We don't have to buy weed from private growers like you fine folks in Cali. Not better or worse, just different. Here, your nose knows. Most places go from harvest to shelf in five days, and the people making the decisions are usually different people than the ones in the grow room. I don't think that many financial supporters of marijuana businesses have any sort of understanding about marijuana, speaking in general terms.
Since our herb is already tested for contaminants, more patients shop deals or follow specific companies or shops, and then wait for deals, at least for me. Concentrated Remedies was good for awhile but they've dropped off, olio has had some really good live resin, I tried some product from Tetra that was good, but I couldn't tell you the shop it came from though. The biggest issues we see with taintedness comes with clones since it can be difficult to see pests or other issues, and I would argue that shops will never put their top shelf flowers on the clone shelf. Their pot menu and clone menu differences, timelines aside, tell me what's on which shelf.
I tried some destroyer from a friend, organic and processed into bubble then into rosin. Trippy head rush super sativa, something you won't find in shops here. There isn't a lot of demand for 12-15 week sativa's, according to the guys with the money.
