Quote Originally Posted by stuartambient
So does this mean all hope is lost for getting quality meds like in the pictures at dispensaries ?

SA
Lol no it does not... it does however mean that it is difficult to find anything this good on scale; I suspect it is like other agriculture, there is a lot of extra labor to handle everything as carefully as it can be handled during harvest time, and harvest time is already the most laborious time of the growing season.

I suspect Strainman breaks up the buds he buys to find a nice part to get a picture of, its not often you can buy the medicine in a shop and transport it home and get a picture as good as his are without seeing a lot of headless trichome stalks.

Dispensaries that cultivate relationships with caregivers that are professional and ethical will end up stocking medicine like this, right now there is just a shortage of legitimate, medical quality marijuana here. I've seen medicine this quality in shops a couple times; they always ran out within hours... once real grade a medicine is on the shelf, it stands out soooo much compared to 98% of everything else, I never had any questions about how good it was once I got it or grew it, I just knew it was absolutely amazing compared to whatever else I'd had all these years.... lol.

Part of the problem is the market is not educated enough. Customers are paying the same for california outdoor as they do for medicine this quality. Its not cool to put in all that extra work with organic soil, trimming/drying carefully with a lower yielding extreme quality strain and still get paid the same as these guys that don't even care to flush their plants.

For the most part, in today's market in colorado, if you want medicine this quality all the time, you must either grow it or find a caregiver that is experienced. He shouldn't need to offer the best prices in town and the most free medicine to find new patients if his medicine is as legitimate what is pictured.

We can hope that dispensaries will mostly stock medicine of this quality in the future, but that might be a long time.

edit: looking at strainman's reviews, he has been many places I have not. He seems to frequently find what he considers grade A.....
Kartel Reviewed by Kartel on . What Qualifies as "Top Shelf" Medical Marijuana? Starter09 brought this up in the CO Disp Reviews Thread and suggested someone make this thread. This might help some of us who are aspiring bud snobs to become better shoppers. I'd attempt to answer this question but I'm off to the grocery store. Feel free to chime in! Rating: 5