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When’s the best time to harvest cannabis flowers? 

The Cannigma

It’s a good idea to look up data specific to your strain on reputable cannabis forums. Ideally, when you harvest your cannabis most of your trichomes should have a milky white color (Shutterstock). Most cannabis cultivators determine whether their plant is ready for harvest by carefully examining the trichomes.

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Cannabis Testing Lab Trichome Analytical Integrates Chemovar Visualization Tool PhytoFacts

Medical Marijuana Program Connection

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trichome Analytical announced today that it has licensed cannabis analytical data tool PhytoFacts to offer clients. MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP, N.J.–(BUSINESS Read More

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What is hashishene? Examining the unique chemistry of hashish

The Cannigma

For hundreds if not thousands of years, human beings have been separating glandular trichomes from cannabis plants, pressing them into shapes, and allowing them to cure like fine wines as a product known as hashish, or hash. Cannabinoid Results from Frenchy Cannoli Trichome Research Initiative Project. The bottom line on hashishene.

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How Cannabis Preservation Techniques Impact Terpene Content

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Terpenes are also located in the trichomes, which has been found to be the key to potency. When the trichomes are exposed to conditions with exposure to increased heat, light, oxygen, and psychical agitation, the trichomes get devastated resulting in lesser terpenes. . The Eybna Technologies Terpene Study.

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Scientists say they can spot high-CBD strains just from their leaves

The Cannigma

These included qualitative traits, such as a width-to-height ratio, and quantitative measurements, including the number of leaflets and the general appearance of the inflorescences and trichomes on the plant. Cannabis is a special herbal medicine with a complex history of breeding and usage,” she added.

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The nose knows: how to identify common scents from terpenes

The Cannigma

“Learning about terpenes is a great way to understand how other ingredients in cannabis [outside of THC] alter its effects,” Amanda Reiman, Chief Knowledge Officer at New Frontier Data, told The Cannigma. The Trichome Institute , Golden Apple , and Abstrax Tech all sell terpene tasting kits. Invest in a course.

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Review: Garlic Z by Island

Illinois News Joint

According to a recent report by Pistil Data , more than 220 brands are on the Illinois market, much less than the neighboring legal states. Bright-lime-green with a smattering of small dried fire-orange hairs, these flowers carried ambering trichome frost and some deep forest green sugar leaf remnants.