Cannabis flowers offer the entire full plant consumption experience, providing flavors as well as a bountiful entourage high. But did you know there are different ways to consume cannabis flowers? In this blog post, we’ll explore the different methods to use strictly flowers and how each affects your experience.

What’s in Cannabis?

Cannabis is a plant that stimulates both mental (psychoactive) and physical (analgesic) effects. These effects can address both medicinal and recreational needs. On the plant’s leaves can be found white “crystals”, aka trichomes, that carry the cannabinoid and terpenoid compounds. When one consumes flower, they’re converting the entirety of these two classes of compounds into what we call the entourage effect.

In contrast, other forms of cannabis products, such as edibles or concentrates, break down a flower into separate compounds. A manufacturer can manipulate the whole plant offering into something they believe delivers effects a consumer wants.

Techniques

There are two main approaches for consuming flower:

Combustion (Smoking) – The use of a tool that burns the flower material, releasing the cannabinoids and terpenoids found on the leaves all at once. Though quick, combustion releases potential damaging toxins like tar and monoxide into the lung.

Convection (Vaping) – The use of a tool that passes hot air across flower material at a user-defined temperature, to methodically release cannabinoids and terpenoids based on their vaporization temperatures. Unlike combustion, vaping has less harmful levels of toxins due to the significantly lower temperatures. Using temperature control also allows for gradual vaporization, allowing you to make a cannabis stash last longer.

Advantages of Flower

  • Get the full spectrum of cannabinoids and terepenoids in a plant
  • Smell the aromas and taste the flavor profile
  • Almost immediate effects, which can make for more accurate dosing.
  • Many flower choices on the market, which can also be mixed together to fit your need

Disadvantages of Flower

  • Flowers alone might not contain enough cannabinoids for high dose patients
  • Shorter Duration of effects, so more sessions may be needed
  • Trichomes are very sticky, and handling flower can get messy
  • Weed can go stale if improperly stored, resulting in more sleepy effects as CBD converts to CBN

Conclusion

When it comes to cannabis, flowers are the best way to achieve full spectrum results. You have many different choices when it comes to cultivars and each one provides you infinite control over your experience. Tracking what works help you monitor your effects and outcomes so you can get the most from your cannabis flowers and flower blendds. What has been your favorite flower choice so far?