it all depends who you know... having lived in humboldt for years, and not at all in the bay, i have a different experience. There is still literally tons of kill churning out of humboldt every day. more and more of that goes out of state, now that the in cali margin is basically gone. so the best of humboldt doesnt get to other parts of cali. humboldt still has that name that people associate. for that same reason, the place is saturated with new growers turning out boo boo.
As I said, there is some very high quality bud in Humboldt, but the majority of the bud there is standard outdoor just like you find anywhere else. It's great because it's so cheap there, but on the average bud coming out of humboldt isn't superior to bud coming out of the bay area. It just isn't. It's priced a lot better, but it isn't higher quality.
that crap usually fits into the club scene because most clubs lowball veteran growers & wait for the desperate newbys to come with their b grade.
I speak from my experience spending time in humboldt usually staying with humboldt growers when I go there (I'll see you tomorrow night Arcata!), not just the buds I see in bay area clubs.
What you're saying does have some truth to it though. Many bay area clubs aren't paying what they should for humboldt top shelf. It's a hydro market in the bay. People in the bay associate organics with humboldt/mendo B grade outdoor, so organics don't sell as well as hydro.
When I bring friends down from humboldt to unload stuff on the clubs they usually get less money for their indoor organics than they would for growing hydro. Hydro is just more desirable in the bay. This is changing slowly, but the money gap still exists, so most top shelf bud from humboldt doesn't make it down to the bay.
because most clubs lowball veteran growers & wait for the desperate newbys to come with their b grade
It's not about that. If you show up to a club with top shelf hydro, clubs do pay very very well for it and usually don't mess around with you. It's just that organics don't sell as quickly, so even if it is fire, they don't want to pay more for something that will sit on the shelf longer.
i badmouth clubs that do that because it makes it more difficult for those that insist on high quality.
Well that's tricky. I kind of agree with you but I understand the clubs point of view as well.
Basically, clubs go for buds that look good over buds that are good. They buy buds based on what sells quickly and what they can charge for it, not on quality.
I get the thought process behind doing this. They figure if that's what people want and will pay the most for, that is what they should carry. But there is a big flaw in that logic too. I think clubs would get more repeat business if they went strictly for quality rather than what buds sell the quickest.
