kush, haze, sensimilla, strain names etc..wtf

Can someone tell me exactly what kush and haze mean, I see them being thrown around all the time.

and also, I noticed a bunch of people here naming random strain names, couldn't a dealer just make up some random name? couldn't the same name mean a different strain in different areas. With so much cross-breeding and a ton of growing, it seems kinda retarded to have all these strain names. I still say the best way to distiguish is "schwag", "mids", "chronic"/"dank"/"dro" whatever you guys call it.

Kush and haze are two different types of strains,kush is more indica while a haze is mostly sativa.I guess some dealers might just make names up to fool the buyers and raise their prices.Although sometimes i like to know the specific strain im smoking going by schwagg,mids,and dank is easier:thumbsup:

Why is it retarded to have strain names? That would be like saying it's retarded to have nationalities. A strain name can tell a lot about your plant, especially it's sativa/indica ratio. If you're buying weed then yes, it doesn't make that much of the difference. However, if you're a grower, then that strain name can tell you about how long you should flower, how hard it will be to grow it, and, like I said before, the sativa/indica ratio.

yeah,what graph said:rasta:

I also agree with Graph !

It is retarded to have nationalities....

You're right, it was an analogy. Just let it go....

Seriously though, the best I could come up with. Just not the brightest.

hahaha calm down im just playin' dude.

I know, me too. If you could hear the sound of my voice, I'd sound a lot less... like I got a stick up my ass. I just write the way I talk, and without the tone of voice sometimes it comes out bitchier.

I really do agree with the nationality thing, though.

Kush is named after the region the plant comes from
Haze is describing the effect of the high

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Originally Posted by welshkillabee

Kush is named after the region the plant comes from
Haze is describing the effect of the high

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I'm not too sure about the kush part, that may be true. However, haze is a mostly sativa strain of cannabis. Sativas are heady highs, not couchlocks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindukush

Yes the plant comes from the Hindu Kush mountains

Alright, I believe that. The haze?