Even after a night of great rest, you might not always have exactly the spark you need to face your workday, tackle your biggest creative projects, or dive into your weekend social plans. What you need is some extra energy, motivation, and uplifting sensations, and the best daytime strains can help you experience all this and more. Keep reading to find the best daytime strain for jumpstarting your mornings, coasting through midday, and gliding through the afternoon.
Morning strains to kickstart your day
Waking and baking isn’t just for those who enjoy a lazy Sunday on the couch. With these strains, a wake-and-bake can pave the way toward a fun, productive day.
Durban Poison
- Why It’s Great: A landrace sativa cultivar, Durban Poison is said to be energizing and uplifting while helping with focus.
- Flavor and Aroma: Sweet, earthy, piney, sage-like
- Perfect For: Maximizing your productivity, getting your creative juices flowing, walking while high
- Try ONYX’s Durban Poison live resin badder, or for a similar experience with flower, choose White Durban — a direct descendant of Durban Poison.
Super Lemon Haze
- Why It’s Great: As with Durban Poison, Super Lemon Haze is beloved for its energizing, uplifting, and focus-boosting effects.
- Flavor and Aroma: Zesty, citrusy, slightly sweet aroma with a tart, sweet, vaguely lemony flavor
- Perfect For: Any lively experience, such as shopping in and around Boonton
- To quickly be a happy camper, go for Garden Green’s Super Lemon Haze pre-roll two-pack or Garden Green’s Super Lemon Haze pre-roll five-pack.
Midday strains to stay focused
As your morning blast of alertness fades, these midday strains can help you return to your previous heights.
Jack Herer
- Why It’s Great: Named after one of the all-time great cannabis authors and activists, Jack Herer often imparts energy, creative feelings, and uplifting sensations to its many avid consumers.
- Flavor and Aroma: piney, well-spiced, woody, earthy
- Perfect For: A final blast of work before your lunch break, a midday art project, blissful hangs with friends
- Rythm’s Jack Herer disposable vape is an odor-free, discreet cannabis product that brings extra brightness to any midday moment.
Green Crack
- Why It’s Great: More than just an energizing and focus-boosting cultivar — though it’s those things too — Green Crack may temporarily transform you into a bit of a yapper. You might find yourself feeling invigorated, buzzy, and everything in between.
- Flavor and Aroma: tangy, citrusy, earthy, mango-like
- Perfect For: Social moments, events, and activities that normally give you anxiety or wear you out
Afternoon strains for a smooth finish
With nighttime coming closer but the sun still out, aim for a perfect landing with these afternoon strains.
Blue Dream
- Why It’s Great: Blue Dream is wildly popular for its creative, happy, euphoric experience and brain-stimulating, body-relaxing effects.
- Flavor and Aroma: Sweet and berry-like, particularly evoking blueberries
- Perfect For: Writing your next novel from the couch, chatting with friends in the living room as the sun sets
- Rove’s Blue Dream live resin starting kit is a potent yet beginner-friendly option for a creative and calming afternoon.
Sour Diesel
- Why It’s Great: Sour Diesel’s energizing, uplifting experience is known to bring out happy campers’ most talkative side.
- Flavor and Aroma: Diesel-like, skunky, chemical
- Perfect For: Exploring the best things to do in Morris County with friends, ending the day with a group fall hike
Tips for choosing the best daytime strain
As you try out the best daytime strains to figure out which one suits you best, take the following steps to arrive at a sound decision.
- Start low and go slow. An initial small dose of whichever strain you choose can help you get used to its effects and not have too intense of a first experience. If you want more of what you’re already experiencing, go ahead and up your dose a bit. On the other hand, if you’re not quite loving where you’ve landed, let the effects fade before trying a small dose of another strain.
- Match your activities. Cultivars that make you feel chatty might not be ideal for solo art sessions, even if these strains bring out your innermost creativity. Choose a different daytime cultivar that emphasizes your creativity without summoning your gregarious side.
- Look at terpene profiles. Each daytime strain has a terpene profile (a combination of organic aromatic oils that occur naturally in all plants) that shapes your cannabis experience. The three most dominant terpenes in a cultivar’s profile especially influence how the strain might affect you. Review the terpene profile of each strain you’re considering, and the effects associated with each dominant terpene, to figure out how your daytime experience might go.
FAQs about daytime strains
What are daytime strains?
Daytime strains are cannabis cultivars said to have energizing, focus-boosting, uplifting, creative, or social-friendly effects. By comparison, nighttime strains are more associated with couch-lock and sleepiness.
Are daytime strains suitable for beginners?
Yes, daytime strains are suitable for beginners, especially when starting low and going slow. These cultivars impart effects that often power consumers through their usual days instead of holding them back.
What are the best daytime activities for these strains?
Taking a walk, doing something creative, or hanging out with friends are great ways to spend your time with the best daytime strains. Any activity that you’d like an extra splash of energy, focus, upliftedness, creativity, or social vibes for fits the bill.
Is indica or sativa better during the day?
Although sativa strains are more associated with daytime activities (whereas indica is more associated with sleepiness and relaxation), the distinction between sativa and indica is somewhat of a myth. In reality, most modern-day cultivars are hybrids of sativa and indica cultivars with clear characteristics of each. Instead of using sativa and indica to find the best daytime strain, look at a strain’s individual effects and terpene profile instead.
Undecided on which daytime strain is right for you?
There’s a bit of overlap in the best daytime strains’ effects, so you might not be sure which cultivar to finally choose. At Boone Town Provisions, our expert budtenders know exactly how to help you find the perfect match. Swing by to get hands-on help and browse all our top-quality cannabis products — and start elevating your everyday.
