Illinois News Joint

APRIL 1, 2024

The Illinois cannabis market is already shaping up for growth in 2024. The entire bud was highlighted with a dense trichome frost. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. The first strain I chose to review was Smackerz.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 4, 2023

The event is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. With the opening, Oregonix Farms will launch its mission “to build strong relationships with meaningful partners to produce superior, small-batch cannabis products.” By doing this we ensure a strong terpene presentation in our flower and also maintain trichome structure.”

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When I noticed Raspberry Shortcake as one of the cultivator’s entries in the High Times Sativa Flower Cannabis Cup , I couldn’t help but wonder how the release balanced sweet berry and that classic doughy tone. The trichome layer was noticeably dense with developed milky trichomes at all points, glittering when held up to light.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Space Junkie was the singular Triple 7 entry for the High Times Sativa Flower Cannabis Cup this year. 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 cannabis industry news, visit here.

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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. Visible milky trichomes dotted the surface, but the frost layer was light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 8, 2024

While I love a wide range of cannabis products, there’s just something special about the flower experience. 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.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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. The effect profile leaned hard into the indica side of the spectrum, an effect often found in heavily ambered trichome carrying flower.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In early development, the green buds darkened, some pistils turned orange, and trichomes came earlier than expected. Then one day, I left for an event, and when I came home the following day, the leaves started turning purple. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To follow News Joint Grow Journal, click here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

First impressions matter, especially when it comes to cannabis companies. 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.

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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. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

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. ILNJ photos For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 17, 2024

While tons of cannabis labels attempt to evoke a sense of nostalgia, few really hit the target. The trichome frost was bright and just transitioning from clear to milky, sparkling when held to the light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This also sets a high bar for the product inside.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 9, 2023

NuEra recently took home the 2023 Cannabis Cup for Cobra Milk , so I jumped at the chance to sample the strain when I found it under the company’s Interstate 420 brand. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 22, 2023

A few cultivars have stood the short test of time and remained available since the beginning of the Illinois medical cannabis market. 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.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. ILNJ photos To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. Talkative and energized, Blackberry Moonshine was a good fit for going out or for psyching myself up before an event.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Cannabis sativa is a fascinating plant with such a wide variety of expressions that the same genetics can display a variety of traits. 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.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 21, 2024

Almost two decades ago, I knew nothing about cannabis genetics other than experiencing two types of effects: one with creative, motivation, uplifting, euphoric cerebral highs and one with thought-numbing sedation that made me feel unmotivated, dumb, and lazy. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The plants’ yield was not super high, but the buds were dense with heavy trichomes and easy to trim. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. To follow News Joint Grow Journal, click here. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. What’s yours?

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Despite claiming the 3rd largest legal cannabis market in America, Illinois has relatively few “signature” strains. 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.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I mentioned my love of strawberry aroma and flavors in cannabis and my desire to see more of the profile on the market in my recent review of Strawberry Bubbles. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 1, 2024

A handful of former NFL players have wholeheartedly thrown their post-playing career into cannabis. After starting his first cannabis company in 2018, former running back Ricky Williams is undoubtedly near the top of the list. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While we love all types of effects and flavors of cannabis here at Illinois News Joint , we cannot deny the special place we have for energetic citrus-heavy strains. 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.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 30, 2023

ILNJ photos One thumb-sized cola and four small-popcorn buds carried a deep forest-green base tone beneath a smattering of curled in deep-royal-purple sugar leaves, rust-colored hairs, and a sparkling trichome frost that lightened the entire color profile. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The trichomes were visibly milky but shrouded by sugar leaf remnants. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. The structure seemed to reach out in every direction with multiple sharp points on each flower.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As the cannabis industry matures and starts to take itself more seriously, one area that I hope never gets too “grown up” is the tendency for breeders to still have fun when naming strains. Thick-orange hairs weaved across the surface and under sugar-leaf remnants, while milky trichomes dotted the surface.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 25, 2024

The primary terpenes were limonene at 0.62%, β-caryophyllene at 0.33%, and ocimene at 0.28% ILNJ photos This picturesque half ounce came as eight thumb-sized cola tops with an almost black base color hiding beneath frosty trichome heavy creases, where sugar leaves had been and thick rust colored hairs that had dried into the body of the buds.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 4, 2024

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. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The large buds display natural foxtails with dark green, olive, and brown colors and a heavy coating of trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

One of my favorite aspects of the Illinois cannabis industry is watching craft producers come online and continue to grow. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. Take Kaviar for example.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 24, 2023

Anyone growing cannabis for a while knows, never let great genetics go to waste. ILNJ photos Visually, the eighth presented as several chunky flowers with a sparkling trichome frost that shrouded the underlying deep green tones and gave the fire orange hairs a sticky matrix to dry into.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Cannabis remediation is a topic of hot debate among the industry that will only build as consumers become more educated. 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.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 27, 2023

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 cannabis industry news, visit here. Breaking down the buds by finger lift a sticky sappiness on my fingers.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 2, 2024

The ripeness of the trichomes were difficult to judge the because some were clear while other already had amber heads, so I gave up on that and followed my intuition instead. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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