It’s hard to break me away from the tried and true. After all, I had a grinder for at least ten years before I even thought about raising the bar and upgrading it. The grinder that I upgraded to is made of ceramic. It’s so smooth and it never gets stuck on anything, stems or an errant seed, although I’d be hard pressed to find one of those. Imagine my trepidation when the Tectonic 9 was delivered to my door. I had a perfectly good grinder, then upgraded to something that I always wanted. Now I was given the opportunity to try the Tectonic9. What should I do?
I’ve always used cannabis to unlock my intellect. Probably longer than you would imagine, since I’ve enjoyed the rational benefits of cannabis since about 1972. I could go on and on how cannabis has made me smarter, but unless you have followed my writing, you’d wonder how cannabis could do that. Certain cultivars have been known to enhance intelligence. GEN!US has taken the hard work out of this search and have dug a bit deeper in this regard. I’ve always said the ultra-high end of cannabis is for people who have more money than time. Time to search for the perfect strain? Not necessary to seek this cannabis grail without a little bit of help? That’s just GEN!US (!)
WB’s Note: I grew up on a Biodynamic/Organic farm in northern New Jersey. Part of the difficulty of growing crops outside is the mostly inclement weather. There are just too many variables at work to make farming anything less than controllable. Lack of sunshine, oft inclement weather- hail, snow, rain, insects, all contribute to short growing seasons and lack of a good investment harvest. To the commercial grower, outdoor growing can be rewarding, or it can be a loss of an entire grow, and you should pick which one is more enticing. I would pick the one with the most comfort for the investors. Which means, don’t mess it up or they are coming for their investment, as in right now! One of my fascinations in commercial growing is something that I saw in Arizona. It was a vast greenhouse, originally manufactured in Holland for growing tomatoes and tulips. What was being grown in this “Dutch” greenhouse was far from tomatoes and flowers. It was nearly three hundred thousand square feet of ultra-high-end cannabis and with the nearly 350 days per year of natural sunshine, this vast greenhouse earned it’s keep in short measure.
Allison Kopf is also intrigued by greenhouses and farming. If you read on, you’ll discover her passion for growing facilities and why we should embrace the sun.
Outdoor Grown in California WARREN BOBROW: IPHONE X
I live in New Jersey, which is light-years behind California on everything cannabis. That is why I pay so much attention to the cultivation scene on the West Coast. No matter how, if or when New Jersey is legalized, massive hurdles must be overcome, just to remain relevant. That’s why I suggest becoming more proficient with the terms MSO, SSO and… None of the Above. Good luck with cannabis in New Jersey, you’re going to need it!
Over the past week, since I returned from my one and one half days in Sonoma, California, my palate has changed yet again. Don’t get me wrong, I’m always going to speak about terroir and outdoor growing as my metier, but then I discovered A Golden State. It wasn’t because this cannabis is the most expensive, and it is. I think what it sold me was the product itself. The packaging is gorgeous, that is true, as in fine wine, the packaging means everything. Simplicity rules the day. However there is no pretty label cannabis here. You get to choose A Golden State because you want to try the top of the house. No, I won’t score A Golden State, but I will say they are doing a really fine job and you should try to discover them too. Thank you. WB
I’m a big fan of Flow Kana. They have taken the axiom of outdoor grown, sun drenched cannabis flowers and given the word craft, at least in the cannabis world new meaning. Craft cannabis means micro-farming in smaller amounts, not massive corporate grows. Craft cannabis means to me the similar approach to craft spirits. Something hand-made, with love. Flow Kana empowers the small growers with the art and science of cannabis growing. They have given new meaning to the word, craft.
Chris Folkerts, founder of Grenco Science COPYRIGHT 2016 ADAM STANZAK. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Because of the deep stigma surrounding smoke, be it cigarette or cannabis, the natural progression is towards smokeless solutions for most common medical cannabis needs. Please allow me to introduce Chris Folkerts, the CEO of Grenco Science. Chris is in the cannabis vehicle business, but instead of cars, he manufactures ergonomic delivery systems for ultra-high quality cannabis oils. And the cannabis oils themselves? They are produced by the finest extractors in the country. A win-win for the quality conscious fatigued by bad players in the cannabis extracts marketplace. Chris’s company and their product the G-Pen, brings new clarity to an incredibly foggy arena. And the oils? They are exceptionally delicious bursting with richly textured terpenes and lush, juicy flavors. I think they are a nice change of pace from the other vaporizers on the market. Great work Chris!
Chris Folkerts, founder of Grenco Science COURTESY: CHRIS FOLKERTS, FOUNDER OF GRENCO SCIENCE
Indose CEO and Founder Benzi Ronen PHOTO COURTESY: INDOSE
I love the cannabis micro-dosing, hand-held vaporizer named Indose. This marriage of medical-inspired design allows the cautious consumer of medical THC and CBD to control the exact intake of their medicine in an extremely non-confrontational manner. Smoke of any kind is definitely confrontational, especially with the sometimes pungent cannabis smoke. Everyone knows your business, therefore cannabis stigmas are perpetuated. It’s a fact of life out here in the eastern part of the country where smoking cannabis is still frowned upon, if not outright illegal. Enter the Indose. Hardly more than two and a half inches in overall length and about a half an inch in width. It’s handsomely designed with a pinched-in integral mouthpiece and comes very clearly marked either Sa for Sativa or In for Indica right on the top, no confusion here! They also have a Cb tag on their fine CBD oil vaporizer, which should be legal in all states. This thoroughly modern designed device is light weight and it even passes the toughest test of them all, the sometimes stressful TSA hand-search test at Newark Airport and then airline cabin pressure test. Yes, it passes through TSA and no it does not burst or leak under the 8000 foot pressure of an airline cabin. I’ve had some very bad luck with the 510 cartridges. Many don’t burst right away, some take a few days before releasing their sticky substances inside your purse or your pants pocket. The Indose passes my test for accidental drops, the construction is hard plastic. I’ve dropped mine a couple times with no damage. My iPhone would smash before this little device would! Durable! And the oils? They are gorgeous, lush and to the point. They come in a series of pure strains as I mentioned prior. The Indica, deeply sedative and introspective. The Sativa, a burst of intellectual agility, optimism, fun! Then the CBD, I’m not sure how it works, but in minute portions my feelings were softened, muted, calmed. I’m assuming that the CBD was from hemp instead of low THC, high CBD cannabis. The vaporizers are handsome, black on one side, white on the other. Very classy in design. The THC or CBD is measured in milligrams, from the just below one milligram to three milligrams. That helps you know exactly what you have inhaled. They micro-dose beautifully with their true to their own signature terpene profiles in their richly textured, expressive oils. I’m a big fan!
Andrew Boyens and his company Natty Rems was introduced to me by my dear friend the Xiaolin, who turns Andrew’s golden hued cannabis oil into a richly textured hand-crafted, excelsior cannabis cigars. An ultra-luxury creation in itself, a hand-made cannagar from an Xiaolin Cannagar, then there is that concentrated cannabis oil from Natty Rems, it’s that good! I’m incredibly lucky to be privy to the secretive world of cannabis concentrates. Especially ones from such high quality flowers, yes, they are their own!
500mg Live Resin Cartridge and Battery (Photo by Damian Weiler) 1-01(PHOTO BY DAMIAN WEILER)
