Illinois News Joint

MAY 7, 2025

This batch of flower tested at 0.967% THC, 30.533% THCa, and 32.693% total cannabinoids. The buds were turf green across the rest of the surface and brightened by a frosty looking layer of milky trichomes. Blaze recently released Supreme Planet, originally bred by Mosca, so I picked up an eighth to review.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 17, 2025

This batch of flower tested at 0.487% THC, 30.523% THCa, and 31.011% total cannabinoids. Large capitate-stalk trichomes were transitioning from clear to milky and visible with the naked eye. Pacific Pie is a hybrid cross of Apples & Bananas and Georgia Pie. Terpenes were 3.47% of the total weight.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 29, 2025

This batch of flower tested at 1.935% THC, 36.436% THCa, and 40.584% total cannabinoids. An ambering trichome layer was visible with the naked eye, adding a slight golden hue. ILNJ photo Long and thin, the flowers had a tall pine tree structure.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 27, 2025

This batch tested at 0.76% THC, 28.68% THCa, and 29.44% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo The dense, spade-shaped Morning Dew buds were a mixture of light green, grass green, and olive green with dark-orange pistils and a light coating of cloudy trichomes. Morning Dew is a sativa-dominant cross of Alien Bubba and Durban.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 14, 2025

This batch tested at 28.08% THCa, 0.64% THC, and 29.51% total cannabinoids. ILNJ photo The buds were a mix of light and dark green with dark orange pistils and covered in milk-colored trichomes. Rainbows & Cherries is sativa-leaning cross of Cherry Thai and Rainbow SS OG (TK and (OGKB and Cherry Thai).

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 19, 2025

This preroll tested at 0.01% THC, 31.953% THCa, and 34.247% total cannabinoids. Untucking the flat-top end revealed a ground turf-green flower with a light trichome frost still visible in the grind. Grease Monkey is a hybrid cross of GG4 and Cookies & Cream, originally bred by Exotic Genetix.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 26, 2025

This batch tested at 0.67% THC, 25.5% ILNJ photos This eighth came as four large dark-green and purple colas with rust-colored pistils and a heavy coating of milky trichomes. Cinnamon Milk is cross of Cereal A La Mode with Sherb Z #1. THCa, and 26.19% total cannabinoids.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 15, 2025

This batch tested at 0.288% THC, 27.996%THCa, and 29.682% total cannabinoids. The dense spade-shaped buds, the size of large popcorn, were lime green with olive-green leaves mixed in with rust-colored pistils and a heavy coating of milky trichomes. The top terpene included limonene, -Caryophyllene, and Valencene.

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Veriheal

JULY 15, 2025

The endocannabinoid system is what receives the cannabinoids, such as the high-producing compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and produces their effects. In this process, bees can make cannabinoid honey by incorporating the trichomes from cannabis resin into their honey. Is cannabis honey strong?

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Cannabis Life Network

AUGUST 17, 2022

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. The post Why are cannabis trichomes shaped like mushrooms? Almost […].

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

OCTOBER 20, 2021

If you’re not already familiar with the ins and outs of the cannabis plant, then you might not know about cannabis trichomes. How can trichomes best be utilized by cannabis fans? Today, we’d like to answer each of these questions and give our readers a thorough overview of cannabis trichomes. What Are the Trichomes on Cannabis?

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Cannabis Life Network

AUGUST 8, 2022

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) Researchers peered into cryofixated Purple Kush cells with an electron microscope.

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Marijuana Seeds NL

JULY 20, 2020

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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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It’s also important to understand the difference between THCa and THC and the role of decarboxylation. What are THC crystals? The more accurate term for THC crystals is THCa crystalline or isolate. Pure THC is liquid at room temperature and can’t hold a crystalline structure. What is THC? How to make THC crystals.

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The Cannigma

MAY 24, 2022

This novel cannabis concentrate is the raw form of THC, the main intoxicating compound found in cannabis flower. What are THC crystals? THC crystals are THCa crystalline or THCa isolate. Cannabis plants don’t directly produce THC; they turn the “mother cannabinoid” cannabigerolic acid (CBGa) into THCa.

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The Cannigma

APRIL 5, 2022

There are many red flags that your weed is reaching peak “harvestability,” but here are the crucial features to add to your watchlist: most trichomes are opaque and bright white pistils are brown and orange fan leaves start curling at the ends more fan leaves are yellow or brown fan leaves start falling off buds are thick and dense.

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The Herb Collective

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The crystals growing off of your cannabis plants are trichomes. Some would say that they smoke cannabis just for the trichomes! So let’s dive deep into cannabis trichomes. What Are Trichomes? Trichomes on cannabis are resinous glands that cover buds and leaves, although most are invisible to the naked eye.

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

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. These trichomes hold most of the good stuff in cannabis, namely the cannabinoids and terpenes.

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

What are trichomes? Under the microscope, cannabis trichomes actually have an otherworldly, almost alien appearance. Those crystals that cover cannabis flower — and the exterior of countless other plant species — are called “trichomes.” But what exactly is kief, and what can you do with it? Shutterstock).

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In the simplest terms, hash is a concentrate formed by the compression of cannabis trichomes, also known as resin glands, creating a dense, solid substance. This resin is produced by the cannabis trichomes and acts as a sort of defensive barrier to protect the plant from any pests that might harm it.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 16, 2021

It is possible to visually distinguish between high-CBD and high-THC cannabis strains just by looking at the physical properties of the plants as they grow, according to new research from scientists at the University of Alberta and two Canadian bioscience companies, PBG BioPharma and Egret Bioscience Ltd. It appears here with permission.

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The Herb Collective

JANUARY 21, 2025

In this blog, well explore the brand's commitment to craft cultivation , its post-harvest trichome preservation method , its award-winning strains , and its Trailblazer Award from High Times. Trichomes are the resinous glands on cannabis buds that produce cannabinoids and terpenes, responsible for the plants potency and aroma.

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The dry rice particles will dry with the sticky trichomes. That sticky stuff causing your pieces to stick together are the trichomes from the plant, where a majority of the cannabinoids and terpenes are stored. Extract the trichomes immediately after bringing your grinder out of the freezer. Save any plant material on a plate.

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Veriheal

JULY 29, 2020

If you’re looking for other ways to get your THC or other cannabinoids, your options are a little bit limited right now. As for THC itself, though, it has only been found in the cannabis plant. THC, which is the primary psychoactive substance in the cannabis plant, isn’t found throughout the entire plant. Don’t get us wrong.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 3, 2022

Kief is a fine green powder made from fallen trichomes, the shiny, hair-like substance on cannabis plants. These trichomes house a majority of the cannabinoids and terpenes in the plant, making a small amount intensely powerful. But these cannabinoids need to undergo a chemical change called decarboxylation to become THC and CBD.

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The Cannigma

JULY 18, 2021

That wouldn’t matter too much if there was enough THC in the stems, but unlike the buds, there simply isn’t that much THC at all, meaning you’ll give yourself a harsh smoke for no good reason. How to extract THC from stems. because stems have far less THC than flower, consider doubling the amount of stems than the 3.5

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The Cannigma

JANUARY 9, 2023

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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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

CBD and THC are the two foremost cannabinoid compounds available in products from smokeable flower to edibles, topicals, and more. So, how do THC and CBD differ, and which one should you buy? Differences Between THC and CBD. That is true if you consume a cannabis product containing THC. Medical Benefits of THC.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Since hash is a homogeneous mixture, it spreads THC evenly throughout a dish. If you know the THC content of your hash, you will be able to easily determine the amount of THC per serving. Hash is extracted from cannabis, specifically by removing the trichomes or resinous glands on the surface of the plant. What is hash?

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Marijuana Seeds NL

JULY 7, 2021

This gooey material is made in the trichomes of the marijuana plant and contains flavonoids, terpenes and cannabinoids, essentially all of the compounds responsible for why people enjoy cannabis. . Gorilla Glue is a beast of a strain that’s notable for its beloved and potent hybrid effects, and high levels of THC. Gorilla Glue .

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This batch of flower tested at 0.36% THC, 24.69% THCa, and 25.98% total cannabinoids. Glistening concentrations of milky trichomes at the creases caught my eye, but the overall trichome character was light. Glistening concentrations of milky trichomes at the creases caught my eye, but the overall trichome character was light.

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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.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Long before cannabis testing became popular, most consumers focused on THC levels. These consumers used to determine quality cannabis by characteristics such as color, aroma, bud density, trichome coverage, and overall effect. Sadly, many people today focus on high THC because that’s what consumers come in asking for.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 31, 2023

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

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Cannabis drinkables offer the promise of a better THC experience — the perfect happy hour libation with friends or colleagues — without any smoking or vaping needed and no hangover the next day. Because it is not water soluble, THC won’t seamlessly blend into most beverages. Trichomes on a cannabis plant. What is nanoemulsion?

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Whether you’re growing CBD or THC -heavy flowers, you need to wait for most of the trichomes to switch from clear to white. If you could see through most of the trichomes, that means they don’t have high cannabinoid concentrations. How to avoid it.

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Broad spectrum is a less clear term used to describe a product that has many of the active ingredients found in botanical cannabis, but has specifically had the THC removed, ensuring a clear urine drug screen while still delivering multiple beneficial molecules. Is the spectrum of interest limited to the cannabinoids alone?

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