Illinois News Joint

MAY 4, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.36% Delta 9 THC, 25.69% THCa, and 28.81% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Terpenes were 0.95% of the total weight. ILNJ photo For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Hybrid 89

Hybrid Trichome Strains Terpenes 89

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 18, 2023

While I’ve become firmly planted in my belief that cannabis is an extremely complex plant and the real secrets to the effects go far beyond simply terpenes and cannabinoids, I’m still fascinated by the consumer fixation with THC. This batch of flower tested at 1.54% THC, 30.985% THCa, and 34.786% total cannabinoids.

Trichome 77

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 77

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 20, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.03% CBDa, 0.29% Delta 9 THC, 26.84% THCa, and 27.71% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photos These flowers were consistently bright-turf green, except the randomly bunched orange hairs and a dusting of solidly milky trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 79

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 79

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Don Shula from nuEra , which has been featured at multiple events and is the label’s sole entry in the High Times Cannabis Cup Sativa Flower category, is a perfect example. This batch of flower tested at 0.71% CBGa, 0.47% THC, 34.09% THCa, and 35.27% total cannabinoids. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Sativa 83

Sativa Hybrid Trichome Strains 83

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.41% THC, 20.19% THCa, and 20.89% total cannabinoids. The trichome layer was noticeably dense with developed milky trichomes at all points, glittering when held up to light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Sativa 75

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Research and Development 75

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.64% THC, 27.55% THCa, and 28.19% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photos One longer flower top alongside two smaller pointed popcorn buds carried varying shades of light-lime and dark-turf green, splashes of purple, clustered fire-orange hairs and a robust trichome covering the entire flower with a milky tone.

Collective 87

Collective Hybrid Trichome Cultivation 87

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 1.66% CBGa, 0.89% THC, 29.75% THCa, and 32.31% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo A singular large pointed flower carried undertones of bright turf green, supporting outreaching fire orange hairs and a layer of trichomes that had just turned milky. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Trichome 76

Trichome Sativa Hybrid Terpenes 76

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 9, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.424% CBGa, 0.458% THC, 19.36% THCa, and 20.242% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo A small handful of loosely trimmed popcorn buds carried a deep forest green color that was almost entirely obscured by deep royal purple sugar leaf pieces and a frosty coating of milky trichomes.

Indica 93

Indica Hybrid Trichome Terpenes 93

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.63% THC, 28.96% THCa, and 29.59% total cannabinoids. The trichomes were dense and visibly milky, sparkly when held up to a light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photo This eighth came as four medium-sized pointed flowers.

Indica 83

Indica Trichome Hybrid Events 83

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.76% Delta 9 THC, 25.11% THCa, and 26.19% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo A handful of small popcorn flowers carried an olive-green undertone shrouded beneath purple sugar leaf remnants, clumps of loose orange hairs, and a milky and dense trichome frost that lightened the entire color profile.

Sativa 101

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Terpenes 101

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.404% CBGa, 0.414% THC, 18.811% THCa, and 20.629% total cannabinoids. A light milky trichome frost concentrated at the creases where sugar leaves had once sat. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Acapulco Gold is a sativa-leaning hybrid strain.

Sativa 87

Sativa Strains Trichome Concentrates 87

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 16, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.99% CBCa, 1.59% CBGa, 0.39% Delta 9 THC, 34.05% THCa, and 37.01% total cannabinoids. A bright lime-green undertone peeked out from beneath large splotches of bright purple, clumps of dried fire-orange hairs, and a milky-trichome frost. Terpenes were 1.3%

Indica 99

Indica Strains Trichome Hybrid 99

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 8, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.677% THC, 26.075% THCa, and 28.386% total cannabinoids. The trichome frost was visible on the surface and had just started the transition from milky to amber. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Trichome 82

Trichome Hash Hybrid Sleep 82

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.38% CBGa, 0.48% Delta 9 THC, 23.13% THCa, and 24.99% total cannabinoids. The trim job was light overall, which kept the trichomes relatively intact but left a few sugar leaves on the flower. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 83

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 83

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.571% THC, 29.821% THCa, and 31.848% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photos A handful of closely trimmed, pointed popcorn buds carried a vibrant turf-green base color, some remnant of orange hairs, and a speckling of small but visible trichomes. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Hybrid 86

Hybrid Trichome Research and Development Indica 86

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.47% THC, 24.58% THCa, and 25.05% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photos Two large cola tips and a small popcorn piece carried a uniform lime-green base tone, accented by some deep-forest-green sugar-leaf remnants, wispy outreaching orange hairs, and a glistening milky trichome frost.

Collective 85

Collective Hybrid Trichome Strains 85

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 1.187% THC, 23.333% THCa, and 24.52% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo This eighth came as a handful of small popcorn buds with an off-green amber base tone, accented with splotches of purple and a light dusting of amber trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 76

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 76

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.58% THC, 28.54% THCa, and 30.14% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photos Three large buds, chunky near the base but reaching out into a point at their apex, carried a bright lime-green-base tone, clumps of curled orange hairs, and a dense trichome frost that brightened the base further.

Hybrid 92

Hybrid Trichome Terpenes Strains 92

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.07% CBG, 0.36% CBCa, 1.19% CBGa, 0.31% Delta 9 THC, 29.75% THCa, and 31.67% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Strawberry Gary is a hybrid cross of Gary Payton and Red Pop, originally bred by Exotic Genetix.

Trichome 88

Trichome Hybrid Terpenes Events 88

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.31% THC, 23.71% THCa, and 24.02% total cannabinoids. Bright pinks and purples blended into a light turf-green base that was shrouded by a dense milky-trichome layer and thin-orange hairs reaching out into every direction. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 91

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 91

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.01% THC, 22.089% THCa, and 22.09% total cannabinoids. Turf green with some remaining deep-royal-purple sugar leaves, these buds were scruffy with a rough trim but fully intact trichomes that had been protected by the extra vegetation. ILNJ photos For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Sativa 64

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Events 64

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 4, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.63% THC, 29.46% THCa, and 30.94% total cannabinoids. Two large flowers with points reaching out from the rounded core were dark green at the base with thick bright-orange hairs reaching out and a milky trichome frost concentrated at the creases, where sugar leafs had once been.

Trichome 83

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 83

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.08% THC, 27.77% THCa, and 29.34% total cannabinoids. The bright green base tone was consistent across the sugar leaves with thick bunches of orange hairs and a milky trichome frost adding some variety. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Sativa 93

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Strains 93

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 21, 2024

This eighth tested at 28.084% THCa, 0.505% THC, 0.4501% CBGa, and 29.039% total cannabinoids. The buds were light green with darker green leaves mixed in and a coat of cream-yellow trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Sativa 87

Sativa Strains Terpenes Trichome 87

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 25, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.52% THC, 21.19% THCa, and 22.05% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Hybrid 78

Hybrid Strains Trichome Terpenes 78

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.02% CBGa, 1.138% Delta 9 THC, 24.323% THCa, and 26.481% total cannabinoids. The trichomes were visibly milky but shrouded by sugar leaf remnants. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Terpenes were 3.1% For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica 90

Indica Hybrid Sleep Trichome 90

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.534% THC, 26.153% THCa, and 27.995% total cannabinoids. The trichome layer sparkled when held to the light and provided a milky reflectivity. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica 85

Indica Trichome Hybrid Food 85

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.97% THC, 25.32% THCa, and 26.29% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This combination of head fog and body heaviness stuck with me for just over an hour, making WEPA a solid nightcap choice.

Indica 81

Indica Hybrid Trichome Strains 81

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.67% THC, 25.23% THCa, and 26.27% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo This Big Chillz eighth consisted of five lightly trimmed, Christmas-tree shaped flowers carrying a mix of bright-lime green and purple-base tones and a milky trichome frost that brightened the entire bud.

Indica 81

Indica Hybrid Trichome Research and Development 81

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.349% THCVa, 1.522% CBGa, 0.509% Delta 9 THC, 28.766% THCa, and 31.146% total cannabinoids. Thick-orange hairs weaved across the surface and under sugar-leaf remnants, while milky trichomes dotted the surface. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Hybrid 77

Hybrid Trichome Strains Indica 77

Illinois News Joint

MAY 13, 2023

Paradise #6 tested at 0.64% THC, 26.61% THCa, and 28.46% total cannabinoids. THC, 30.53%, THCa, and 32.3% total cannabinoids. The flowers were adorned with a generous coating of trichomes, imparting a sparkling effect and resulting in an orange-amber hue that contrasted with the underlying green tones.

Trichome 80

Trichome Terpenes Strains Research and Development 80

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This eighth tested at 0.83% THC, 27.38% THCa, and 28.21% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo The eighth came as two chunky dense buds with that natural chem-linage foxtail and coated with a heavy layer of creamy trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Collective 98

Collective Sativa Trichome Strains 98

Illinois News Joint

MAY 27, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.12% THC, 26.9% THCa, and 27.02% total cannabinoids. While some remnants of sugar leaf were present, the entire bud was covered in a light, milky-colored trichome frost. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Trichome 98

Trichome Indica Hybrid Strains 98

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 22, 2023

Delta 9 THC, 23.77% THCa, and 25.65% total cannabinoids. Bright-turf green with vivid-fire orange hairs crisscrossing each bud, these flowers carried a milky and sparkling trichome frost. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Gary Payton OG is a hybrid cross of The Y and Snowman.

Hybrid 86

Hybrid Trichome Terpenes Strains 86

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 1, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.29% THC, 17.64% THCA, and 18.8% total cannabinoids. Four pointed flowers splashed with various pinks and dark purples carried thick orange hairs and a sparkling trichome frost that glistened in the light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 77

Trichome Hybrid Sativa Strains 77

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.01% THC, 23.912% THCa, and 24.48% total cannabinoids. The base colors were a blend of bright lime and deep-forest green, mixing beneath bunches of thick bright-orange hairs, purple sugar-leaf remnants, and a dense and milky trichome frost. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica 81

Indica Trichome Strains Hybrid 81

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 3.66% CBGa, 0.27% THCVa, 1.08% THC, 28.26% THCa, and 33.28% total cannabinoids. A close trim job left very little sugar leaf and highlighted a trichome layer that had just begun to show signs of ambering. ILNJ photo To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Strains 91

Strains Sativa Trichome Hybrid 91