Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 1, 2023

ILNJ photo This eighth came as a handful of small popcorn buds with an off-green amber base tone, accented with splotches of purple and a light dusting of amber trichomes. The effect profile leaned hard into the indica side of the spectrum, an effect often found in heavily ambered trichome carrying flower.

Trichome 105

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 22, 2024

The trichomes were well developed and starting the transition from milky to amber. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Terpenes were 2.08% of the total weight. ILNJ photo This handful of just-larger-than popcorn nugs was consistently turf green throughout with wispy-outreaching rust-colored hairs.

Hybrid 111

Hybrid Trichome Research and Development Terpenes 111

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 18, 2023

The underlying green flower was a very dark forest green, but the trichome frost gave them a more yellow-amber hue at the surface. Thin and light orange hairs were dried against the surface of the flower and obscured by the dense trichome covering. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 98

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 98

Illinois News Joint

JULY 27, 2024

I went for a longer 72-day cut to really give the trichomes time to ripen, hung to dry, trimmed, then cured for 14 days in Mason jars. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Drying and curing have always been my weakest skills and definitely a place in the process where this cut could be improved even further.

Trichome 94

Trichome Hash Strains Hybrid 94

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 24, 2024

This Dream Cloud takes about 64 days to flower (under a Growers Republic 780W Full Spectrum light) and produces large olive-green buds covered in creamy trichomes with protruding rust-colored pistils. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Hybrid 105

Hybrid Trichome Patients Education 105

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 28, 2024

The uniform grass green coloring was further brightened by the large milky individually visible trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos Pointed with delicate thin-orange hairs preserved by the light-surface trim. The up and down headspace set Flurry apart as a unique experience.

Trichome 105

Trichome Hybrid Events Food 105

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

ILNJ photos One longer flower top alongside two smaller pointed popcorn buds carried varying shades of light-lime and dark-turf green, splashes of purple, clustered fire-orange hairs and a robust trichome covering the entire flower with a milky tone. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Collective 111

Collective Hybrid Trichome Cultivation 111

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 30, 2024

To celebrate the recent craft market expansion, News Joint Events is set to host more than 30 craft brands at the Illinois Craft Showcase 12-7 p.m. The trichome layer carried a milkiness throughout, reflecting the light at the edges of buds. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. 7 at Molly’s Joint.

Hybrid 104

Hybrid Trichome Indica Events 104

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. ILNJ photos To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Springy to the touch, these buds left a light stickiness on the tip of the finger after handling.

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Indica Strains Trichome Hybrid 116

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 1, 2024

The entire bud was highlighted with a dense trichome frost. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Five fluffy and lightly trimmed popcorn sized flowers carried a bright turf-green base tone. Bundled fire-orange hairs stuck to the surface in clumps but still displayed a delicate structure.

Indica 111

Indica Hybrid Trichome Strains 111

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. Visible milky trichomes dotted the surface, but the frost layer was light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Sativa 105

Sativa Hybrid Trichome Strains 105

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In early development, the green buds darkened, some pistils turned orange, and trichomes came earlier than expected. Then one day, I left for an event, and when I came home the following day, the leaves started turning purple. To learn about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Strains 111

Strains Trichome Events Sativa 111

Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 25, 2024

The trichomes were visibly amber, bringing additional warmth to the color palate. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos Five separate buds, two larger than the remaining three, carried a consistent lime color throughout with thick fire-orange hairs dried into the creases where sugar leaves had been.

Hybrid 105

Hybrid Trichome Events Cannabinoids 105

Illinois News Joint

MAY 21, 2024

Vibrant fire-orange hairs were thick, rising out and away from the milky trichome frost. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Breaking down the forest-green exterior revealed the brighter turf-green remnants of sugar leaf and left a stickiness on the finger. ILNJ photos The aroma was warm and dense.

Hybrid 105

Hybrid Trichome Strains Events 105

Illinois News Joint

MAY 15, 2024

Thick orange hairs curled inwards, becoming small clumps hiding beneath the light trichome layer that had just started to transition from milky to amber. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. These buds were tightly dried with a consistently dense texture from surface to core.

Hybrid 105

Hybrid Indica Trichome Strains 105

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2024

The trim job was light overall, which kept the trichomes relatively intact but left a few sugar leaves on the flower. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Underneath the sugar leaf, the bud was lively, as the included moisture pack had maintained the flowers springiness even inside a plastic jar.

Trichome 105

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 1, 2024

The jar contained seven large-to-popcorn size flowers that were frosty with trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos When I popped open the glass jar, I was blown back by the sweet, slightly grape-ish and pine fragrance that jumped out of the container.

Trichome 105

Trichome Sativa Strains Sleep 105

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 20, 2024

ILNJ photos These flowers were consistently bright-turf green, except the randomly bunched orange hairs and a dusting of solidly milky trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Terpenes were 2.209% of the total weight. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

Trichome 105

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

ILNJ photos A handful of closely trimmed, pointed popcorn buds carried a vibrant turf-green base color, some remnant of orange hairs, and a speckling of small but visible trichomes. ILNJ photos To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. The flower was very dense, a combination of structure and dryness.

Hybrid 111

Hybrid Trichome Research and Development Indica 111

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 3, 2024

A 30x magnification revealed a 4:1 ratio of plant matter to trichome pieces with tiny pieces of orange hair and sugar leaf revealing themselves under the scope. 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 111

Hybrid Trichome Hash Indica 111

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The trichomes were dense and visibly milky, sparkly when held up to a light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photo This eighth came as four medium-sized pointed flowers. The aroma inside the jar was a sweet and earthy mix of freshly turned soil, dark chocolate, black pepper, and cream.

Indica 105

Indica Trichome Hybrid Events 105

Illinois News Joint

MARCH 17, 2024

The trichome frost was bright and just transitioning from clear to milky, sparkling when held to the light. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This batch of flower tested at 0.12% CBDa, 1.19% CBGa, 33.33% THCa, and 34.64% total cannabinoids. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Trichome 110

Trichome Hash Indica Hybrid 110

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 24, 2023

ILNJ photos Visually, the eighth presented as several chunky flowers with a sparkling trichome frost that shrouded the underlying deep green tones and gave the fire orange hairs a sticky matrix to dry into. The sparkle to these flowers was particularly notable, and I spent quite a time admiring the well-preserved trichomes.

Trichome 98

Trichome Hybrid Indica Strains 98

Illinois News Joint

MAY 12, 2024

Core coloration of bright-turf green was almost entirely shrouded by deep-purple pieces of sticky-sugar leaf and an amber-trichome frost concentrated at the creases. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photo Four dense and tightly trimmed colas were thicker at the center than the base or tip.

Trichome 105

Trichome Indica Hybrid Sativa 105

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 16, 2024

ILNJ photos Five popcorn-sized buds carried a light-trichome frost on large deep-purple, almost-black sugar-leaf remnants that indicated the restrained hand trimming. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. This batch of flower tested at 0.75% THC, 24.23% THCa, and 26.18% total cannabinoids.

Hybrid 105

Hybrid Indica Trichome Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 30, 2023

ILNJ photos One thumb-sized cola and four small-popcorn buds carried a deep forest-green base tone beneath a smattering of curled in deep-royal-purple sugar leaves, rust-colored hairs, and a sparkling trichome frost that lightened the entire color profile. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 105

Trichome Hybrid Terpenes Events 105

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A light milky trichome frost concentrated at the creases where sugar leaves had once sat. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos A handful of small popcorn buds, representing a spectrum of size from tiny to just larger than actual popcorn, filled the bottom of the mylar.

Sativa 105

Sativa Strains Trichome Concentrates 105

Illinois News Joint

APRIL 13, 2024

Thick-orange hairs pushed through a dense milky trichome frost that covered the bright green base bud and purple sugar leaf pieces. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos Six total flowers, four larger than popcorn and two small stragglers were all lightly trimmed to a Christmas tree point.

Trichome 105

Trichome Hybrid Strains Events 105

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two large flowers with points reaching out from the rounded core were dark green at the base with thick bright-orange hairs reaching out and a milky trichome frost concentrated at the creases, where sugar leafs had once been. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Trichome 105

Trichome Strains Hybrid Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 25, 2024

The primary terpenes were limonene at 0.62%, β-caryophyllene at 0.33%, and ocimene at 0.28% ILNJ photos This picturesque half ounce came as eight thumb-sized cola tops with an almost black base color hiding beneath frosty trichome heavy creases, where sugar leaves had been and thick rust colored hairs that had dried into the body of the buds.

Hybrid 105

Hybrid Strains Trichome Terpenes 105

Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 9, 2023

ILNJ photo A small handful of loosely trimmed popcorn buds carried a deep forest green color that was almost entirely obscured by deep royal purple sugar leaf pieces and a frosty coating of milky trichomes. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. Overall, Cobra Milk was best fit for the end of the day.

Indica 111

Indica Hybrid Trichome Terpenes 111

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

ILNJ photos Three large buds, chunky near the base but reaching out into a point at their apex, carried a bright lime-green-base tone, clumps of curled orange hairs, and a dense trichome frost that brightened the base further. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Hybrid 111

Hybrid Trichome Terpenes Strains 111

Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The trichomes glittered under light ranging from clear at the center to a light-caramel amber at the surface. To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. The buds were well dried with a nerfy bounce back after pinched, leaving a light hash-style greasiness on the tips of my fingers.

Indica 104

Indica Trichome Hash Hybrid 104

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos Six long, sharply pointed Christmas-tree-shaped flowers made up the half ounce.

Sativa 111

Sativa Trichome Hybrid Strains 111

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. The buds were springy to the touch with the delicate structure still intact.

Trichome 111

Trichome Indica Hybrid Terpenes 111

Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The trichomes were visibly milky but shrouded by sugar leaf remnants. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here. ILNJ photos Seven small popcorn-sized buds carried a bright turf-green base tone with dried-orange hairs and tiny purple splotches adding highlights.

Indica 111

Indica Hybrid Sleep Trichome 111

Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

ILNJ photos Two large cola tips and a small popcorn piece carried a uniform lime-green base tone, accented by some deep-forest-green sugar-leaf remnants, wispy outreaching orange hairs, and a glistening milky trichome frost. To learn more about cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

Collective 105

Collective Hybrid Trichome Strains 105