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Why are cannabis trichomes shaped like mushrooms? Breaking the cuticle

Cannabis Life Network

They include a family of cannabinoid acids and terpenes but are conversely toxic to cannabis plants. Thankfully, terp production occurs within trichomes — glandular hairs that cover your favourite frosty nugs. And trichomes have many tricks to prevent a toxic leak of cannabinoids and terpenes, which includes their mushroom shape.

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How trichomes make terpenes and cannabinoids in supercell pathways

Cannabis Life Network

A study from the University of British Columbia froze trichomes with liquid nitrogen. Using modern techniques, they found new keys that better explain how trichomes make non-polar terpenes and cannabinoids without destroying plant cells. (1) 1) Cannabis plants produce acidic cannabinoids, such as THCa or […].

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Finding Rare Cannabinoids in Non-Cannabis Plants

Project CBD

Special glands protruding from cannabis flowers express a series of unique molecules. Cannabinoids, as they are known, exist in cannabis. But it turns out that identical molecules are present in non-cannabis plants, as well. move through the trichome. Yet, woolly umbrella is evolutionarily distinct from cannabis.

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White Sunshine by Sunshine Cannabis 1/8th Review

FloridaMarijuana.net

Sunshine Cannabis won the most recent Cannabis Business Awards Most Valuable Brand. The buds are absolutely covered in trichomes giving a white tint to the buds. You can definitely see The White’s trademark characteristics coming through in the White Sunshine from Sunshine Cannabis. White Sunshine Lineage.

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Cannabis Terpenes, Part 1

FloridaMarijuana.net

As cannabis becomes more mainstream, more accepted as a medicine and more utilized worldwide, the plants’ botany and chemical makeup are being researched and dissected. Cannabis sativa , the Latin name for the cannabis plant, produces a resin that supports the medicinal and psychoactive properties within the plan.

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When’s the best time to harvest cannabis flowers? 

The Cannigma

Harvesting cannabis is simultaneously the most exciting and stressful time for growers. But before you rush to the finish line, make sure you know the basics of cannabis cultivation for beginners. To know when to harvest cannabis, you should have a basic understanding of the plant’s life cycle. Related Stories.

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What is bubble hash and can you make it at home?

The Cannigma

The color is determined by how well the hash was extracted, by the cultivar of cannabis and its ripeness. All cannabis plants produce trichomes from resin glands on the buds. To the naked eye, trichomes are tiny fine hairs, but under close examination, trichomes are actually shaped like mushrooms with a fine stalk and big head.

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