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What are trichomes?

Marijuana Seeds NL

If you’re familiar with the stickiness of good bud, then you’re already familiar with the peculiar term of ‘trichomes’. Trichomes comes from the Greek word Trích?ma In weed’s case, trichomes are the sticky-icky microscopic crystals that contain the plant’s beneficial cannabinoids and terpenes. What are trichomes?

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What does ‘full spectrum’ cannabis mean and why is it important?

The Cannigma

In fact, even some of the most commonly used terms have no agreed-upon definition. While there is no standard definition for what these terms mean, there is a general consensus on generic terms like isolate, broad spectrum, and full spectrum. RSO is a crude cannabis extract typically made using solvents like alcohol (Shutterstock).

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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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What Is Cannabis Rosin?

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Rosin’s solventless extraction process preserves more of the natural properties of the cannabis plant so that they come through in the final product. When zooming in on the cannabis world, the definitions become a bit more rigid. This is especially true when combined with the solventless extraction process that defines rosin.

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The Different Colors of Cannabis and What They Mean

Veriheal

Extracted pigments from vegetables, seeds, fruits, and even pigments from mined minerals help give us the rich array of colors we have all grown so accustomed to these days. These consumers used to determine quality cannabis by characteristics such as color, aroma, bud density, trichome coverage, and overall effect.

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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. What does hashishene mean for extract producers? Several of these derivatives are not commonly found in nature.

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What are THC crystals? THCa crystalline and its uses

The Cannigma

First, put the cannabis flower inside a rosin filter bag, cover it with parchment paper, and place it into the press, which applies heat and pressure to squeeze the trichomes and create a concentrate called rosin. Meanwhile, the solvent-based method requires mixing cannabis extract with solvents like acetic acid, pentane, or hexane.

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