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arthunter888

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I'd like to get a list going of strains that produce the "clearest" highs (when a normal sized bowl is smoked). My definition of "clear" is very strict so here's the criteria:

Little to no 'head-fog'. You feel noticeably high, but not 'retarded'/'stupid'. You are very functional, and can do things without being forgetful/losing track of the task. You do not feel attached to your couch (no couch-lock), do not feel lazy. The physical part of the high-- the 'stone' (heavy feeling)--may be present, but if it is it must be affecting only the body.

This is the most important one ----> There should NOT be a 'puffy' feeling in the front of your head behind the face (e.g. inflamed sinuses, heavy eyes, hot face). If there is a physical stone located in the head, it can only be in the back of the head, the front near your face should feel like it does when sober.

Usually (rule of thumb) if the area behind your face does NOT feel something resembling a sinus-cold (pressure), then the rest of the rules will likely be met, and the strain has a good chance of being considered "clear".

If you need a comparison, think of the oxycodone high. Your body feels warm/fuzzy/melting, but your head feels relatively clean and clear.

Don't be fooled, not all sativa strains are clear. For example, classic haze is considered sativa-dominant, but always leaves a heavy feeling behind the face IME. Likewise, not all Indicas are UNclear. You may disregard strains you have tried that were poorly grown, b/c if a particular batch of cannabis was not grown properly, then usually the effects are not truly representative of that particular strain.
 
for me kali mist and super silver haze were very very clear feeling, yet they fucking floored me.
very very clear high but in no way are you functional
 
I'd like to get a list going of strains that produce the "clearest" highs (when a normal sized bowl is smoked). My definition of "clear" is very strict so here's the criteria:

Little to no 'head-fog'. You feel noticeably high, but not 'retarded'/'stupid'. You are very functional, and can do things without being forgetful/losing track of the task. You do not feel attached to your couch (no couch-lock), do not feel lazy. The physical part of the high-- the 'stone' (heavy feeling)--may be present, but if it is it must be affecting only the body.

This is the most important one ----> There should NOT be a 'puffy' feeling in the front of your head behind the face (e.g. inflamed sinuses, heavy eyes, hot face). If there is a physical stone located in the head, it can only be in the back of the head, the front near your face should feel like it does when sober.

Usually (rule of thumb) if the area behind your face does NOT feel something resembling a sinus-cold (pressure), then the rest of the rules will likely be met, and the strain has a good chance of being considered "clear".

If you need a comparison, think of the oxycodone high. Your body feels warm/fuzzy/melting, but your head feels relatively clean and clear.

Don't be fooled, not all sativa strains are clear. For example, classic haze is considered sativa-dominant, but always leaves a heavy feeling behind the face IME.
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Took the words out of my mouth with that oxycodone comparison. Also just harvested some outdoor Haze, and the description you gave was spot on.
 
"sativa" strains are unclear as hell to me, northern lights on the other hand
 
DJ Short's FLO matches what you're looking for, sorta , as do a few of the ak-47 phenotypes I've smoked. They're both available if you live in a medical state, and probably somewhere even if you're not.
 
Head clarity vs. Mind clarity?

for me kali mist and super silver haze were very very clear feeling, yet they fucking floored me.
very very clear high but in no way are you functional

Ok. I should have specified about this.

I guess what I'm looking for is clarity in the HEAD/FACE, I don't care that much about clarity of the mind (mental clarity)

What you described sounds like it is clear in the head, but not clear in the mind: The head--meaning the physical bodypart--felt clear by lacking such heaviness behind the face like I described, but the mind (the intangible construct of "me") was racing full of thoughts in an erratic way, leaving you less than functional. Is this correct?

Please indicate if your listed strain(s) was clear in the head/face, but not clear in the mind.
 
not so much that but rather intense giggles for about ten minutes, feelin like ive eaten some nice acid,
generally a state of a man.

but you are very lucid. no bunged up sinuses either. you can function, just not at a job or around authority figures.
 
I'd like to get a list going of strains that produce the "clearest" highs (when a normal sized bowl is smoked). My definition of "clear" is very strict so here's the criteria:

Little to no 'head-fog'. You feel noticeably high, but not 'retarded'/'stupid'. You are very functional, and can do things without being forgetful/losing track of the task. You do not feel attached to your couch (no couch-lock), do not feel lazy. The physical part of the high-- the 'stone' (heavy feeling)--may be present, but if it is it must be affecting only the body.

This is the most important one ----> There should NOT be a 'puffy' feeling in the front of your head behind the face (e.g. inflamed sinuses, heavy eyes, hot face). If there is a physical stone located in the head, it can only be in the back of the head, the front near your face should feel like it does when sober.

Usually (rule of thumb) if the area behind your face does NOT feel something resembling a sinus-cold (pressure), then the rest of the rules will likely be met, and the strain has a good chance of being considered "clear".

If you need a comparison, think of the oxycodone high. Your body feels warm/fuzzy/melting, but your head feels relatively clean and clear.

Don't be fooled, not all sativa strains are clear. For example, classic haze is considered sativa-dominant, but always leaves a heavy feeling behind the face IME. Likewise, not all Indicas are UNclear. You may disregard strains you have tried that were poorly grown, b/c if a particular batch of cannabis was not grown properly, then usually the effects are not truly representative of that particular strain.
Green Crack <3.
 
i think genetics mean less than when it is harvested.

I agree with this to an extent. But I think certain strains will inherently tend towards a more relatively clear or foggy high. By this I mean strains with a strong tendency to be clear will allow you a larger margin of error regarding optimal harvesting time before they change to having a foggy effect.

To illustrate this let's use the general rule: that if you harvest early, it will be more clear, and if you harvest later, it will be more foggy.

So for example if you harvest---say--- kali mist (clear strain)---at a time considered late for that strain, and you harvest---a pure kush (foggy strain)---at a time considered early for that strain. Will the lateness of the clear strain and the earliness of the foggy strain be enough to override the genetics, thus reversing their native effects? That is a good question, but someone will have to chime in as I'm not experienced with growing or the nature vs. nurture factor of cannabis.
 
So for example if you harvest---say--- kali mist (clear strain)---at a time considered late for that strain, and you harvest---a pure kush (foggy strain)---at a time considered early for that strain. Will the lateness of the clear strain and the earliness of the foggy strain be enough to override the genetics, thus reversing their native effects? That is a good question, but someone will have to chime in as I'm not experienced with growing or the nature vs. nurture factor of cannabis.

It's really hard to give a definitive answer to that question, but I would say general rule of thumb 50-50 genetics-quality of grow. One example that comes to mind is Trainwreck, I've tasted batches that were so clear and cerebral, others more "dirty", never bad just a tad more foggy.
 
early in flowering the trichomes on the plants are milky~clear, harvesting this would result in a clear, up,
psychedelic, thc high.
harvesting later when the trich's turn amber~dark, means you'll have more CBD & CBN present,
due to degradation/conversion & natural range of terpenoids & cannabinoids in the plant,
resulting in more stoney, cloudy high, where you feel locked to a couch.
 
One example that comes to mind is Trainwreck, I've tasted batches that were so clear and cerebral, others more "dirty", never bad just a tad more foggy.

Yea, I've had outdoor Trainwreck that was quite foggy, and indoor Trainwreck that was trippy and euphorically clear. However, I'll bet that the slightly "dirty" batch of Trainwreck still had more clarity than a pure kush, even if the kush had mainly milky-clear trichomes when harvested. I thought the trichome color would make a huge difference, but IME even most of the glistening Indicas will produce a block-head stone.

However, the good thing that I have noticed to be related to lots of milky-clear trichomes, is intense opiate-esque euphoria/giddyness, regardless of clarity level, and often a floaty or rotational type of sensation. A lack of this-color trichomes often gives way to an empty, non-euphoric sedation, like a benzo.
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But anyway on-topic, here are my clearest strains. There aren't many out of the probably 40-50 different strains I've tried, understandable b/c the foggy strains are most definitely more popular to the majority who prefer getting "fucked up."

3. Purple Urkel (hybrid)
2. Swiss Bliss (sativa-dom) ----> happy, energetic clarity, minimal body high
1. SENSI STAR (Indica-dom)

^I will most likely never love a strain more than I love Sensi Star. It seems too good to be true from an indica, but a decent batch of this has me melting into a massage-like body buzz, but with almost zero sinus pressure. Truly amazing, and quite euphoric. It's a shame this strain is a rare once-every-2-years gem here near the east coast.
 
Intresting Q AH, and ive wondered the same.

Ive grown out some Indicas and Sativas over the past 2 years, harvesting early and late. I chopped some White Skunk which was a heavy Indica, about 2-3 weeks early, trichs still mostly clear/cloudy and the high was extremely heady to begin with, then slowly died down into a fairly chill stone with a bit of body.

I grew Jack The Ripper outdoors,which was Sativa Dominant she flowers for 9 weeks but I let her go 10 then chopped at about 60/40 cloudy/amber.This had similar effects to Haze, but was alot stronger and was KO within 30 min type weed.
 
Hash Hash Hash. BHO i prefer and use the most. Look up techniques online if you want to learn to make it.
 
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