Cannabinoids in Cannabis

Cannabinoids in Cannabis
Cannabinoids in Cannabis
Cannabinoids are chemical compounds that interact with the cannabinoids receptors in the body and that have similar effects to those produced by Cannabis Sativa L. Prior to the discovery of the endocannabinod system, it was often speculated that cannabinoids interact with cell membranes but discovery of the first cannabinoid receptors in the 1980s resolved the ongoing debate.… Read More

Terpenes and Cannabis

Terpenes and Cannabis
Terpenes and Cannabis
The term "terpene" is derived from the word "terpentine", an obsolete spelling of the word "turpentine" and was first coined by a German chemist August Kekulé in 1866. Terpenes represent a huge, diverse class of organic compounds, produced by a variety of plants, foods and insects. Terpenes are the primary components and building blocks of essential oils, resins and balms and they’re the ones responsible… Read More

Trimming cannabis plants

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trim
Trimming is essentially removing the unwanted parts of leaves and foliage from your buds and manicuring them for a better “bag appeal”. The process itself starts from defoliating your plants while they are still flowering and lasts up until we remove any leftover leaf matter, branches or stems prior to rolling a joint or loading a pipe, bong or a vaporizer.… Read More

Skunk

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Skunk is one of the old-school classic cannabis strains originating from the US. Often the word ‘skunk’, especially in the UK and Europe, has been used to name any good quality cannabis, regardless of the actual strain but Skunk is a strain of cannabis, just like Northern Lights, White Widow, Blue Dream or something else.… Read More

The Legendary Northern Lights

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Northern lights
As with almost all 'old' and classic strains, the tale of Northern Lights is somewhat clouded, but it's a good one. Northern Lights is a classic Indica strain with strong and noticeable Afghani heritage. Later hybridized with some Sativa strains this strain is (grand)parent to many great strains like Shiva Skunk, Super Silver Haze, Jack Herrer and Neville's Haze as well as one of the first autoflowering… Read More

Lowrider

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Lowrider is the first real commercialized autoflowering cannabis strain, known for its dwarf size. It reportedly took 9 generations to create the strain, one that would start the autoflowering revolution and fuel the new wave of indoor and outdoor growing around the world. Lowrider is the hybrid between Northern Lights #2, William's Wonder and Cannabis Ruderalis hybrid (named Mexican Rudy) and has… Read More