What are the advantages and disadvantages of grinding bud or smoking it in pieces? Which do you prefer and what's the difference?
I'm used to grinding it, so are there any tips to smoking unground bud to get the most THC from it (in regards to the lighter).

Thanks!

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For the lighter thing, I was talking about how long you hold the flame on the weed. Actually, I wish I could reword that now hahaha.

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it's all about physics http://courses.soil.ncsu.edu/resourc...re/soilgeo.swf

this is for soil but you can think of where the weed meets fire is the surface of the weed...

Common sense, but that explained it really welll!

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I've never owned a grinder. I usually 'hand-grind' my bud. Bong, bowl, whatever.

Gets the job done.

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I grind it up nice and fine.

never owned a grinder, never had a problem

I def prefer unground weed for a bong though, It burns slower and whens its ground up fine it seems to burn so quick and hot I can't stand it.

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I use a whole chunk of a nug, with what's left of the stem stuck down the hole in the bowl, and just don't smoke it all the way down into the shrubbery. I think ground weed in bongs burns too fast, ends up in bongfires too often, and seems to make more of a mess of the inside of the bong.

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I find it burns better, but I think all bongs goes thru to much..
I have never grinded dank, I always used it on commercial swag..
but i swear by my grinder

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I just smoke the way it is given to me, whether it is ground up or in big nugs. But i found the ground up to hit faster.

grinding makes it burn more evenly and quicker, but it gets hot really quick, and can burn too quick.

i feel that a light grind. one where it is enough to seperate the leaf from the stem mostly so that you have a leafy grind, not a powdery one then that is perfect, but either way is good, though still nuggety is nice though too.

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I always grind my weed, more surface area means better combustion, whitch means fatter hits. I dont even smoke bowls I pack the bowl full and roast it in one hit, far more efficient then hitting a bowl hit by hit.

unless im with a bunch of people then slightly ripped up nug is preferable because it lasts longer.

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it's all about the ash catchers baby!!! they keep my bong clean-o-matic.

i always break it up nice and fine, then when i light it hold the flame right above the weed and suck the flame towards the weed to minimize the burning.

personally, i would never grind for a bong; you usually end up pulling a lot through, and like most people said, it burns WAY faster.

as for holding the lighter to the bud, i never do it more than 1 second, literally its just a quick flick. you get more of a 'vaporizer' effect, because you arent just holding an open flame to the bud and torching the whole thing...the cherry heats up the trichomes and they sort of melt. not to mention youd be sucking up all those nice lighter fluid vapors...

Dude obviously your using a screen or ash as a screen if you grind your weed. I always use a screen it makes for the best hits once you use a screen you cant not. I pack one hitters and cash the whole thing no smoke is lost to a cherry while im exhaling or whatever. I find this to be the most efficent way to use my bong.

Stinky thats a funny way to smoke ill have to try it. To each their own.

Thats exactly how I blaze, with a the bong, glass screen, and ground weed. I originally started doing it at home because I would take one tokers and blow them out my window to avoid the smell. but now even though I can blaze freely I still use that method because you get more bang for your buck.

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i do both, if its near the end of a bag and it dry, then i dont use a grinder.

So here's my thinking

It really depends on the bong. A 3' bong would be a lot to rip in one sitting (usually to the point of illness) while a little corona bottole or 18" or less you use ground up with an ash catcher.

It should always be ground, no matter what you are smoking it out of. It just works better. However, you do have to smoke it differently: Generally, if smoking with more than one person, the bowl will cherry, and you do not need to relight it many times. If you do so, that is a waste. If smoking alone, get something flat you can rest on top of the bowl, and it'll be extinguished very quickly, not wasting any. My friend uses a piece of leather, and it works well for him. I use the top of my grinder (metal, burning isn't an issue) but make sure whatever you use is heatproof.

If you grind the bud, pull more slowly, otherwise it can pull through. Doing this will get you a much bigger hit. You don't need to light it for a long time, once the bud is lit, remove the lighter. If you start at the side of a bowl, and cherry til the end (or very close to it) the fire will gradually move across the bowl. It lasts forever, and its called "cornering the bowl." I used to not grind, then I bought a grinder. I'm never going back.

Edit - stupid typos