am I packing my bowl wrong?

[Squigz]

dude just pack it real good. You don't have to get it super grounded up, but having it broken up will result in a better rip. After the first rip the nug will be easier to pack down real good into the bottom of the bowl. If it's packed tight but not clogging it, this will result in the best rip.

 

[shoolameet]

flipping ur bud is necessary when your bud is intact. i break my weed up before i smoke it. some say the THC falls off and you waste it. i don't care. if you don't break it up, you won't get a smooth smoke unless your green is old and dry.

Agreed, break up your bud before packing it into the bowl and then pack it semi loosely. Make sure to remove stems and seeds also if you are smoking regs or mids.

And also when you break up bud, some of the crystals and hairs do fall off, but number one, it's not such a significant amount that it's going to effect your weed or your high; and number two, a grinder with a keif chamber can prevent this issue altogether. True the crystals still fall off the bud, but at least you still get to smoke them so it's not a total loss. In fact it's a gain in my opinion because keif is fun as hell to smoke and gets you super fucked up!

 

[mochilab]

Agreed, break up your bud before packing it into the bowl and then pack it semi loosely. Make sure to remove stems and seeds also if you are smoking regs or mids.

And also when you break up bud, some of the crystals and hairs do fall off, but number one, it's not such a significant amount that it's going to effect your weed or your high; and number two, a grinder with a keif chamber can prevent this issue altogether. True the crystals still fall off the bud, but at least you still get to smoke them so it's not a total loss. In fact it's a gain in my opinion because keif is fun as hell to smoke and gets you super fucked up!

thanks. i got a grinder last week and it's made a huge difference.

i have a question about keif though. i bought a space case and it has the chamber where the weed collects and a screen. below that is another level that screws off and stuff does collect in there after grinding. i was told it was a "storage chamber" but is that the keif chamber? how do you get the keif out and how do you smoke it?

 

[shoolameet]

thanks. i got a grinder last week and it's made a huge difference.

i have a question about keif though. i bought a space case and it has the chamber where the weed collects and a screen. below that is another level that screws off and stuff does collect in there after grinding. i was told it was a "storage chamber" but is that the keif chamber? how do you get the keif out and how do you smoke it?

Yes, that's the keif chamber. You need to not touch it for at least 6 months (if not more) so the keif will build up a nice amount. Once you have a good amount of keif in there, you can use the back of a pair of tweezers or a metal pic to scrape the keif out on top of a bowl or into a blunt (the blunt is my preferred method.)

My keif chamber:

NSFW:

Haven't touched it since I bought the grinder 8 months ago

 

[It's a baby!]

You're probably fine OP. I've known a few people to do that.

It's probably a tad less efficient but hey, are we potheads or heroin addicts? A few mg here and there is no biggie.

FOr me it depends on the dryness of the pot. Sometimes if the pot is very wet I'll have to tear it to shreds and even throw in some tobacco to get it to burn right, but if it's dry enough I can throw it in any way I want and it'll burn fine.

I'd recommend that you start breaking it up a bit, but not too much. You obviously prefer to burn larger "chunks" rather than crumbling it to a near-powder like some of us do, and there's nothing wrong with that, but tearing it into at least two or three pieces will probably help the taste (I don't know why this is but smoking whole buds like you do always seems a bit harsher to me).

 

[solistus]

I'm sure this has been said a billion times but I just read the OP, so:

The main problem with leaving your bud in one big chunk is that it will not burn evenly - the top will scorch, the middle will slowly roast and the bottom will stay green.

The usual solution is to put a small-ish chunk at the bottom (big enough to easily block the hole so nothing else falls through). I often put a few similarly sized chunks to fill out the bottom 1/3 to 1/2 of the bowl, depending on the size and shape of the bowl, for good measure so I don't accidentally pull through.

Then, take the rest of the bowl's worth of weed and tear or grind it up as finely as you have the patience for and sprinkle it over the top. I usually use my lighter to pack it evenly after this so it's more or less level.

Some people swear by using grinders to reduce the bud nearly to powder. I usually just break up the bud with my fingers as I pack the bowl. Dry buds crumble very easily, so I usually just crumble them with my thumb and forefinger directly into the bowl.

The closer your weed is to powdery consistency, the quicker and more smoothly it will burn. If you're used to smoking untorn nugs, you may wanna be careful the first couple times you try tearing/grinding it up first, lest you get a bigger hit than you wanted and/or burn too much wastefully by pulling too hard. IMO, you want to pull just hard enough that the cherry (i.e., the part that is currently lit) glows brighter than normal. Beyond that, pulling harder is only a good idea if you want to expand the cherry, and pulling less hard means you won't get a proper hit.