Quote Originally Posted by LIP
And just because you've seen TR before, doesnt mean every plant of TR will have the same looking buds.
How true that is. If anyone has ever looked through (or owns) one of the Cannabible books, he has a section in there where he shows the same strain grown about by about 10 different growers, both indoor and outdoor, and they all look completely different.

If anything, smell and taste would be better indicators, kind of like wine or a cigar, but that requires some pretty good knowledge about the strain itself and having already smoked it before, knowing what it is.