What is the "orange" in Orange Kush?

[2Triv]

Alright I got some Orange Kush weed and smoked like 2 bowls of it and let my friend smoke some too, and I was all chillin' and relaxed, but he just bugs out and starts going crazy and shit like that, and he didn't even have a whole bowl!!! So yeah, I'm wondering what the hell is the "orange" stuff in that shit?

2Triv Reviewed by 2Triv on 01-03-2007. What is the "orange" in Orange Kush? Alright I got some Orange Kush weed and smoked like 2 bowls of it and let my friend smoke some too, and I was all chillin' and relaxed, but he just bugs out and starts going crazy and shit like that, and he didn't even have a whole bowl!!! So yeah, I'm wondering what the hell is the "orange" stuff in that shit? Rating: 5

[MastaChronic]

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its agent orange.......i thought everyone knew this

[2Triv]

[MastaChronic]

im just bullshitting you dude
its a genetic mutation that causes the hairs on it to become orange and has gradually grown into the strain known as orange kush, although many other strains of weed also have orange hairs it is still caused by a genetic mutation.

[2Triv]

Yeah I knew you where joking, cuz if you weren't, I'd either be dead or at least braindead. So what makes orange better than just regular weed? And why did my friend bug out so bad when I smoked a lot more than him and I was just relaxed?

[MastaChronic]

he was probably trippin, maybe a panic attack.
the hairs are just an indicator as to whether its good weed or not.
the real reason some weed is better than others has to do with the amount of trichomes the bud has on it, these are the THC glands. also, potency can be lowered by the way it was dried.
curing just gets rid of the chlorophyl taste.
mostly its genetics, thc is a natural sunblock so, naturally, cannabis in high sunlight and/or heat areas it evolved to produce more thc to cope with the stress.

[2Triv]

Alright, thanks for the knowledge! And this was the first time my friend tried smoking weed too, so maybe thats why he got so fucked up. The next morning, he said he blacked out a few times and doesn't remember it all.... but we got pictures, hahaha!

[pixel]

let me take a guess, you live in california or near it, thats the only place i hear the term 'orange kush' coming from

[jaGerbom]

ah i wish i lived in cali

i just smoked some bud from cali the other day and it wassss wonderful

[LIP]

The orange hairs are called pistilles. All strains have them, it's the preflower. You determine what sex the plant is with them. They come out in a V shape, and are white. The stay white during most of the flowering period but they start to colour over time and go orange, red, or purple depending on strain. Some strains have lots and lots of pistilles, and some have hardly any. Some may be cut off by the grower as he manicures the buds, but he'd have to be a crazy OCD to be that mitliculous.

Buds harvested to early will also have more pistilles because the flowering period is not yet fully complete.

Even if you harvest a plant late the pistilles will still turn orange / red / purple during the drying period before curing.

Like i said, i'd assume that the orange in "Orange Kush" referred to the amount of pistilles covering the bud. That's if there isnt an orange hue, or an orange after taste. I supose it could be many things or a combination of things.

OR, maybe it's just a name someone came up with and thought it sounded nice so he thought he couldnt make a nice bit of money on it.

Who knows. I sure dont.