thewatchdog
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I want to have a discussion (mature, fact-based and non-biased) about Cannabis Ruderalis.
I really don't give a shit about classification or origin. I'm only interested in discussion the plant's usability for recreational purposes as a pure strain, not a hybrid.
The thing is, i know places in my hometown with lots of wild Ruderalis (i live in Europe) that seem to me to have really adapted to the climate (hot summers) and grow reasonably tall. (i've seen plants about 2 meters tall, no joke).
So, I know the general opinion that Ruderalis is useless to smoke and that i's considered ditch weed but, when talking about the usefulness of a Cannabis plant(for getting high) we take into account the THC-rich trychomes, right? Well, the very large plants that i've see are sticky as shit (tho they don't have big buds) , i mean really sticky and have a sweet floral, fruity smell. And they seem to not adhere to the standard describtion of Ruderalis as being a "one-brach" plant. The ones i know are relatively dense and full of buds. At least 5-6 a branch.
Since trychomes are developed as the plant's defence mechanism against the sun AND since Ruderalis originated in the cold climate of northers Russia it is logical to think that THOSE plants don't have that much THC.
My big question: Isn't it possible due to many years of hot summers that the Ruderalis in my area to have developed stronger and stronger THC contents?
I already scouted for the most mature and sticky ones that i would find and i'm gonna take a sizeble batch of them to try and make some hash. I will certainly know then if they have somehow evolved or not. But until then i would like to hear from people who have tried making hash from Ruderalis. It would be useful to describe how the plants were. If they were big, small, sticky, smell, etc. I could only find a handful of posts on the internet about ruderalis from people who have tried using it in it's pure form for recreational purposes. I read that they managed to make a smokable hash out of a pretty big amount of ruderalis. But unfortunetaly they didn't describe how the plant looked like before harvesting.
I really don't give a shit about classification or origin. I'm only interested in discussion the plant's usability for recreational purposes as a pure strain, not a hybrid.
The thing is, i know places in my hometown with lots of wild Ruderalis (i live in Europe) that seem to me to have really adapted to the climate (hot summers) and grow reasonably tall. (i've seen plants about 2 meters tall, no joke).
So, I know the general opinion that Ruderalis is useless to smoke and that i's considered ditch weed but, when talking about the usefulness of a Cannabis plant(for getting high) we take into account the THC-rich trychomes, right? Well, the very large plants that i've see are sticky as shit (tho they don't have big buds) , i mean really sticky and have a sweet floral, fruity smell. And they seem to not adhere to the standard describtion of Ruderalis as being a "one-brach" plant. The ones i know are relatively dense and full of buds. At least 5-6 a branch.
Since trychomes are developed as the plant's defence mechanism against the sun AND since Ruderalis originated in the cold climate of northers Russia it is logical to think that THOSE plants don't have that much THC.
My big question: Isn't it possible due to many years of hot summers that the Ruderalis in my area to have developed stronger and stronger THC contents?
I already scouted for the most mature and sticky ones that i would find and i'm gonna take a sizeble batch of them to try and make some hash. I will certainly know then if they have somehow evolved or not. But until then i would like to hear from people who have tried making hash from Ruderalis. It would be useful to describe how the plants were. If they were big, small, sticky, smell, etc. I could only find a handful of posts on the internet about ruderalis from people who have tried using it in it's pure form for recreational purposes. I read that they managed to make a smokable hash out of a pretty big amount of ruderalis. But unfortunetaly they didn't describe how the plant looked like before harvesting.
