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After they are dried, but before your buds are ready to smoke, one final important step needs to occur. This is the trimming or removal of the “sugar leaves,” the smaller leaves around the bud that are usually covered in trichomes. This is primarily done for aesthetic purposes, but also can make the flower taste better when smoked. There are two main ways to remove the trim - by hand and with a machine. So what are the differences between hand trim and machine trim? Why is one usually more expensive than the other?

Cameron GlenJuly 6, 2020machine trim, hand trim, chlorophyll, trimming, crows feet, sugar leavesComment

Why Did I Find a Seed in My Bud?

Why did I find a seed in my bud? This is a question that has been posed to me more times than I can count, and with good reason. When a customer is paying a premium price, they certainly don’t expect to find a seed. While a bud with a couple seeds on the whole is not awful, it means the plant did not reach its full potential. Plants have a limited amount of energy to expend, when they make seeds it means they are using this energy to create seeds instead of bud structure and crystals.

Cameron GlenJuly 3, 2020seeds, growing, male plants, pollination, herming Comment

Should I Use Autoflowering Seeds?

I am constantly being asked what the best strains to grow are. One of the most common questions I am asked is whether or not autoflowering strains are the best option. The truth is that there is no one correct answer to this. Every grower has unique requirements when it comes to what type of plants will suit them best. Below I will explain what autoflowers are and who they are best suited for.

Cameron GlenJune 23, 2020autoflower, ruderalis, photoperiod, seeds, flowering, autoflowering, advantages, disadvantages, commercial grow, home growComment

There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Master Grower’

We’ve all heard of a “master grower” or know someone who has referred to themselves as such. This is what we think when we hear it:

“Oh. Where did you get your certifications? Do you have a degree in growing marijuana? can you grow indoors or outdoors, in any medium? How many new strains have you bred? How many plants have you ACTUALLY grown? Have you ever won an award?”

Cameron GlenNovember 9, 2019master grower, commercial cultivation, experienceComment

Trichome - The Most Mispronounced Word in Cannabis

First things first. It’s pronounced “TRY-comb.” There’s no second ‘r’ but for some reason people always say “TRY-chrome.” Even experienced growers. The simplest explanation for what trichomes are is the part of the plant that get you high. They are where the cannabinoids like THC, CBD, CBN, and CBG are found along with terpenes. Under a microscope trichomes look like little mushrooms.

Cameron GlenOctober 28, 2019trichome, terpenes, flavor, THC, CBD Comment

Clean Your Bong, Congresswoman

This week, nude photos of Congresswoman Katie Hill (D-CA) smoking a bong with her girlfriend were published in The Daily Mail and it caused quite a bit of uproar. While we certainly don’t condone this violation of her privacy by her estranged husband, we were outraged by Rep. Hill’s (in)action. Not by the “throuple” or the smoking of pot, but by her bong itself which The Daily Mail described ”filled with a murky brown liquid.” Gross. As we will discuss below, cleaning your glass is easy to do and should be done regularly.

Benjamin EisenbergOctober 25, 2019congress, katie hill, bong, cleaning glassComment

Why is my shatter green?

Green concentrates are thankfully becoming less common, but they still pop up from time to time. Some dispensaries have even tried to tout their green shatter as a good thing, marketing it and branding themselves as selling “green shatter.” The truth is that it is an error in processing that is inspired by greed. Green shatter or wax can be caused by two factors, machine trimmed weed and soaking product in an extracting solvent for too long.

Cameron GlenOctober 23, 2019concentrates, shatter, green, chlorophyll, processingComment

Why does my weed taste so harsh?

Have you ever smoked cannabis that tasted harsh and didn’t burn evenly? Did you wonder why? There is no one answer that encompasses why your weed is harsh because there’s a multitude of causes. Some of the most common reasons are: improper flushing, poor curing, residual pesticides, and mold.

Cameron GlenOctober 21, 2019harsh weed, flushing, curing, bad taste Comments

What is in this $0.99 preroll joint?

A common phrase we have all been taught since childhood is “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” A $0.99 preroll is no exception to that rule. Most manufacturers will have you believe that they are putting “small nugs” in their prerolls. If this were true it would be fantastic, but it’s not. Small nugs or shake as in prerolls is an idea that has been strategically cultivated by the industry to deceive the average consumer into believing they are getting a high-end product at a substantial discount. Instead, companies are buying wholesale trim from various vendors and stuffing it into a joint or blunt.

Cameron GlenOctober 17, 2019prerolls, dispensaries, deals Comment