yep, poor transportation. Love the look of properly stored homegrown, even the hairs are standing at attention
agreed, even some early harvest homegrown looks better than that compressed stuff. though ive had plenty of ranges of potency from all types of weed, be it homegrown or commercial, brick or fluff, brown or green, so obviously appearances arent ALWAYS everything, but usually they are =D
i am of the thought that with all the work you put into your girls for 3-5 months, why cut corners on the last, if not most important, step of the entire thing? dank looking/smelling/tasting weed is as important of a part of the process as its potency is in my opinion. that, and, when i bust out a homegrown nug to my friends who buy from other dealers (i dont sell), if it doesnt have that same 'appeal' as theirs, they will question whether its even worth smoking (they refused to smoke my first batch because of its smell and cuz it was harsh from an improper flush). The point (for me) is to produce buds that look/taste/smell/potent as the buds you would get in a dispensary, but at a fraction of the cost of what my friends pay, and i want a product that not only shows that, but rubs their snobby noses in it!
all jokes aside though, if i get high iam at least happy, and thats why none of my last batch was thrown away (although some of the worst tasting stuff went in with the trim for later hash use). This blackjack is lookin to come out skunk, dank, and super dope! they wont have any complaints this time iam sure =D