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Aspergillus Testing

Lab screening for four mold species in the Aspergillus genus that can cause serious lung infections in vulnera...

7 sources 1 week ago

Autoflower

A cannabis plant that begins flowering based on age rather than light cycle, due to Cannabis ruderalis genetic...

3 sources 2 months ago

Bowl Pack

A single loaded chamber of a pipe or bong, ready to be smoked; also the act of loading it.

4 sources 1 month ago

Bubble Hash

A solventless cannabis concentrate made by agitating frozen plant material in ice water to separate trichome h...

3 sources 4 weeks ago

Bud

The dried, cured flower of a female cannabis plant — the part most people smoke, vaporize, or process into oth...

8 sources 2 months ago

Budder

A soft, creamy cannabis concentrate produced by whipping extracted oil until it takes on a butter-like consist...

3 sources 1 month ago

Bushy Growth

A short, wide plant structure with dense foliage and many side branches, typical of indica-leaning cultivars.

4 sources 1 month ago

Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)

A soil or substrate's ability to hold and exchange positively charged nutrient ions, measured in milliequivale...

4 sources 1 month ago

Charas

A handmade, hand-rubbed cannabis resin produced primarily in the Indian subcontinent, distinct from pressed ha...

6 sources 2 months ago

Clone

A genetically identical cutting taken from a mother cannabis plant and rooted to grow as a new plant.

5 sources 2 weeks ago

Dab Rig

A water pipe designed to vaporize cannabis concentrates by heating a banger or nail and inhaling the resulting...

4 sources 3 days ago

Fan Leaf

The large, iconic multi-fingered leaves of the cannabis plant that drive photosynthesis but contain little usa...

5 sources 6 days ago

HID Lights

High-intensity discharge lamps — the old workhorse of indoor cannabis cultivation, now being displaced by LED.

3 sources 2 weeks ago

Hair Follicle Test

A drug test that detects cannabis metabolites trapped in growing hair, offering the longest detection window o...

4 sources 1 week ago

Isolate

A cannabis extract refined to a single cannabinoid, typically 95%+ pure crystalline powder with no terpenes or...

4 sources 1 day ago

Kief

The loose powder of resin glands that falls off cannabis flower, made up mostly of broken trichome heads.

4 sources 2 months ago

Nug

Slang for a single cured cannabis flower — the dense, trichome-covered bud that gets sold, smoked, and Instagr...

4 sources 3 weeks ago

PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation)

The slice of sunlight plants actually use for photosynthesis, measured in micromoles of photons per square met...

7 sources 1 day ago

Pinner

Slang for a very thin, sparsely rolled joint — often a half-serious insult about the roller's stinginess or sk...

2 sources 2 months ago

Pistil

The hair-like reproductive structures on female cannabis flowers that catch pollen and change color as the pla...

4 sources 4 weeks ago

Pre-flower

The earliest visible reproductive structures on a cannabis plant, used by growers to determine sex before full...

2 sources 1 month ago

Quartz Nail

A heat-retaining quartz dish or banger used to vaporize cannabis concentrates in a dab rig.

3 sources 1 week ago

Reclaim

The dark, sticky residue left behind in a dab rig after concentrates are vaporized, sometimes re-used by fruga...

3 sources 1 week ago

Reflector Hood

A reflective fixture that surrounds a grow light to redirect stray photons down onto the canopy.

3 sources 1 month ago