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Review: Wonka Bars by Twenty-Twenty

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As a cannabis reviewer in the Illinois market, one of the biggest benefits of the Illinois High Times Magazine People’s Choice Cannabis Cup is that the judging kits bring together offerings from several different labels in one place. Wonka Bars is a sativa-dominant hybrid cross of Garlic Cookies and Mint Chocolate Chip.

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Where Did Cannabis Come From? New Study Pinpoints East Asia

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The international team of researchers, led by co-authors from Switzerland and China, wrote that through genome sequencing they “show that sativa was first domesticated in early Neolithic times in East Asia and that all current hemp and drug cultivars diverged from an ancestral gene pool currently represented by feral plants and landraces in China.”.

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Really It’s 2021 – Why Is A Strain Still Called Jack The Ripper? Celebrating Violence Against Women.

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Jack’s Cleaner is a sativa-dominant strain bred by crossing Jack Herer with the Cleaner, and is known for being an energetic, potent strain. . it was named one of the top 10 strains of 2006 by High Times magazine. It toke more than a decade to get its definitive version, but as soon as it was released, it started to collect awards.

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Cannabis Was First Domesticated in East Asia 12,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds

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A global team of researchers spent four years collecting 110 different cannabis varieties from around the world and used them to sequence 82 new cannabis genomes. . Few crops have been under the spotlight of controversy as much as Cannabis sativa ,” the study authors wrote. “As

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Flora Growth Appoints Industry-Leading Cultivator Derek Pedro as Genetics and Cultivation Advisor

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His high-THC strain “Pedro’s Sweet Sativa” was named top sativa flower in Canada by King Magazine. “As Flora is building a connected, design-led collective, of plant-based wellness and lifestyle brands, that delivers the most compelling customer experiences in the world, one community at a time. About Flora Growth Corp.

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Beyond Blue Dream: A Haze strain family genealogy

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Note the thin, sativa-type leaves and tall, airy shape. Either way, when Haze seeds got to two “brothers” in the climate of Santa Cruz—where the sunny weather allows for the outdoor growing season to go late—the long-flowering sativa genetics of the Haze found their ancestral home. Grown by ’70s Santa Cruz, CA ‘Haze Brothers’.

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The California pre-roll battle royale 2021

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Every judge nominated two flower-only pre-rolls of their choice they thought could take gold, with a range that includes indoor and outdoor, indica and sativa options. 7th place: Chem Jam, IC Collective, 34.6/55 So psyched to taste an IC Collective, we forget to check the manufacturing date. Two nominees per judge; 9 total.