Grind bud or not? (for a bong)

[nicktheawesome]

It should always be ground, no matter what you are smoking it out of. It just works better. However, you do have to smoke it differently: Generally, if smoking with more than one person, the bowl will cherry, and you do not need to relight it many times. If you do so, that is a waste. If smoking alone, get something flat you can rest on top of the bowl, and it'll be extinguished very quickly, not wasting any. My friend uses a piece of leather, and it works well for him. I use the top of my grinder (metal, burning isn't an issue) but make sure whatever you use is heatproof.

If you grind the bud, pull more slowly, otherwise it can pull through. Doing this will get you a much bigger hit. You don't need to light it for a long time, once the bud is lit, remove the lighter. If you start at the side of a bowl, and cherry til the end (or very close to it) the fire will gradually move across the bowl. It lasts forever, and its called "cornering the bowl." I used to not grind, then I bought a grinder. I'm never going back.

Edit - stupid typos

[dewthedew]

I don't know how many people smoke mids but I do and I grind them. but nugs don't them unless u want keif:stoned:

[KomfortablyKnumb]

I don't know how many people smoke mids but I do and I grind them. but nugs don't them unless u want keif:stoned:

Who doesn't want keif? haha

I grind it all, mids, nugs, or heads, no matter how I'm smoking it. For a bong I would use a larger chunk at the bottom so you don't suck everything through, or use a screen. Grinding the bud gives you much better hits.

never owned a grinder, never had a problem

I def prefer unground weed for a bong though, It burns slower and whens its ground up fine it seems to burn so quick and hot I can't stand it.

It burns faster but that's because you're getting bigger hits, you're smoking the same amount weather or not its ground, grinding just makes it more efficent.

[dean0000]

I always smoke my bud ground. It burns a lot better and I am able to smoke a large bowl in 1-2 lungfulls. If I smoke a bowl with unground bud, I cant get big hits, which I like.

[kingkeef]

i like to grind it all no matter how i'm tokin. i like collecting the keef in my grinder to put in a bowl with a lil weed, or for pressing into hash. i've never noticed a big enough difference in grinding or not grinding for me not to use my grinder.

[maxsuperdanks]

I grind my weed no matter what, but I've found that you can fit more weed that's been through the grinder in a bowl, than you can breaking up by hand...


This leads to a more potent bowl, by volume. I use a glass screen, so shit doesn't get yanked through very much.

[Tox]

You want your ash to look nice and white after you get done smoking the bowl not chunks of charcoal. All the white means you smoked everything.. no waste. Besides the thc burns off before the bowl is even gone anyway if that makes sense... if not cannabinoids have a boiling point of between 180-200° C (355-392° F). Before they turn gaseous, at around 106° C (220° F), the carboxyl group is released from the molecule as carbon dioxide and water vapor.

[Tox]

One more thing people that think that the more smoke they blow out of their mouths the higher you get off that bowl this is simply not the case. All their during is getting bad breath and fucking their teeth up more. If it tastes like carbon ass dont smoke it.

[linearvermin]

I never grind my bud it burns to fast and I get less hit control. I break it up into nice little piece's, probably the size of bb, and plop them on top of each other till a fat bowl is packed. This way I can control how big my hit is and it seems to burn slower and you get more hits out of your nug.

[Stigma420247]

i just break it down with my fingers...but i definitely think it should be broke down... full nugs = clogged bong...i HATE it when the bowl gets clogged...