Why we say cultivar, not strain
What a cultivar actually is, where the word strain came from, and why the growers we trust use the botanist's word. Nothing about the plant changes.
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The things we get asked at the counter, written down. Ask us anything — we have time.
Your first visit to Native Flower
What walking in is actually like — what to bring, what happens at the counter, and why "no idea what I want" is a perfectly good opening line.
Hash: varieties, differences, and how to identify them
Charas, Afghani, Moroccan, bubble hash, dry sift and rosin — how each is made, what it looks like, and how to tell them apart in the jar.
Joints: from simple spliffs to moon rockets
Papers, sizes, filters, cones and the elaborate end of the spectrum — a plain guide to rolling, and to what the different pre-rolls actually are.
A new world history of cannabis: 1492 to 1937
How cannabis arrived in the Americas as a fibre crop, what it was used for, and the sequence of events that turned it into a prohibited substance.
Terpenes: where the smell of cannabis comes from
Terpenes are why one cultivar smells of citrus and the next of diesel. What they are, and why your nose is a better guide than the label.
Transplanting cannabis clones
Choosing a healthy clone, knowing when it is ready, and the transplanting technique that gives it the best chance of establishing quickly.
Indigenous cannabis: a historical and modern perspective
Cannabis and hemp in Indigenous history, the sovereignty question behind dispensaries on treaty land, and why Native Flower operates the way it does.
Organic cannabis cultivation and living soil
Living soil, no-till growing and the soil food web — what organic cannabis cultivation involves, and why we grow our mother plants this way.
An introduction to hash
What hash actually is, where it came from, and how people use it. A plain starting point if flower is all you have ever bought.
How to identify quality cannabis flower
Trichomes, aroma, colour, moisture and structure — the five things worth looking at when you are judging dried cannabis flower at the counter.
Understanding the differences in cannabis oil
Distillate, honey oil and black oil are made in different ways and look different in the jar. How to tell them apart, and what each one is.
THC: a closer look
What THC is, how it forms in the plant, why heat is required to activate it, and what the number on a package does and does not tell you.
THC and CBD, compared
The two cannabinoids people ask about most — what they are, how they differ, and why the ratio on a package tells you more than either number.