Thread: Smoking hops

The pictures are of hops. The first picture is of the female buds before they turn into those pine-cone looking things... They look extremely similar to cannabis buds. If I were ever to smoke hops, I'd smoke them looking like cannabis buds, rather than smoking the pine-cone thing.

The second picture is of the leaves of the hop plant. It has 7 "fingers" although they are not completely sepearate, as cannabis leaves are. You can see though, how it looks very similar to a cannabis indica leaf.

This is very interesting to me because i have two problems, one is that i am now on probation for 12months and i had to quit burnin.. its not a problem for me to quit, well i mean it is but i have no choice so its not too hard to stop smoking.. BUUT my second problem is i cannot sleep.. ive tried nyquil, benedryl, pm medicenes... and nothing works, been an every day toker for 5 years now..

how strong was the effect after smoking? how long did it take to take effect?

This sounds pretty interesting. My gf just informed me that a plant nursery down the street has hops. I might be experimenting with this sometime in the near future. And from what I've heard, the nations largest amount of hops are produced in the pacific northwest in washington and oregon. PERFECT.

I'll report back after I try it.

You have to wait until they turn into pine cones and the lupulin glands have matured. Otherwise it's as dumb as smoking the first cottonball buds on your cannabis plant!

It's a pretty obvious effect almost immediately. Just keep smoking up until you get to the level of sleepiness you like!

I hear ya gmoney, I used to use Nyquil to get better sleep but it just gives me a horrible hung-over logey feeling the next day.

Personally I love smoking hops ...

Originally Posted by Lamperus

Personally I love smoking hops ...

..in public!

The looks you get are hysterical.

I have insomnia that sometimes even weed can't help. I shall definitely have to look into trying hops and seeing if that has a more pronounced sedative effect on me.

where would you find hops? there is a home brew store where i live that might sell them, but do you know of anywhere else that i might be able to find them?

Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

I was just talking about something like this earlier.

If the problem you are having is sleeping, I was told that Indians way back when, used to brew up Catnip/Catmint in a tea and drink it. It is said to have sedative like effects and to help you sleep.

I don't really recommend smoking it though, but if sleep is what you're after, maybe brew some up one night. Who knows.

Yea this is true!

would concentrated hops work you guys think? one of my buddies brews his own beer and i guess he has hops in like a powder concentrate, i haven't seen it but im under the impression that its about the consisentsy of ground up nugs...ill have to try it out.

and forget about nutmeg, if you're going to be doing grocery store drugs, whip-its are where its @.

or Robo tripping

Humm, I had never thought of that. I have trouble sleeping sometimes. I should try and look into where I can get hops from.

Hops makea a very good addition to your herb if you are making ISO hash. I like the herbs to be about 1/4 hops.

Wolf, I've often wondered how that would work.
I DO like to use hops as the base to smear the hash onto in my bowl though.

Stinky, I have not tried using hops as my "green screen" for hash. I will have to give it a go sometime. As for KAVA KAVA, it is wonderful,, and is good for depression and stress. Brew a double strength cup if you use the tea bags. I use raw herb. I get it from oldtimeherbs.com bulk dried herbs product list They are a reliable and friendly company. Also good is "dragon's Blood" aka "Red Rock Opium". Actually it is not opium or even related. The tree is actually related to those luck bamboo shoots that people buy and train to grow in loops and stuff. Dragons Blood feels to me almost identical to Kava. Dreamy, sleepy and stoney.

Peace,
Wolf

i was thinking about that one time. sounds good. is it bad for you?

wow, i will have to try this one day. I am assuming this is perfectly legal right?

Originally Posted by skatin_foo15

wow, i will have to try this one day. I am assuming this is perfectly legal right?

lol... you know those legal buds? One type actually IS hops. Humulus lupulus.

Totally legal.

If you have balls, fire up a CLEAN UNUSED bowl in public sometime... better not have any pot residue in it.

lol. my Arabic friend bought over some backy known as dockha - the nicotine content is obscene - gives u such a head rush. he used to smoke that in the pub in a obvious weedesk pipe. the backy was light green and he used to keep it in a sealey bag lol

a couple months ago a member of Highbred.net sucessfully got hops an lowryder to pollinate an got seeds.. he grew it out an got busted... damn shame

extremely interesting...I've been battling insomnia for a few years now and the past few days have been terrible... only a few hours of sleep here and there...

Like the sleepiness aspect of it, does it knock you back on your ass or is it more calming and relaxing... Because for if I'm laying in bed for longer than 20 mins trying to get to sleep..I'm screwed for a few hours..I have to get up and move around..(I need something that'll knock me out, and I'm not a fan of prescription sleep aids..although they do work very well for me)

i found 2 massive fields of hops yesterday not to fair from my house. it was a bout 7 foot tall and looked like hemp at 1st glance - it looks like those photos u see from Africa etc..

wow stinkyattic, very informitive. I might have to get me some hops growing. I can never seem to sleep without something to put me to sleep.

Wow - a lot of people with sleep problems here...

I was having sleep problems (if you can call four years of insomnia "sleep problems") up until about five months ago, then, apparently, it was cured.

For ten nights in a row I took a large dose (1.0mg) of Alprazolam (Xanax) - .25mg is a pretty standard dose for Xanax, if you want to be functional. .5mg puts you in LaLa land. 1.0mg knocks you out real quick and for a pretty long time. (If your physician doubts the wisdom of this regimen, tell him/her to compare the pharmacology of Xanax and Dalmane.)

The purpose of this was to reset my internal time clock, so, just like with our plants, it's important to go to bed and arise at the same time everyday - and no naps!!!

After ten days, I started sleeping really well without any drugs. Ten days on Xanax isn't enough to get you jones'd, so there weren't any unpleasant side effects when I quit taking the drug.

If you're into more natural treatments, I found a kick-ass Valerian extract (125mg). It's called "Valmane" by Solvay Pharma. I bought mine in Greece, I have no idea if it is available in North America.

Life is so much better with sleep!

Yes, if you have sleep problems look at possible CAUSES too... like if you are prone to insomnia, don't do other activities in bed, like reading or watching TV- you will get into habits of being in bed but awake. No naps. Get on a VERY regular sleep schedule. Get some exercise in the evenings.

Hop plants are actually related to Cannabis.