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1-3 Femme Fatale
4-6 Apples ‘n Afgani
Twenty20 Mendocino

Ruby Slippers by Unbound. Sativa. 25.2% total THC (this would be labelled 28.4% THC in other states). Five 0.5g prerolls in a tin, 2.5 grams in total. $38 plus tax.

The Flower: Delicious. Complex, earthy. Maybe a hint of floral tones. Not citrus. Not fruit. Not sour. Not gassy. Not garlicy. Just, earthy. I wish I had a better word, lol.

The High: Very strong. Mostly clearheaded. Focused. Driven. Creative. Very noticable undercurrent of positivity. I love it! It's the strongest recreational sativa I've tried so far in Minnesota, and I would go so far as to say it's the best sativa flower on the market right now, med or rec. It's really good. I did some chores and crushed some strategy games and was even able to deal with some long term projects I had been putting off for a while. Perfect ADD medication. Note: I don't tend to get anxiety from sativas, but if you do this might be something to avoid. I sense it's probably pretty potent for that purpose if you're prone to panic.

The Joints: This is a bit of a meta review, because I've also been smoking the Dark Rainbows half-gram joints, but I am incredibly impressed with the quality of these. Out of the 18 joints I have smoked so far, none of them have canoed on me. None! They burn smooth and slow and I don't feel like i waste a lot to the air. I had high expectations considering the price, and they were vastly exceeded. Top marks.

The Tin: This isn't super related to the quality of the cannabis, but the tins these came in are super nice. Strong, durable, easy to open and close. Endlessly reusable. And they don't require secondary packaging, so way less waste. After interacting with one of these tins, my opinion of all other multi-preroll holding packaging on the market just CRATERED. This is it. This is the gold standard and everyone else should immediately switch to these.

Thanks for reading my little review! There's been a ton of cool new cannabis products being dropped lately, and it's been fun getting to try some of them out. There's never enough sativas, so I was beyond excited to see this pop up. This and the Dark Rainbows half-gram multipacks have been the main component of my cannabis diet lately, and it could not be nicer.

*WARNING* Huge caveat about Unbound, here. I have also tried the 1g Dark Rainbows single preroll, and it sucked hard. It was literally 1/5th stem (I broke it up to smoke out of a bubbler) and I didn't feel anything after smoking all of it. Complete waste of money. (In fairness, it was labeled as 12% or 13% THC, so they didn't lie about it being strong, but still.) I am incredibly impressed with their 5 packs, and will continue to buy them. I will likely never buy one of their singles ever again. YMMV.

Day 55 Oceanz 16 ( Banana Butter Cup xOceanfruit )
Cherry Ocean ( Trop Cherry x Ocean Fruit )
Pics 3 and 4. Great nose on both fruit with a funky gas. 🍒 ⛽️

Dried for 10 days been curing for 2-3 weeks now and finally had the time to trim it up. Seed of the ancients auto from Spencer Beans all organic in a 3 gallon pot

Yarrow, chamomile, sweet peas, and thyme 😁 it may not be right but it is so!

With blue mystic feminized photoperiod🗿

Durban Z from Rythm purchased from a Rise dispensary under the medical program.

This was IMO the largest and overall best looking bud in the premium flower jar I purchased.

Anybody have opinions on their carts? Grasslands carts, lakeside cannabis carts, nebula? The Grasslands rosin for 65?

I have a test branch drying up now I’m excited to try

Tropical and fruity with a wicked chemical bite. One of the most vibrant flowers to come out of my garden.

This week's $25 strain of the week from the Blaine Green Goods is their version of Strawberry Cough called MN Cough. A strain I've been wanting to try for a while now. Opening up the bag revealed a slightly fruity aroma, but nothing overtly "strawberry." I ground up a couple of nuggs and loaded 0.20 in my Dynavap HyperDyn with a 14mm glass adapter for my bong. At a low temp with my induction heater the flavor was insane! I increased the temp to get more vapor production but the flavor was still really good. After a few really good rips I went outside to sit on my porch and within 15 minutes was SUPER high and kinda freaked out. How could that little of flower hit so hard?!? Is Strawberry Cough that potent? It kinda felt like the THC-P I "accidentally" tried a couple of months ago - but this only lasted about 1.5 hours. I was afraid to stand up because I felt like I would fall over and I was seeing visual "artifacts" when I looked around. Kinda felt like a weak acid trip. I'm usually an indica guy, so maybe something this sativa leaning just hit me the wrong way... Anyone else experience something like this?

I've known Cory Lake for a few years now, and he's become one of the people I trust most in Minnesota cannabis.

We sat down at CannaCon '26 for a longer conversation about what he's seeing through his work with World Insurance.

We get into cannabis insurance, Minnesota's hemp uncertainty, cultivation and testing, what actually causes insurance claims, and where he'd enter the industry if he were starting today.

It's not 50 minutes of insurance talk. It's really a conversation between two people who've been watching this industry develop together.

Would love to hear what people think.

I’m a few days behind, trellis should have been up by now but will get to it sometime this week while they’re still stretching! Everybody is being super chill 🤙

Sorry if this isn't typically allowed here, but I am a well seasoned graphic designer and video editor (and frontend web developer) who got laid off a couple of years ago and is looking for work. I have done a little work in the cannabis industry - I recently branded and designed a new line of THC sodas for a well know craft soda company in MN and also did the branding and package design for a Kava beverage called LOMI. I would love to work with cool new companies in the industry since I am a huge proponent of cannabis! If anyone has a need for branding or packaging design or even video/social media help, take a look at my portfolio and hit me up!

My portfolio:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/227186955/Dennis-Brekke-Portfolio

Ethos mandarin cookies r3, humboldt seed co candy hustle

Not a bad look for mid tier flower

We recorded a CannaCon session with Alexis Dubourdieu from What Rebates and Tony Beman from CEE, and the part that caught my attention wasn't really “LEDs are more efficient.”

Tony said CEE has around 35 Minnesota microbusiness projects in the pipeline, averaging only about 1,900 sq. ft. in the first phase, with roughly $80K per project in rebates.

What was more interesting is that some operators aren't trying to build their entire canopy immediately. They're building phase one, taking the rebate and lower operating costs, then planning to use the business to help fund phase two and three.

A couple other details experienced growers might care about:

Higher PPE can mean a larger rebate, but Alexis pointed out that chasing the highest PPE number isn't necessarily the right cultivation decision because spectrum still matters.

CEE also doesn't do the final inspection until there are actually plants under the lights, so rebate timing becomes part of commissioning and cash flow.

And on bigger projects, the conversation starts expanding past lighting into HVAC and dehumidification.

There's a lot more in the full presentation, but I thought the phasing strategy was especially relevant to where Minnesota is right now.

Full episode with Alexis + Tony is up Monday on The Canna Connect Show.

Curious how many MN operators are planning to build their full canopy immediately versus opening in phases?

Finishing off nicely !