you crap don't use him again, simple as that. Good signs of good weed are: Trichomes (crystally things), red/orange hairs, nice green coloration.

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stavia hippie

why is it that everytime the topic of good bud comes up, someone almost always says red/organe hairs are good.

what about purple hairs? wheres the love for the purple hairs?

and, anyone else ever notice that in every bag they get, theres always that black piece of hair?? anyone else have that problem??

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lxl Ash lxl

i usually always find an actual hair in my bag. lol

and the bud we get usually has orange hairs, though its quite compacted with alot of stems and seeds..

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Jack_Torrance

no stems or seeds and lack of compression in the buds are also usually good signs for good herb

potheadreturns2

Actually, no seeds and stems are a sign of a good deal. All stems mean is that the grower of the pot left a light cycle going to long, or something like that. All the lack of seeds means is that the plant wasn't polenated, or something. But there are plenty of good plants that have seeds in 'em, it's just having lots of seeds and stems in your sack is bad.

potprincess

the pakalolo we have here is like so sweet and sticky skunky smell...I had to freeze it with plastic bag and foil wrap it otherwise it skunks up the whole place! and one hit with the bong gives a whammy! furry white yellowish and reddish hairs all lots of baby buddies are great to have as its so soft to cut up! not dry or too wet just darn heavenly!