Step 1: Buying your Raw CBD Flower
Step 1: Acquiring your Flower
The first thing you will need is your CBD source. I feel that straight Hemp CBD flower is the best option for this. The flower is cut and dried from the Hemp plant at harvest. That means that your end product will be the most naturally full of its compounds and is considered "full spectrum". As opposed to chemically processed isolated CBD matter, the flower also contains all of the terpenes and minor cannabinoids produced by the plant. Generally from what I have seen in my own experience, people who complain that "CBD does not work for me", often have tried the isolated version not the full spectrum.
There are a lot of great places to order premade CBD oil. Many of which grow their own organic hemp. However, to make it yourself on a small scale, you need to aquire the flower directly. I personally order all of my flower from Fields of Hemp, a small family-owned and operated organic Hemp Farm based in Southern Oregon. You can order right through their website and they ship to you legally and very discretely. Lab testing for all products is easily visible on their website as well and they never use any type of pesticides on their plants.
When selecting which flower, the "strain" plays a huge role. Without going into too much detail, the basic classifications of cannabis flowers are indica and sativa. Indica tends to be more relaxing and Sativa are more energizing. Most strains are considered hybrids, which is a mix of both. It can feel a bit overwhelming to sort through the strains available. At the beginner level, I recommend going for the most popular strains and going from there. Otherwise, reading reviews and details on the strains is a must. Do some research based on your goals. Many growers are also still constantly breading new strains as well.
Here are a few that repeatly get honored as fan favorites that I also stand behind.
- Therapy
- Lifter
- Bubba Kush
- AC/DC
- Sour Space Candy
Be prepared to do some testing and experimenting and have some stains left over that you don't like. However, I want to emphasize the importance of taking notes and trusting your gut. Think of strains as your wardrobe. Favorites strains are like favorite clothes - we generally find ourselves going for the ones that fit well and feel good. Bad strains are like bad clothes that just hang in the closet in that we don't really like wearing them because they don't fit correctly or feel quite right and we don't go to them naturally, but we like the "idea" of wearing them. Stick to the favorites. Lastly, I would suggest that your goal is narrow your final tool belt to three strains or less.
