I’ll admit it, I am a big fan of the blueberries, and Blueberry Kush is a favorite. I guess it’s because I like blueberry muffins, and this bud has that hint of blueberry muffin to the taste. I am also a bit of an insomniac, and this strand helps a lot with that. It is a pretty heavy high, and will have you melted into the couch with your eyes barely open in no time. This strand is a hybrid of Blueberry and OG Kush, and is very much Indica dominant.

The bud is dense, and a bit sticky with a great smell. Depending on how you smoke it, it can be a bit hard on the throat. There is an earthy, kinda pepper aftertaste to this bud. It hits quick, and hard. Definitely a good strand for pain relief and insomnia. Not the best choice if you have things to get done. But great if you are sitting on the couch watching a movie.

I grew up in Florida in the late 1980’s. Things were different then. We didn’t have legal dispensaries with multiple varieties of top shelf cannabis. Sure, every once in a while, that super nice, super green, super expensive stuff would show up: Christmas weed, Krippy, or Kryptonite… But mostly we had the same Jamaican weed broken off a bail… The Square Grouper. (Sometimes you even got an edge, or a corner of the bail). It was relatively cheap, and it did the job.

I moved to Southern California in the mid 1990’s. On November 5th, 1996 California’s Prop 215 passed with a 56% majority. California’s weed market expanded. Not just in size, but also in selection. We now had Indica’s, Sativa’s, Hybrid’s. All of them had great flavors, rich aromas, less sticks stems and seeds, had higher potencies, and cost almost 4 times as much.

There was cheaper alternatives. I used to get some stuff for half of what I paid in Florida, but it was brown, and not very potent. It seemed the medium quality Jamaican bud from my youth was gone.

During the trying times of the current economic situation, I have found myself strapped for cash from time to time. I noticed that my regular dispensary usually gives out free pre-roll joints (with purchase), and I realized that they sell shake also. And it is cheap.

7 grams of the house shake is around $30. That is about the same price I paid for it 20 years ago in Florida. And it is about the same quality. This stuff is great for rolling a joint, or a blunt, or for just taking a swat here and there trough the day without having to deal with the heavy head that other meds create.

Now I still buy top shelf stuff. But that is for night… before bed. During the day (I work from home) I tend to stick to the shake. It doesn’t effect my head to much, and doesn’t hurt my wallet either.

Jupiter OG

It is a beautiful Sunday in Southern California, and I just picked up some Jupiter OG. Let’s see what we think of it.

The Jupiter OG is dense small buds. It has a pungent grass clippings / gass / skunk aroma that really travels. It has a brownish green hue (like most vegetation in SoCal) and there are some nice golden red hairs in it.

It grinds nicely and produces a lite, fluffy pack.

The flavors are very earthy and strong. There are hints of vegetable, and spice in it.

Jupiter OG is an Indica, and a very heavy one at that. It produces a heavy head high that works its way down into a long lasting body high. This strain will let the mind wander, but you better keep notes, because it also has a strong forgetful quality to it.

This is a great strand for patients dealing with insomnia, or pains that keep them from sleeping. The fast acting head high will put you to sleep, while the long lasting body high will keep you comfortable through the night.

Of the planetary strains this is a strong with with a rather potent flavor. some love it, and some do not. Best to try for oneself.