I am creating this thread with the intention of finding the strain grown in masses in Cali, Colombia and exported throughout South America and the Carribean simply known as Krippy and other spelling variations such as "kreepy" "creepy" "cripy" and "crippy". As well as seeking information on the genetics, this perhaps will educate some of those who are unaware of Krippy. I will present you with the FACTS I know, as well as the prevailant misinformation regarding said herb.
I have lived in Chile since 2011. Most people grow their own weed, so there's usually quality, more now than ever, but the only weed that was being exported here was Paraguayan bullshit which was 100x worse than the worst Mexican brickweed, and Colombian strains that were leafy and had some seeds such as Punta Roja, etc...
In 2015/2016 I became aware of this new weed from Cali, Colombia known as Krippy. It was around the time a lot of Colombians were moving to Chile. All I knew about it was that it was super potent, and that there were a lot of bizarre and farfetched rumors, such as that it was toxic, and that it was sprayed with cocaine water, sprayed with LSD, and the list of crazy stories went on.
One major thing I'd like to point out, is that this is EXTREMELY consistant in looks, smell, taste, and effect, which I will describe later on. That is why I am under the impression that this is indeed an actual strain. If anyone remembers the "beasters" from the mid 2000's that was mass grown hydroponically by the vietnamese and exported to the US, they will then remember that no matter what, it was always the exact same, in looks, smell, taste, and effect. That strain was eventually identified as M-39.
It became a concern and was on the news in Chile for a while. They were calling it "Super Marijuana" and claiming it posesses a danger to society, and that it's nothing like "regular" marijuana. They helped spread the rumors and misinformation that it is toxic and possibly laced. They also would show police footage of the police kicking in doors of Colombians and finding a few kilos, I think to spin the narrative that all Colombians are bad and/or involved in some sort of criminal activity such as prostitution or the drug trade.
Well, because of the growing popularity of krippy, and the concerns, (a lot of people would simply smoke too much) the news did a deeper investigation and had it tested. Surprise surprise (well not to me at least) there were no chemicals. It was not toxic. They still tried to demonize it as "super marijuana" and dangerous, because it tested at what I believe to be 27% THC and 0% CBD. They made the comparison that "Krippy" is to "Normal" cannabis, as moonshine is to a beer.
Many users of cannabis, for both recreational and medical use to this day refuse to smoke Krippy, and even look down on it because they still believe the misinformation and "things they've heard" even though it's been scientifically proven to just be a high THC strain. The only valid excuse I can accept are the people who believe in growing their own, so they know exactly what goes into it.
Now, as far as the taste, smell, and high. The smell is very noticeable and distinct. All are smells from terpenes I've experienced before in "normal" cannabis, but it's simply loud. The main thing I notice is a lemony chemical cleaner smell, with skunk and sweetness underneath that. The taste is extremely sweet, perfumey, and floral. The high truly is a 1 hit wonder, you have to build up a tolerance to this strain or else you could get too high very easily and have a negative experience. It is a very cerebral trippy head high that hits virtually instantly and powerful, but is also followed by body relaxation, and evolves into hours of being "high AF". It is a very potent strain, enjoyable for virtually anything you want to be high for, but not knocked out. While it does have body relaxing properties, and you won't have any trouble falling asleep, it is NOT a knockout indica by any means. I can smoke this any time of day and feel great, yet Afghan Kush for example, more than one joint/bowl/ or bong, and I'm knocked out, ready for a nap. This is a great all around strain but super potent. The first time I smoked it, I was blown away by how high I got (and almost borderline paranoid) I got from just two hits off of a small pipe.
Again, I'd like to stress that this has been consistant in potency and terpene profile, as well as appearance for going on at least 4/5 years.
The only thing that I can think of, is that perhaps this is a result of a trade that a seedcompany (Greenhouse comes to mind) that might have made a deal with Colombian growers for hundreds of thousands of their feminized seeds in exchange for access to strain hunt and gather the landraces. With that said, Greenhouse or any other seed company who would have made that sort of deal would obviously have the knowledge and the genetics to provide them with something that would clearly do well in the climate of Cali, Colombia, in terms of production and potency. This year, in Chile they busted a Colombian with 700 kilos and it didn't even put a dent in the supply.
I'd also like to mention that I'm aware of the fact that the term "crippy" has also been used in the past, especially in Florida, and was simply just a term for really good weed, similar to "dank", "chronic", or "dro" or "loud". But this Krippy that I appeared in Chile in late 2015 is known as Krippy throughout Latin America and the carribean and is all the same, so it leads me to believe that it is indeed a strain. I'd like to find out what strain it is, so I could grow it myself and give it love and care, because I'm sure it would turn out better and have better attention and nutrients than whatever they are using to mass grow it. With mass grows this large to supply Latin America, I don't think much attention is paid to each individual plant, but I could be wrong, as it's grown to full maturity and trimmed, which is a benefit.
That leads me to my next point. Obviously I am in Chile, not Cali, Colombia, so I'm sure if I lived in Cali, Colombia I would be able to get freshly dried and cured buds that haven't been highly compressed. Yes, this cannabis comes to Chile EXTREMELY compressed, but pure buds, all sinsemilla, trimmed, no obnoxious stems.
I'd also like to mention, that I am aware that in America, due to Bad Bunny and Farruko's song "Krippy Kush" which is trap hit in all of Latin America, and even reached the states, that Krippy has now become a term and hashtag for good weed once again. Bad Bunny and Farruko were speaking about the real authentic Krippy I'm talking about though, and it just turned into a new term, sort of like how the term "Chronic" came about on the west coast when they mis remembered the word "hydroponic" and it just became a term, but this thread is about the real authentic Krippy.
Attatched are pictures of said mystery strain only known as Krippy throughout Latin America and the Carribean and PR. Take note that even though it's been compressed to oblivion it's still insanely frosty and covered in trichs and grinds up well. Also I'd like to mention to further my point on how compressed this is, that the pictures of the buds I'm attatching were each about the size of a US dime (the smallest coin for those outside of the US), and together weigh over 3 grams.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can hopefully contribute to this thread. I guess I'm hoping someone in Colombia or in the know can come forward, or perhaps a seed company or someone in the know can come forward so I can figure out what strain this is, because it's a great strain that I think the world should be able to grow and try. Like I said, one hit wonder, never fails, consistant, and a day and night time smoke. You can fall asleep on this if you want to, but like I said, I don't think it's necessarily a sleep aid as while it has relaxing body effects, it's mainly cerebral, trippy and creative, as well as great for anxiety, and good to enhance any event or any thing.
I have lived in Chile since 2011. Most people grow their own weed, so there's usually quality, more now than ever, but the only weed that was being exported here was Paraguayan bullshit which was 100x worse than the worst Mexican brickweed, and Colombian strains that were leafy and had some seeds such as Punta Roja, etc...
In 2015/2016 I became aware of this new weed from Cali, Colombia known as Krippy. It was around the time a lot of Colombians were moving to Chile. All I knew about it was that it was super potent, and that there were a lot of bizarre and farfetched rumors, such as that it was toxic, and that it was sprayed with cocaine water, sprayed with LSD, and the list of crazy stories went on.
One major thing I'd like to point out, is that this is EXTREMELY consistant in looks, smell, taste, and effect, which I will describe later on. That is why I am under the impression that this is indeed an actual strain. If anyone remembers the "beasters" from the mid 2000's that was mass grown hydroponically by the vietnamese and exported to the US, they will then remember that no matter what, it was always the exact same, in looks, smell, taste, and effect. That strain was eventually identified as M-39.
It became a concern and was on the news in Chile for a while. They were calling it "Super Marijuana" and claiming it posesses a danger to society, and that it's nothing like "regular" marijuana. They helped spread the rumors and misinformation that it is toxic and possibly laced. They also would show police footage of the police kicking in doors of Colombians and finding a few kilos, I think to spin the narrative that all Colombians are bad and/or involved in some sort of criminal activity such as prostitution or the drug trade.
Well, because of the growing popularity of krippy, and the concerns, (a lot of people would simply smoke too much) the news did a deeper investigation and had it tested. Surprise surprise (well not to me at least) there were no chemicals. It was not toxic. They still tried to demonize it as "super marijuana" and dangerous, because it tested at what I believe to be 27% THC and 0% CBD. They made the comparison that "Krippy" is to "Normal" cannabis, as moonshine is to a beer.
Many users of cannabis, for both recreational and medical use to this day refuse to smoke Krippy, and even look down on it because they still believe the misinformation and "things they've heard" even though it's been scientifically proven to just be a high THC strain. The only valid excuse I can accept are the people who believe in growing their own, so they know exactly what goes into it.
Now, as far as the taste, smell, and high. The smell is very noticeable and distinct. All are smells from terpenes I've experienced before in "normal" cannabis, but it's simply loud. The main thing I notice is a lemony chemical cleaner smell, with skunk and sweetness underneath that. The taste is extremely sweet, perfumey, and floral. The high truly is a 1 hit wonder, you have to build up a tolerance to this strain or else you could get too high very easily and have a negative experience. It is a very cerebral trippy head high that hits virtually instantly and powerful, but is also followed by body relaxation, and evolves into hours of being "high AF". It is a very potent strain, enjoyable for virtually anything you want to be high for, but not knocked out. While it does have body relaxing properties, and you won't have any trouble falling asleep, it is NOT a knockout indica by any means. I can smoke this any time of day and feel great, yet Afghan Kush for example, more than one joint/bowl/ or bong, and I'm knocked out, ready for a nap. This is a great all around strain but super potent. The first time I smoked it, I was blown away by how high I got (and almost borderline paranoid) I got from just two hits off of a small pipe.
Again, I'd like to stress that this has been consistant in potency and terpene profile, as well as appearance for going on at least 4/5 years.
The only thing that I can think of, is that perhaps this is a result of a trade that a seedcompany (Greenhouse comes to mind) that might have made a deal with Colombian growers for hundreds of thousands of their feminized seeds in exchange for access to strain hunt and gather the landraces. With that said, Greenhouse or any other seed company who would have made that sort of deal would obviously have the knowledge and the genetics to provide them with something that would clearly do well in the climate of Cali, Colombia, in terms of production and potency. This year, in Chile they busted a Colombian with 700 kilos and it didn't even put a dent in the supply.
I'd also like to mention that I'm aware of the fact that the term "crippy" has also been used in the past, especially in Florida, and was simply just a term for really good weed, similar to "dank", "chronic", or "dro" or "loud". But this Krippy that I appeared in Chile in late 2015 is known as Krippy throughout Latin America and the carribean and is all the same, so it leads me to believe that it is indeed a strain. I'd like to find out what strain it is, so I could grow it myself and give it love and care, because I'm sure it would turn out better and have better attention and nutrients than whatever they are using to mass grow it. With mass grows this large to supply Latin America, I don't think much attention is paid to each individual plant, but I could be wrong, as it's grown to full maturity and trimmed, which is a benefit.
That leads me to my next point. Obviously I am in Chile, not Cali, Colombia, so I'm sure if I lived in Cali, Colombia I would be able to get freshly dried and cured buds that haven't been highly compressed. Yes, this cannabis comes to Chile EXTREMELY compressed, but pure buds, all sinsemilla, trimmed, no obnoxious stems.
I'd also like to mention, that I am aware that in America, due to Bad Bunny and Farruko's song "Krippy Kush" which is trap hit in all of Latin America, and even reached the states, that Krippy has now become a term and hashtag for good weed once again. Bad Bunny and Farruko were speaking about the real authentic Krippy I'm talking about though, and it just turned into a new term, sort of like how the term "Chronic" came about on the west coast when they mis remembered the word "hydroponic" and it just became a term, but this thread is about the real authentic Krippy.
Attatched are pictures of said mystery strain only known as Krippy throughout Latin America and the Carribean and PR. Take note that even though it's been compressed to oblivion it's still insanely frosty and covered in trichs and grinds up well. Also I'd like to mention to further my point on how compressed this is, that the pictures of the buds I'm attatching were each about the size of a US dime (the smallest coin for those outside of the US), and together weigh over 3 grams.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can hopefully contribute to this thread. I guess I'm hoping someone in Colombia or in the know can come forward, or perhaps a seed company or someone in the know can come forward so I can figure out what strain this is, because it's a great strain that I think the world should be able to grow and try. Like I said, one hit wonder, never fails, consistant, and a day and night time smoke. You can fall asleep on this if you want to, but like I said, I don't think it's necessarily a sleep aid as while it has relaxing body effects, it's mainly cerebral, trippy and creative, as well as great for anxiety, and good to enhance any event or any thing.
