".i just want somethin of the best quality...i would love to get that jack herer, but thats a bit out of my $$ range"
Check out Jack Flash, not the same but sounds tastey. Jack Flash #5 is feminized.
http://www.pickandmixseeds.co.uk/products/sensi-jack-flash
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.....is ice cream or red diesel worthy of my expectations?"
What kind of high/stone do you want? Up high, chill stone, euphoric, silly, trippy, couchlock, exotic, all day stone ....?
Decide that then look for the best within the group of strains that produce that kind of high/stone.
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I stand by my calls of Kali Mist and Jack Herer, with Strawberry Cough and AK47 as alternates.
I've been through a couple dozen strains and am building a group of mothers, I like to always have a plant of each strain in flower. I'm looking for some up strains, with one body medicinal and one trippy. Right now I have:
Blueberry - Dutch Passion
Big Laughing - Dr Greenthumb
Kush - Dr Greenthumb
Strawberry Cough - Dutch Passion
Bubblegum - Serious
Kali Mist - Serious
Red Diesel - Barney's
Skunk - Peak
Skunkberry - Peak
Northernberry - Peak
I'm tossing my Northernberry and Kush mothers after their clones are harvested this grow, nice stones but not what I'm looking for.
I'm picking up Serious AK47 and Jack Herer (it was too expensive for me too, when buying several strains in one purchase).
I feel that a lot of the strains are among the best in their categories, I'll keep adding a new strain every couple of months and whittle my mother garden down to a half dozen strains.
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Check out the Cannabis Cup winners:
http://www.cannabiscupwinners.com/
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