Nugs we need to know your grow set up and the effects you want. Give these a read, if you can narrow down your criteria a bit we'll be able to do you better than just tossing out random names.
Setup basics
- what are the height and floor dimensions?
- Can you get it
completely**
dark for 12 hours?
- Can you vent the heat from the light out of the grow room?
- What equipment do you have? Light wattage?
**to see if your flower room is
completely dark sit in it with a vaporizer or joint for 15 - 30 minutes. Your eyes will adjust and what you thought was complete dark may be navigable by sight. You'll probably find light leaks to block.
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Effects wanted
This excerpt of a DJ Short article gives a great breakdown of the areas of effect we want from bud.
DJ Short
The first spectrum to consider is the "up and down". "Up" refers to the stimulating aspects of cannabis, while "down" refers to sedative qualities. Up pot tends to liven the disposition and stimulate the emotions, inspiring sociability and talkativeness. Down pot tends to produce sedative and depressant effects. Some people refer to stimulating pot as being a "head" high and sedative pot as being a "body" high, yet although partially true this is also misleading.
Body and head highs are the next spectrum of the cannabis experience. Generally speaking, head highs are stimulating and body highs are sedative, but not all are. Some body highs are stimulating and some head highs are depressing. I once sampled a terribly paranoia-inducing head pot that inspired great couch lock qualities. I called it Boo-Goo.
Early to late harvest will affect the head to body spectrum expressed by a certain plant, with the later harvest tending to produce more body and sedative effects. However, I believe that certain aspects of this spectrum to be genetically inherited.
Next to consider are aspects of duration. Some cannabis tends to be short-acting (15-30min) whereas other varieties last much longer (6-7 hours). Once again production, harvesting and curing techniques can influence aspects of this spectrum, but much of this effect is inherited.
For me, the most important aspect of the cannabis experience to consider is tolerance. This refers to the product's ability to provide the same experience via the same amount over time the burnout factor. By "over time" I mean the long run: months, years, decades...
Most of the cannabis I see on the market today has a terrible tolerance factor a quick burnout time with the product's novelty lasting less than a week. Luther Burbank's model of breeding needs to be employed here and no expression of tolerance to your product is to be tolerated. An example of where intolerance to tolerance is tolerated enough already!
Another aspect of tolerance is "ceiling." This refers to how high (or far) one is capable of going with the variety. How many hits can you consume until more hits are unnoticeable? Most indicas have a low ceiling of less than 10 hits. For me that's usually around 5 hits in one smoking session. If I smoke more than 5 hits of a strong indica I will either not notice the post-ceiling hits, or I will fall asleep.
Some sativas have a very high ceiling, or seem to have none at all! This means that the more you consume, the higher and further you go. Oaxaca Highland Gold, Black Magic African, and Highland Thai were some of the herbs I've tried with very high or no ceiling.
The final aspect of mental effects to consider when sampling strains for breeding is the tendency to produce anxiety. Certain strains of cannabis increase anxiety while others decrease it. This is also true for other emotions, which some strains may suppress while others may augment their intensity. Generally stimulating and head varieties are the ones that can produce unwanted anxiety, but this is not always the case. Quickly cured buds or an over-early harvest are contributing factors to anxiety-increasing pot, but this trait is also genetic in nature.
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And here's how a strain would match up with DJ's criteria.
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Bubblegum - Serious Seeds
Spectrum of Experience
1. Onset: fast effect or creeper. creeper 1 2 3 4 5 fast
3 to 3.5 - I start to feel it fast, sometimes a lightness in the head while holding the inhale. Most of the effects start within a couple of minutes and build. It takes me 15 minutes to go through a Volcano bag.
2. Up (stimulating) and Down (sedative)
Up.
- Liven the disposition and stimulate the emotions:
Mood elevator. A lightness of being. Great for hiking the beach/woods with an I-inhale or just sitting alone.
Inspiring sociability and talkativeness:
I'm usually very solitary and Bubblegum makes people tolerable to be around and still leaves me sharp enough to make fun of them and deliver some cutting insults.
Sedative and depressant effects:
None that I notice, even on the come down which is mild.
3. Head High / Body Stone: - Head high
Energizing - yes
Motivating - yes
Couch lock - no
Bubblegum releases you to do the things you want, but doesn't drive you to do them with uncontrollable urges.
4. Emotional State Caused
Anxiety - no
Euphoria - yes, but controllable euphoria.
Calm - yes
paranoia - no
5. Body - medicinal effects
Nausea - mild help
Pain - not known
Seizures - not known
Back - not known
6. Head - medicinal effects
Depression - very good helping depression while leaving functional
Mania - have not had the pleasure of finding out. Yet.
Anxiety - good
Antisocial - makes people tolerable for short periods
Anger - fucken right I get angry but the Bubblegum doesn't help me get angrier!
7. Ceiling: How high (of far) one is capable of going with the variety. How many hits can be consumed until more hits are unnoticeable.
I'm noticing a ceiling but I'll check with my buddy next time he's up. If I can get him to keep hitting the Volcano.
8. Potency:
weak 1 2 3 4 5 strong
More potent than Big Laughing, not as potent as Kali Mist. 3.5
9. Duration short 1 2 3 4 5 long
Maybe an hour.
10. Tolerance: ability to provide the same experience via the same amount over time the burnout factor. "Over time" means the long run: months, years, decades...
Not known.
11. Taste
Bazoka Joe, sports card gum, that pink gum that comes like a Tootsie roll. The lightest hint of icing sugar, pink gum sweetness.
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