ComfortCreator
Well-Known Member
The best growers grow the best cannabis.
It is that simple, and complicated, in one short sentence.
30 years ago, I had never seen or tried anything quite like the bud grown in the Netherlands. It was bright, gorgeous yarn looking stuff, perfectly grown, dried, cured, and smuggled one way or the other to the USA. The best versions were shipped so as not to be harmed on a person carrying it and hiding it.
THAT, at the time, stood out and was a true standard. So good in fact that although I havent had bud from there in likely 15 years now, it still stands out to me.
There was pride, expertise, genetics and THE BEST GROWERS at that time. It seemed amazingly pricey and was well worth it compared to others. Maybe $10-$20/g or so if I remember correctly?
There is so much mediocre because there are so many mediocre growers. Politics in the US at least, allows it. Limited numbers of cultivators either set by law or high barriers to entry allows it. If you have the cash to try and play, mediocre will sell.
As mentioned several times, quality even in the stores is not really set by price! They almost never know, or care what is "best" in the stores. "This", whatever it is that day, is what they sell. And what the consumers buy.
The REAL reason imo that we dont have a premium market is again, it is not nationally legal in the US. So that again allows mediocre to reign. The best grower cant grow an unlimited supply to ship around...no, the market doesnt allow that. And the AVERAGE consumer who goes in a store is not necessarily looking to get the very best available! Some are...but not enough yet.
In America, brands are what used to be trusted. We have sold out most of that too sadly, but that is how it will happen eventually.
It is that simple, and complicated, in one short sentence.
30 years ago, I had never seen or tried anything quite like the bud grown in the Netherlands. It was bright, gorgeous yarn looking stuff, perfectly grown, dried, cured, and smuggled one way or the other to the USA. The best versions were shipped so as not to be harmed on a person carrying it and hiding it.
THAT, at the time, stood out and was a true standard. So good in fact that although I havent had bud from there in likely 15 years now, it still stands out to me.
There was pride, expertise, genetics and THE BEST GROWERS at that time. It seemed amazingly pricey and was well worth it compared to others. Maybe $10-$20/g or so if I remember correctly?
There is so much mediocre because there are so many mediocre growers. Politics in the US at least, allows it. Limited numbers of cultivators either set by law or high barriers to entry allows it. If you have the cash to try and play, mediocre will sell.
As mentioned several times, quality even in the stores is not really set by price! They almost never know, or care what is "best" in the stores. "This", whatever it is that day, is what they sell. And what the consumers buy.
The REAL reason imo that we dont have a premium market is again, it is not nationally legal in the US. So that again allows mediocre to reign. The best grower cant grow an unlimited supply to ship around...no, the market doesnt allow that. And the AVERAGE consumer who goes in a store is not necessarily looking to get the very best available! Some are...but not enough yet.
In America, brands are what used to be trusted. We have sold out most of that too sadly, but that is how it will happen eventually.
