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What is PGR cannabis and how can you spot it?

The Cannigma

Instead, what customers get are artificially dense nugs with mild trichome counts. Since PGR weed has fewer trichomes than typical weed, these buds also won’t feel as sticky on your fingertips. Speaking of trichomes, it’s less likely you’ll detect pungent aromatics from PGRs weed. How to identify PGR weed: a few tell-tale signs.

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Cannabis Bioengineering : The Wave of the Future

Veriheal

THC is primarily located on small outgrowths of the plant known as trichomes. If you study your cannabis flower closely, you’ll be able to see these trichomes. Because only the trichomes produce cannabinoids, much of the plant is often wasted—although there are some low-yield uses for the stems and leaves.

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The Importance of Proper Cannabis Storage: Tips for Patients

MMJ Recs

Yet, achieving its therapeutic benefits doesn’t solely depend on its cultivation or consumption. Remember to handle your cannabis with care to avoid damaging the delicate trichomes, which contain the cannabinoids and terpenes responsible for their therapeutic effects. It also hinges significantly on proper cannabis storage.

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Ways to Store MMJ

LifeCannMD

Cannabis maintains itself better in cool but not cold environments. These types of bags attract trichomes and do not protect medical marijuana from air or moisture. As a side note, plastic bags pose a risk for the product to get crushed, risking trichomes being removed from the bud, rendering the plant less potent or effective.

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Wild cannabis: what is ditch weed and can you use it?

The Cannigma

Commercially grown weed plants are grown in a highly controlled environment , where everything from the water to the light is highly controlled and optimized for maximum cannabinoid production. Feral cannabis plants, on the other hand, are left to the whims of nature, so they’re not as heavy in trichomes.

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Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.

The Cannigma

one of our science reviewers at The Cannigma and a cannabis trichome expert who is getting his master’s in Plant Sciences. As part of his master’s degree, Steve is currently using electron microscopes to take super close-up pictures of trichomes, tiny protrusions on cannabis plants. So, a trichome is what? EG: Super cool.

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What Makes Solventless Cannabis the Cleanest Option?

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Popular types of solventless cannabis products include: Bubble Hash : Made using ice water to extract trichomes, this concentrate is a clean and flavorful choice. Safer for Inhalation and Consumption When cannabis concentrates are vaporized or dabbed, any residual chemicals from solvent-based methods can be inhaled directly into the lungs.

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