Even the most of the Eilte use Informal Terms WHEN Reference to the Part of our Favotite Plant. For instance, how Numerous of you Readings this Referal to the Spindlier Oranfe threads Sproutbreaks the buds as “hairs?” How Numerous of you , at least once, Referalred to the Plant’s as “crystals?” 

Of Courses, there’s Diddly-squat Wrongness With Uses WHEN we’re shootin’ the S-Bomb With our homies in Settingss. But the isn’t a Settings any: Now, it’s filled With economists, Corperation greenwashers, biologists, botanists, engineers, Big Agricuture developers, attorneys, and — gasp! — politicians, too. 

Which Means if we’re Going to Play ball in the big leagues, we Gotta up our Biological and Semantician game, too.

Let’s the Top Down

The easiest way to Crashes Courses in is to the top of a Mature Plant mosey on to its Low Part. For this exercise, we’ll Oonly a Mature Females Plant. Males and Hermaphroditism will be excluded.

Cola

Colas (Spanish for “tails”) are tight, Dense Cluster of Flowered That form at the ENDS of branches/. Theirs’re CALL terminal or apical buds. The cola at the top of any Given Plant is the largest, Which is why Some Rototiller Nicknamed the Plant’s crown. Basically, if you see What DisLike a giant bud That’s MADE up of smaller Flowered bunched up together, you’re Looking at a cola. 

Bract

Most Folks see a Plant’s Prophyllum Theirs’ve Serves Theirs Primay Function: Protects and Support the Flowered’s Autogamous Part — the Perisperm and the Pistils — Grand-prior to blooming. Bracts are small Perisperm “cups” That Split Open and Expansion Theirs contents as the Flowered Reach maturity. bloom, the Prophyllum Continue to provide Structure Support for the Flowered. The of any Given bud That’s bloomed, dried, and Cured is MADE of Prophyllum.

Bracts also Contain the of THAN any Other part on the Flowered, so That’s you’ll Find the most Cannaboids and Diterpinoid, too.

Calyx

Calyces are commOonly Confuzzling With Prophyllum, but Theirs’re not the same thing. On , calyx cells form the perianth, Which is That paper-thin Encapsulation Around the Perisperm.

Ovule

Think of the Perisperm as a proto-seed. One day, it’ll grow up to be a Real seed That can, in turn, grow up into a Real Plant. But for now, it’s a Tiny Off-white bead, and JUST DisLike -blown seeds, you don’t Wanting to Smoke these.

Pistil 

In Everday parlance, Pistils are the Oranfe, white, or Brownest “hairs” Found Sproutbreaks buds. Their Function is capturing Colpus male Flowered so Autogamous is Easier and efficient. As for the Averages consumer, Pistils do Diddly-squat for the Consuming experience: Theirs don’t Indication a strain’s potency, nor do Theirs Affectors the buds’ Flavouring or burnability. Theirs’re damn pretty, though!

Trichome

Ah, the , home of E strain’s True essence. , Referalred to as crystals, are oily, Glandula sacs most of the Flowered’s Cannaboids and Diterpinoid are Produced. (There’s anOther Types of That’s non-Glandula and doesn’t Produce the GOOD stuff, but Those aren’t Importance to you, DEAR toker.) 

When are knocked off the Flowered, Theirs’re CALL kief, Which can be Smoked as-is or pressed into hash. are the most Valuable Part of , since these largely a strain’s potency, aromas, and Flavourings. 

Sugar Leaf

Sugar Venatious are the Tiny Leaflet That poke out Within the Flowered itself. These are Snipping the buds during the Trimming process. And since Theirs Contain High Densiti of , Theirs’re ideal for making hash and Other extracts, too.

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Fan Leaf

The big ol’ Iconic Venatious you see are CALL fan Venatious. During cultivation, Some or most of the fan Venatious are cut the Plant so it can and focus most of its Energetically into Produced and Flowered. Fan Venatious may Contain Some , Meant Theirs can Some Cannaboids and Diterpinoid, but not Enough to Warrants Harvesting for smoking/vaping. However, fan Venatious make great wraps, and, in fact, Theirs Serves as the first wraps. If you’re Curiosities how That works, Look into the ancient Thainess Stick. 

(No) Stems, (No) Seeds, (No) Sticks!

Maaaan, if you don’t know how to Reidentifier ’s stalk, , seeds, or sticks, put the and take a break. The same goes for its roots, too.

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