The Green Crop Co-Op Demands Too Much Info!

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Green Crop is located on El Cajon BLVD, directly across the street from West Coast Wellness Farmacy, in the College area. This wheelchair accessible dispensary features plenty of parking right in front of the shop, as well as the back alley if you like to hide the wheels a little bit. After you tie up the horse, and start to walk towards the south end of the parking lot, you'll see the 2 green crosses with the word "MEDICAL" in between them on a large window. That's the reception office. It's pretty small, but it's fairly sterile, and functional for the purpose it serves. The guy who verified me was polite, and quick about it. The only thing I really hated and disapproved of, was the sign-up paperwork. The forms they give you require that you give your home address, phone number, email, drivers license number, and some more shit! Come on man, that is ridiculous. Of course I gave em fakes, but I'm sure plenty of people put their real numbers down. In my opinion that's classified information. Very bad form Green Crop.

Anyway, after the informational cavity search, I was led into the bud room. It's straight through the doorway, right across from the receptionist office. This too, was very clean, sterile, and seemingly well coordinated. They have a juice-bar styled setup, with 4 barstools, and a high counter, with some glass windows in it. On top of the counter there are approx. 20 medium sized glass jars with various strains, as well as some larger amounts inside the windows, underneath the counter. Though they kept most the strains on top of the counter, the jars inside the windows is where they kept the most desirable buds, which they had no problem pulling out for me to examine. Also they gave me the freedom to open any jar I wanted, so I could check out the stock at my leisure. Very comfortable and convenient for me as a patient. Now I must say I wasn't too highly impressed with the selection. It looked like some of the buds had been trimmed and cured a little too quickly, but there were some good choices no doubt. For example the Mazar - after all I've heard about this strain - I just wasn't feeling the Green Crop version. Neither was I thrilled with the Herojuana, which I really had high hopes for. However, all was not lost. The Blue Dream was an excellent representation. (Pictured below) I smelled that jar and new, some of it was comin home with me. I'm truly an indica smoker, but Blue Dream has earned it's place in my chalice. There are some decent strains here, though the lighting is pretty mild, so its hard to tell just by looking.


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The budtenders were relaxed, and knowledgeable. That's all I need from a dispensary, save all the small talk. The short guy, who also verified my rec, was on point with his strain knowledge. Some patient brought in a personal sack, and asked him to guess without looking. The tender took 2 big whiffs out of the bag, looked at the patient and said, "Bubba Kush". That's a guy who deserves his job. So naturally, when we discussed some of the other strains, he didn't show any slack.

Overall, I was almost satisfied with my visit to The Green Crop Co-Op. I had to really search for something I liked. Bud quality was probably, 7 or 8 out of 10. Which is OK. However, I don't remember seeing any clones, or concentrates, but don't hold me to it. They may carry. Also, as a first time patient I received 10 percent off my first visit, and a free gram of Super Silver Haze. They also gave me my choice of free rolling papers. But damn if they didn't ask me my full name again! They just have to write your full and proper name on the receipt, and staple that shit to your bag. That right there is a deal breaker for me. The herb is ok, the atmosphere is decent, and the tenders know their shit. I just don't like the invasive sign up paperwork, nor the paper trail receipt. Sorry guys I can't come back.

Located: 6957 El Cajon Blvd. Ste. 109, San Diego CA