{"id":29739,"date":"2017-02-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/weed-differences-between-low-mid-high\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:00:00","slug":"weed-differences-between-low-mid-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/health\/weed-differences-between-low-mid-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Low, Mid, and High-Quality Types of Weed \u2014 What’s the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those not living in weed-friendly states<\/a>, it can be exciting to get your hands on any kind of cannabis, regardless of the quality. Grateful, you puff and praise the universe for sending such a thoughtful gift your way. Oftentimes, ganja comes crumpled up in cigarette box cellophane or bundled in a sandwich baggie. A delivery service may also bring clear plastic cubes decorated with cartoon stickers and made-up strain names<\/a>. When you\u2019re lucky, though, a friend gifts you precious flower from an underground grow.<\/p>\n

Without access to legal, regulated retail cannabis, you may have very little control over what you consume, no idea about pesticides<\/a>, cannabinoid percentages, and terpene profiles<\/a>, and little insight on what defines quality. To assist with this, we assembled this guide to help you decipher the difference between low-, mid-, and high-quality bud.<\/p>\n

High-Quality Weed<\/h4>\n

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Craft cannabis, artisanal, top shelf, piff, fire, chronic, headies, kind, loud are some of the terms you may hear when talking about the diggity dank. Boasting a vibrant spectrum of color (deep hues of red, purple, green, blue, pink and orange), high-quality chronic features prominent cannabinoid and terpene profiles, pronounced translucent trichomes, complex aromas, powerful flavors and attention to detail in every aspect\u2014from cultivation, to curing, to trimming. <\/p>\n

Artisanal growers use house-crafted compost teas, living soil<\/a>, organic nutrients, and zero chemicals and employ techniques like glass-curing and hand-trimming with an emphasis on quality over quantity. Even quality outdoor sungrown can qualify as piff<\/a> when cultivated by a knowledgeable grower<\/a>. In fact, certain outdoor sungrown cannabis can be so good, machine-trimmed nugs may still qualify as fire. Hand-trimmed headies will be easy on the eyes, showcasing intact structure and geometry, letting you know that handlers have exercised extreme care and love out of reverence for the plant. Attention to detail and careful trimming ensures you\u2019re receiving product with as many trichomes as possible, since that\u2019s where the goodness lives. Preserve these nugs in a cannabis humidor<\/a>, or a kief box and grind them using a kief catcher. Accumulated pollen is kief<\/a>, a precursor to rosin and hash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related: Weed Porn: Cannabis Up-Close<\/strong><\/p>\n