[St. Phatty]

The crap we smoked in high school was fun but none of it qualified as favorite.

I think the first favorite pot I had was a NL x Haze from the Seed Bank, which was one of my first successful flowerings, maybe around 1992.

It was very good, and seemed very Skunky - skunk smell etc. Some of the first really good pot I ever had, maybe flowered under a 400 watt HPS.


Other than that, it would have been herb I bought from a friend. Basically, Mendo hashplant, early 90's. Indica-ish, very resiny. Got 6 seeds to sprout and grew them all together in a 5 gallon bucket with water in it ... while I was out of town for 3 weeks - under a 175 metal halide.

Came home and there were 6 beautiful little hashplants. I didn't know how to flower them but their mother sure was a good smoke.

[minds_I]

Well, in the late 70's I was stationed in San Diego...thai stick was preferred

[bigAl25]

Early 80s, late 70s in the Midwest the best that came around was Thai stick, had it once and bought a full oz. It slayed inexperienced smokers. The Colombian, did get gold once, but loved the Colombian, that was great seeded weed and reasonably priced. Then that one year O'Dad grew some sinse that was just as good as the Thai stick. RIP O'Dad you were our Christmas present, but this one crop was other worldly.

[bezalom]

Brown, Gold, and Red Columbian

[red rider]

My favorite cannabis from 75 when i started to 85 when I saw the last of it (in the USA), was Colombian. Through that decade I smoked 75% Mexican commercial bricked, 23% Colombians and 2% exotic (this doesn't include hash). Some of the Mexicans were the good classics like Acapulco gold, Highland Oaxcan Gold, Michamacon and countless others but most was crap by any standard. The Colombians although not as extreme as the Mexicans went from the best ever seedles to headache inducing seedy brown mersh. And the exotics, Hawaiian and Thai Sticks I tried a few times but rarely was I able to own any. But one particular Colombian acquired the fall of 79 sticks out now and forever as I found it to be unique among the best of that decade. It was a Punto Rojo like no other I'd ever had before or since. We got a last minute deal on a pound that came to DFW via California along with the first American grown sinsemilla. It was the last of the really good Punto Rojos and was lightly compressed and seeded but very lightly. The seeds were full and ripe and the Jalapeno shaped buds were blueish green with dark red hairs running through it. Not much smell but when burnt a distinct sweet leather smell filled the room like the finest incense. But it was the effect I recall the most, being potent yet calmingly exciting. It had no ceiling and a so kind clean finish. We were going to sell the LB but ended up keeping it for head stash. I think that Punto Rojo and that fall of 79 was my favorite of that entire decade.

red rider

[Chevy cHaze]

Southern Germany was mostly mediocre to bad quality hash from Turkey in the 90s, at least the parts i frequented. Sometimes you could get Afghan Hash, but rarely and hella expensive. So getting a 10g bag of proper Bubblegum in Zuerich/Switzerland was an eye opener for me. Mhhh what a nice high and the taste and smell were out of this word

(for someone who would normally smoke low quality hash mixed with tobacco from a plastic bong. Brrrr that thought of that combo alone makes me shiver today... But we were young and free and it got us high :-))

[JustSumTomatoes]

Well I'm just a young'n so sadly I missed out on all of these legendary Thai sticks or Columbian strains you guys had back in your time. Really makes me wonder how many people will think the bud from today was the bomb 30 years from now.

Anyway, a decade ago the best varieties were all locally grown. The best strains were Blueberry, Northern lights, and a favorite of many though not mine, Lemon G. There were also many good variations and crosses of these strains going around too.

The absolute best I ever had was this cut that was circulating for a few months called True Blue. Absolutely amazing high that was on another level compared to what I had before or since. It looked and smelled similar to many of the blueberry crosses I had seen which along with the name, made me think it may have been a cut of DJ Short's True blueberry.

One day I'll have to try some of DJ's gear just to find out.

[Anne_Fetamine]

All we had was schwag (aka "Home Grown"), mids, KB (Kind Bud) & Hydro when I was a noob. This was in the very early '00s in Middle America. Mexican brickweed was the norm & you could get a quarter of it for $25. Horrible shit that was full of seeds, compressed & brown as dog turds. Dealers would sell that & then buy the good stuff for themselves...

Only came across truly great bud once in a blue moon back then. Not sure what was up with the hydro, but it felt like a substance other than weed...it induced serious lung pain/coughing & got you higher than anything! And it looked funny too. Very weird stuff.

[St. Phatty]

Originally Posted by minds_I

Well, in the late 70's I was stationed in San Diego...thai stick was preferred

in the early 90's I was stationed in San Diego ... Thai stick would have been totally welcome !

[SkunkFunk49]

Skunk bud mid eighties quite a change from the Mexican regs