Very entertaining thread
In Australia in the late 70s & 80s, we had bush-bud [out-door], Thai Buddha sticks & hash from various parts of Asia & the mid-east. Anyone's free to disagree but 'Buddha' & hash got one every bit as ripped as todays pot. It was much harder to find good outdoor pot than today but there was some amazing mj grown especially amongst the hippie areas on the east coast of Aus.
Interesting that one poster said the Thai stick was soaked in hash oil. I never saw obvious signs of oil but I always described the high of 'Thai Buddha' as a cross between sativa & hash, strong body & head stone. One toke would get you high.
'Thai Buddha' was a particular strain of mj. I read that the King of Thailand had his army destroy all wild & cultivated crops because he didn't like Thailand being known for a much admired strain of pot [what a fuckwit right?].
My first oz of hash cost $120 in 1975-6 [started young], by 78 it was $320 street price [I got mates rates $280]
Someone mentioned mj 'stick' that was supposedly adulterated with 'opium'. In 1976-7 I was buying blocks of black putty [Pakistani?] hash that was 'opiated'. As you cut into the block you could see flecks of white. A couple of times, as I was cutting an oz into quarters, I found pockets of white powder. My mates & I thought we were the ants pants as I was the only one in the area who could procure this hash & I only sold personal amounts to mates. Fuck it smashed you. Beautiful high, not a care in the world, Death could arrive on his pale horse & we'd have laughed in his face. Now, anyone whose seen opium will be shaking their heads & laughing right at this point. It wasn't until a mate told us that he was "addicted" to the hash did we start to put two & two together. I was only 16 but it hadn't dawned on me until then that opium is usually brown, it can be refined to a lighter colour but by the time it's been refined to a white powder it's heroin. We had been smoking hash that was full of smack.
I've been smoking on & off since the mid 70s, growing on/off for twenty. Only smoked socially over the last twelve years until a year or so ago. Smoking usually made me feel off, a little agoraphobic, slightly anxious & paranoid. I really no longer enjoyed smoking alone. It wasn't until I smoked a mates non-chemically grown bush-bud did I realise that I had been smoking commercial bud, that had been sprayed/polluted with god-knows-what, for the same amount of time that my enjoyment of pot vanished. So I grew 4 plants, with love [my secret ingredient haha] & no chemicals. Smoking was a pleasure again. When I had trouble sleeping I'd medicate & sleep like a baby. Serendipitously,after suffering quite distressing nerve pain intermittently [no rhyme or reason to the pain, could be good for a few weeks then out of the blue WHACK, like being zapped with a cattle prod, fuck it hurts. At other times it would be less savage but torment me for days.] over time I found that a small smoke every day reduced my nerve pain by at least 80% in the pain level itself, the duration of the 'attacks', the frequency.
My current thoughts for my treatment plan is if a small smoke has helped significantly one may presume [hope haha] that a larger dose could also be beneficial. In the name of science I should..nay, I must follow through with this line of thinking & for the sake of humanity, up my dosage considerably. I know, I know, it's tough but someone has to do it & I shall not shirk my civil, [or dare I say moral?] responsibility. Your welcome
I'm just a giving kind of guy.
Strangely, despite my first hand evidence as to marijuanas efficacy, the Dr's at my pain clinic still try to shove such delightfully poisonous concoctions such as 'Epillim', a cure all used for epilepsy & as a mood stabiliser for bi-polar & schizophrenics that is just downright nasty, because "Sometimes....in some circumstances....patients may find some relief.....". Umm Doc, I just [f@ckn] told you that with a simple puff a day my nerve pain has improved 80%, only side effects are I'm happier, smile more & sleep like a baby, yet you'd prefer I take an anticonvulsant that'll impair [f%ck] my kidneys & liver not to mention the long list of other adverse effects? No thank you
To help me in my 'studies', I'm now enjoying the fruits of my labours over the last indoor 'growing season' [too hot to grow for 5-6 months of the year]
White Shark. 'Black Sugar' [Not black anything but yummy none-the-less] White Widow x Amnesia. White Widow [drying]
My in-depth observations reveal that all of these strains are easy to grow, very pleasant smoking, taste, smell, smoothness wise, excellent day-time smoke [in moderation haha]
My favourite is the WW x Amnesia. What a delightful strain in every way. This ones a keeper & I've already found two seeds
Very strong yet clear & social high. Don't know if that's what the breeders were looking for with a name like 'Amnesia'. It had the most crystal of them all.
All seeds through Sea of Seeds. Excellent after sales service. Germ rate 100% - 5 for 5 so far. Good stealth.
Trying Cherry OG next year. Anybody grown this strain?
I'm also interested in growing Cherry/THC/Big bomb [stealth grow, only 4 plants at one time] Anyone had experience with these?