Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 21, 2024

This eighth tested at 28.084% THCa, 0.505% THC, 0.4501% CBGa, and 29.039% total cannabinoids. Primary terpenes included 0.831% β-mercene, 0.466% α-pinene, 0.208% limonene, and 0.194% β-caryophyllene, which helped reach total terpenes of 1.699%. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Sativa 91

Sativa Strains Terpenes Trichome 91

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.41% THC, 20.19% THCa, and 20.89% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, limonene, α-humulene, linalool, and β-myrcene. The trichome layer was noticeably dense with developed milky trichomes at all points, glittering when held up to light.

Sativa 79

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Research and Development 79

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. This batch of flower tested at 1.54% THC, 30.985% THCa, and 34.786% total cannabinoids.

Trichome 81

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 81

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 1.66% CBGa, 0.89% THC, 29.75% THCa, and 32.31% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were terpinolene at 1.31%, eucalyptol at 0.43%, and β-myrcene at 0.24%. The flower was closely trimmed and a few points in the trichome layers had been damaged.

Trichome 79

Trichome Sativa Hybrid Terpenes 79

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 9, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.424% CBGa, 0.458% THC, 19.36% THCa, and 20.242% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 1.16% of the total weight with β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, limonene, and α-humulene being the heaviest. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Indica 97

Indica Hybrid Trichome Terpenes 97

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.76% Delta 9 THC, 25.11% THCa, and 26.19% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, α-pinene, and α-humulene. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photo For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Sativa 105

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.404% CBGa, 0.414% THC, 18.811% THCa, and 20.629% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 1.556% of the total weight with terpinolene, β-caryophyllene, eucalyptol, and β-myrcene being the heaviest. A light milky trichome frost concentrated at the creases where sugar leaves had once sat.

Sativa 91

Sativa Strains Trichome Concentrates 91

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 16, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.99% CBCa, 1.59% CBGa, 0.39% Delta 9 THC, 34.05% THCa, and 37.01% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 1.3% 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.

Indica 103

Indica Strains Trichome Hybrid 103

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. This batch of flower tested at 0.71% CBGa, 0.47% THC, 34.09% THCa, and 35.27% total cannabinoids. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Sativa 87

Sativa Hybrid Trichome Strains 87

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.38% CBGa, 0.48% Delta 9 THC, 23.13% THCa, and 24.99% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 1.45% of the total weight with β-caryophyllene, limonene, and linalool being the heaviest. The trim job was light overall, which kept the trichomes relatively intact but left a few sugar leaves on the flower.

Trichome 87

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 87

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.58% THC, 28.54% THCa, and 30.14% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-myrcene at 0.65%, limonene at 0.61%, and β-caryophyllene at 0.51%. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Hybrid 96

Hybrid Trichome Terpenes Strains 96

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 1, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 1.187% THC, 23.333% THCa, and 24.52% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 0.894% of the total weight with β-myrcene, α-pinene, limonene, and linalool being the most prevalent. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Trichome 79

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 79

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.07% CBG, 0.36% CBCa, 1.19% CBGa, 0.31% Delta 9 THC, 29.75% THCa, and 31.67% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 2.03% of the total weight with β-caryophyllene, limonene, and α-pinene being the heaviest. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 92

Trichome Hybrid Terpenes Events 92

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.31% THC, 23.71% THCa, and 24.02% total cannabinoids. The indicated primary terpenes were β-caryophyllene, limonene, and linalool. 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.

Trichome 95

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 95

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 4, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.63% THC, 29.46% THCa, and 30.94% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, limonene, linalool, and ocimene. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Trichome 87

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 87

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.08% THC, 27.77% THCa, and 29.34% total cannabinoids. Listed terpenes were β-caryophyllene at 0.63%, limonene at 0.47%, and β-myrcene at 0.23%. 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.

Sativa 96

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Strains 96

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 25, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.52% THC, 21.19% THCa, and 22.05% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Hybrid 82

Hybrid Strains Trichome Terpenes 82

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 1.02% CBGa, 1.138% Delta 9 THC, 24.323% THCa, and 26.481% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 3.1% 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 News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica 94

Indica Hybrid Sleep Trichome 94

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.67% THC, 25.23% THCa, and 26.27% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene at 0.69%, limonene at 0.39%, and linalool at 0.19%. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photo For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica 85

Indica Hybrid Trichome Research and Development 85

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 23, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.22% THC, 21.34% THCa, and 22.12% total cannabinoids. Primary terpenes included limonene, β-caryophyllene, linalool, α-terpineol, and endo-fenchyl alcohol. The trichome frost covering the buds was milky but sparkled when held up to the light. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Indica 92

Indica Terpenes Trichome Hybrid 92

Illinois News Joint

MAY 13, 2023

Paradise #6 tested at 0.64% THC, 26.61% THCa, and 28.46% total cannabinoids. The primary indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, limonene, α-humulene and α-pinene. THC, 30.53%, THCa, and 32.3% The primary terpenes were β-myrcene, β-caryophyllene, limonene, α-pinene, and ocimene. Paradise #9 tested at 0.7%

Trichome 84

Trichome Terpenes Strains Research and Development 84

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This batch of flower tested at 0.349% THCVa, 1.522% CBGa, 0.509% Delta 9 THC, 28.766% THCa, and 31.146% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 2.2% Thick-orange hairs weaved across the surface and under sugar-leaf remnants, while milky trichomes dotted the surface. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Hybrid 81

Hybrid Trichome Strains Indica 81

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 22, 2023

Delta 9 THC, 23.77% THCa, and 25.65% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, limonene, α-humulene, and α-bisabolol. Bright-turf green with vivid-fire orange hairs crisscrossing each bud, these flowers carried a milky and sparkling trichome frost. Gary Payton OG is a hybrid cross of The Y and Snowman.

Hybrid 90

Hybrid Trichome Terpenes Strains 90

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 3.66% CBGa, 0.27% THCVa, 1.08% THC, 28.26% THCa, and 33.28% total cannabinoids. The listed terpenes were β-myrcene at 1.05%, eucalyptol at 0.49%, and valencene at 0.09%. A close trim job left very little sugar leaf and highlighted a trichome layer that had just begun to show signs of ambering.

Strains 95

Strains Sativa Trichome Hybrid 95

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The batch of flower tested at 0.52% THC, 22.03% THCa, and 23.26% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were myrcene at 1.79%, caryophyllene at 0.35%, and ocimene at 0.35%. Ambering trichome stalks and heads dotted the outside of the flower and lightened up the overall color.

Sativa 88

Sativa Trichome Terpenes Strains 88

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

D9-THC, 29.96% THCa, and 32.51% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, limonene, and α-humulene. The trichome frost was milky and sparkled under light, bringing some additional lightness to the color tone. ILNJ photos To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Sativa 92

Sativa Trichome Strains Hybrid 92

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 1.46% THC, 30.83% THCa, and 32.29% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Recently, I spotted Animal Face, a strain bred by Seed Junky Genetics , on the menu at Rise Effingham , so I stopped in and picked up a sample.

Indica 88

Indica Hybrid Trichome Strains 88

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 28, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 1.14% THC, 17.48% THCa, and 19.05% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were limonene, β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, linalool, and α-terpineol. ILNJ photos Chunky flowers just larger than the “popcorn” category carried a thick and milky trichome layer.

Strains 83

Strains Hybrid Trichome Terpenes 83

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 23, 2023

THCa, 0.96% THC, 0% THCv, 0% CBD, 0% CBDa & 0.65% CBDa. The Terpene profile is 0.60% β-myrcene, 0.45%, α-caryophyllene, 0.33% limonene, 0.06% α-humulene. At first look the buds had an army green, with the trichomes and pistils giving it that “camouflage look.” This batch of Lilac Cookies tested at 24.87%THCa,

Hybrid 87

Hybrid Terpenes Trichome Indica 87

Illinois News Joint

JULY 29, 2023

Something about the unique tangy terpene works for my needs, so it’s easy to see why I love strains suck as Durban Poison and Jack Herer that are heavy in the terp. This batch of flower tested at 0.58% THC, 25.21% THCa, and 25.78% total cannabinoids. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Strains 84

Strains Terpenes Trichome Hybrid 84

Illinois News Joint

MAY 11, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.134% THCVa, 0.274% CBCa, 0.410 CBGa, 1.162% Delta 9 THC, 25.122% THCa, and 27.102% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 2.267% of the total weight with β-caryophyllene, limonene, α-humulene, linalool, and α-pinene being the heaviest. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 103

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 103

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

CBDa, 2.08% CBGa, 0.39% Delta 9 THC, 33.91% THCa, and 36.48% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 2.25% of the total weight with limonene , β-myrcene, β-caryophyllene, linalool, and α-humulene being the heaviest indicated. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This batch of flower tested at 0.1%

Trichome 88

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 88

Illinois News Joint

JULY 21, 2023

This batch of popcorn flower tested at 0.66% CBGa, 0.72% Delta-9-THC, 28.07% THCa, and 29.45% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 1.47% of the total weight with β- myrcene, β-caryophyllene, limonene, linalool, and α-humulene being the heaviest. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Hybrid 81

Hybrid Trichome Terpenes Strains 81

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 24, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 22.43% THCa, 0.64% THC, and 23.83% total cannabinoids. Terpenes were 1.25% of the total weight with β-myrcene, limonene, β-caryophyllene, and β-pinene being the heaviest. The sparkle to these flowers was particularly notable, and I spent quite a time admiring the well-preserved trichomes.

Trichome 91

Trichome Hybrid Indica Strains 91

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 6, 2023

Despite the persistent consumer demand for high-testing strains, the supply of high-THC flower on the Illinois market has dwindled significantly. In fact, our Thirty % Plus THC review series, which used to receive reviews monthly, only featured four entries in 2022. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Indica 84

Indica Strains Trichome Hybrid 84

Illinois News Joint

JULY 7, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.73% THC, 22.43% THCa, and 23.49% total cannabinoids. The indicated terpenes were β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, limonene, linalool, and α-humulene. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Some small splashes of pink and purple further enhanced the bag appeal.

Hybrid 82

Hybrid Trichome Research and Development Strains 82

Illinois News Joint

MAY 24, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 25.389% THCa, 0.326% Delta-9-THC, 0.203% CBCa, 1% CBGa, 0.1% Terpenes were 1.266% of the total weight with limonene, β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, and β-pinene being the heaviest. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. CBG, and 27.279% total cannabinoids.

Trichome 86

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 86