Let’s talk about PGR…

Everyone seems to be going on about it recently I just want to give my 2 pence…

My understanding of what PGR is PGR = Plant Growth Regulator which growers use to increase yields on crops which makes the buds more dense.
PGR weed looks good but most of the time it doesn't burn properly and lacks smell/strength.

Now it’s a common misconception that ALL weed that’s dense and doesn't smell/taste good has PGR.

This could be many factors from Grower experience to strain Genetics.

Now you could have some bud that looks really good smells good but has a muted taste this doesn’t mean it’s been fed with PGR sometimes there’s other factors to take into consideration.

When a Pheno is saved to make a mother plant it is selected for its characteristics - smell appearance flavour yeild.
This means it’s been selected for all of those reasons or maybe even 1 of those reasons meaning a grower might select a pheno just because it yields more or looks better than the others. So basically the grower might compensate flavour/smell to get a bigger/better looking crop. That doesn't mean it’s PGR it just means the grower selected the pheno for a bigger yield/better looking bud.

So to make things simpler for people that don’t understand the basics. For example you buy 10 seeds you grow them all check which ones the best and you turn it into a mother plant. Then you take cuttings from that mother for your future grows. At this point a plant could have been selected for its yield potential or looks not flavour/smell so it will NATURALLY come out looking better than it tastes.

A lot of import has come under scrutiny of PGR because of the density of the buds. Now from my experience there is a lot of PGR riddled bud coming from abroad but
not always the case.

Some people are getting confused with dense looking buds calling it PGR when it’s not.

A lot of bud from abroad is overly vacuum sealed many times which makes the bud seem more dense and sometimes it kills the terpenes so its flavour is muted.
It can make the bud look unnaturall and deformed due to vacuum sealing for long periods of time which compresses the buds.

The take from this is basically all bud that looks dense is NOT PGR! There’s many factors that go into deciding whether it’s PGR or not I have explained in the post.

So please this one goes to the PGR police lol don’t make accusations on the vendors buds just from a picture until you’ve seen the product in person you can make a fair judgement.

If bud looks decent but is overly dense stiff no smell and burns bad yes it MIGHT be PGR.
But just because a bud has a muted flavour doesn’t mean it’s PGR it could simply be the pheno was chosen to have a bigger yield/looks and taste wasn’t a priority.

Anyways I hope that information can answer some people’s concerns I’ve had a lot of customers asking about PGR recently thought I’d share my personal experience.

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Quick basic call Pistach. 7gm Rainbow Sherbet11.
Very pretty tight dense little buds,double vacuum sealed loose so the buds aren't crushed ,full g overweight next day delivery. Had 3 of these last night over the course of about 5 hours, just didn't feel the need to punish this as I usually would strong tasting too
Five stars, good weekend all

1st of all thanks Sotl for this free 8th which looks very small because it’s very dense. The weight was 3.8grams and the delivery / stealth was good.

The buds are not stalky, I could not even find a stalk. They are dense but to me it doesn’t look like compression, just the pheno and growing conditions imo. Little spongy, bit sticky and great terp profile. Light green buds and a great amount of vapour with power. I had a sleep at 3pm today for a bit after a couple of hits on the tm2.

Thanks sotl

Would this be similar to la mousse in effect's really liked the la mousse pitty it ran out

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the peach scent hits you straight away, lovely buds, appear to fluff when ground, lovely chill smoke very nice indeed and still a little more curing to go

thanks druids for helping with my 420 emergency!