Cannabis Education
Cannabis Flowering: 5 Tips for Success
5 Tips for Flowering Cannabis LED Grow Lights: Spectrum, Intensity, and Timing No shocker to anyone growing indoors, lighting is a significant component to harvest success. The light spectrum, intensity, and photoperiod all work together to steer cannabis plants toward flower and encourage specific morphological changes including density, coloration, and terpene development. The key to…
Read MoreThe Importance of Cannabis Quality Testing
Quality control testing is a mandatory requirement everywhere that has a regulated cannabis industry. Testing not only ensures products are free from contamination and safe for human consumption but also confirms that the claims on the label match what’s inside. Quality control typically involves several separate tests to determine sample potency, phytochemical profile (cannabinoids and…
Read MoreButane vs. Propane for Cannabis Extraction
Butane and propane are two light hydrocarbons that are used either separately or together to create high-terpene, high-cannabinoid extracts with minimal post-processing required. The main difference between butane and propane is that butane has a longer carbon chain and removes more constituents due to its polarity. It also generally creates harder, darker-colored extracts that are…
Read MoreKief vs. Hash – Differences, Uses, & Extraction Methods
The Differences Between Hash vs. Kief Hash and kief are two types of extracts from the cannabis plant that can be added to joints and bowls or used to make cannabis concentrates. However, while these two products are similar and the terms are often used interchangeably, they are not, in fact, the same thing. Cannabis…
Read MoreHow to Extract Terpenes
How to Extract the Most Terpenes When Making Cannabis Concentrates When making cannabis concentrates, the goal is typically to preserve as many terpenes as possible. After all, a terpene-rich cannabis extract is flavorful, aromatic, and potent, and it typically sells for more than your standard, run-of-the-mill concentrate with reintroduced or even non-cannabis-derived terpenes. But preserving…
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