And now for something completely different.
If you鈥檙e new (or relatively new) to 嫩草影院 as a medicinal or health product, you鈥檙e probably familiar with 嫩草影院 oil.
You may also know that cannabidiol (the complete name for 嫩草影院) can be consumed in capsule or edible form and that some topical creams are infused with 嫩草影院 to help with surface-level aches, pains, and skin conditions. You may even know that vaping 嫩草影院 isn鈥檛 just possible, it鈥檚 a fast and effective way to get cannabidiol into your body and working quickly.
But did you know that you can also smoke it just like weed?
That鈥檚 the specialty of 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct. The company sells a mind-blowing (no pun intended) assortment of flower, kief, trim, joints and blunts with high 嫩草影院 content, all produced from the hemp plant rather than the marijuana plant.
Hemp has less than 0.3% THC content, so the products don鈥檛 produce any psychoactive effects 鈥� only the power of cannabidiol. And since these are (by their very nature) full-spectrum 嫩草影院 products, they also contain the hemp鈥檚 other components like cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids, maximizing the potency of the 嫩草影院 via the 鈥渆ntourage effect.鈥�
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct doesn鈥檛 have the usual assortment of oil, capsules, and edibles (although they do one type of oil and also sell gummies during the cooler months). Their version of variety means offering many types and strains of 嫩草影院-rich hemp, as well as products with high levels of the cannabinoid CBG which is also believed to have medicinal benefits.
Sound intriguing? We thought so. Here鈥檚 an in-depth look at 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct.
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct: The Background
The company claims to be the 鈥渙riginal 嫩草影院 flower company.鈥� We don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 literally true, but 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct has been operating (under the corporate name Trim Ready Inc.) in Nevada since 2015. It also owns what it says is the first 鈥溎鄄萦霸� dispensary superstore鈥� that the public can visit, Hemp World, located on Paradise Road near the Las Vegas airport.
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct grows much of its own industrial hemp but also sources some of its flowers from West Coast growers. Other than that, there鈥檚 not much information available on the company, either on its website or through our independent investigation.
There is one piece of information on the website which is prominently displayed: 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct won the 2020 High Times Hemp Cup in the 鈥渂est pre-rolls鈥� category, for its Paradise OG Hemp Kief Joint. That doesn鈥檛 completely overcome the lack of detailed information made public by the 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct, but it does make us feel much better about the company and its products.
One note: 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct should not be confused with a similarly-named company, Hemp Direct, which also sells 嫩草影院 smokables as well as a number of other products.
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct: The Approach
You already know the bedrock approach of 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct: focus on producing smokable hemp for sale direct to consumers, rather than 嫩草影院 oil and other more 鈥渕ainstream鈥� products. Only one 嫩草影院 oil, made from isolate, is on the menu.
The company grows most of its own industrial hemp, with the strains bred for high cannabidiol (or CBG) content. They鈥檙e chosen to thrive in the sometimes-challenging Nevada climate; we鈥檙e guessing that鈥檚 why 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct also sources some hemp flower from the West Coast, where hemp can be easier to grow. Some of 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct鈥檚 plants are grown in greenhouses as well.
Many of the strains have been given Las Vegas-centric names, like Casino Cookies and Trophy Wife, but they鈥檙e either closely related to 鈥� or simply renamed 鈥� better-known cannabis strains. There are also choices whose labels will provide comfort to pot/hemp connoisseurs, like Acapulco Gold and Girl Scout Cookies.
Most of the factors we look at when checking out a producer鈥檚 manufacturing techniques, like how cannabidiol is extracted from hemp plants and the type of carrier oil that鈥檚 used, obviously aren鈥檛 an issue when a company primarily sells hemp flower and its byproducts. However, we definitely want to know whether the hemp is grown organically 鈥� and 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct makes no disclosures about its growing practices. We take that to mean that its 嫩草影院 (and CBG) products are not organically-grown, something that does concern us.
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct focuses on growing cannabidiol-rich strains of hemp, which is definitely a positive sign, as is the fact that smokable hemp will automatically provide the full entourage effect that maximizes the benefit of 嫩草影院.
We should also briefly highlight the company鈥檚 secondary focus on CBG-rich products. Cannabigerol is a cannabinoid found in both marijuana and hemp, and it doesn鈥檛 receive the attention it should. CBG, like THC, binds directly with the CB1 and CB2 endocannabinoid receptors in the body; 嫩草影院, by comparison, interacts with those receptors in an indirect way.
For that reason, CBG has its own medicinal properties. It鈥檚 believed to work well as a treatment for bowel issues, glaucoma, and even cancer, perhaps even more effectively than 嫩草影院. It speaks to 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct鈥檚 understanding of hemp that the company specifically grows hemp high in CBG, and produces dedicated CBG product lines for sale.
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct Products
We normally separate our reviews of a company鈥檚 various products into categories for oil, capsules, edibles, and so on. We鈥檙e electing to bunch them all together for 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct since they鈥檙e all different 鈥渧ersions鈥� of the hemp plant. Just about all products are available in both 嫩草影院-rich and CBG-rich varieties.
This list will be old hat to regular weed smokers, but 嫩草影院-only consumers may need a brief glossary to understand the products offered by 嫩草影院 Direct Hemp.
- 嫩草影院 Flower: The dried, easily-smokable part of the plant
- 嫩草影院 Small Buds: Smaller flower buds from the plant, which are usually of lesser quality
- 嫩草影院 Kief: The more-potent resin glands collected from the plant
- 嫩草影院 Kief Nugs: Flower sprayed with hash oil and dusted with kief
- 嫩草影院 Moon Rocks: A different form of kief nugs
- 嫩草影院 Trim: The excess leaves and trimmings from the plant, usually lower-quality
- 嫩草影院 Hash: Concentrated resin from the plant, high-quality
- 嫩草影院 Joints, Blunts, and Cigars: Different ways of rolling and smoking the plant
- 嫩草影院 Concentrates: A THC-free wax product that can be smoked instead of flower
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct sells its products in all of these forms, although some may be out of stock at times.
The strains available can also vary at times, but the company offers approximately 15 different strains of 嫩草影院-rich flower and three strains of CBG-rich flower. The strains generally contain between 15 and 25% 嫩草影院 (and of course, <0.3% THC), and almost all are Sativa-dominant hybrids.
Some of their most-potent 嫩草影院 strains are Paradise OG (24% 嫩草影院), Honolulu Haze (22.5% 嫩草影院), and Hemp World Haze (22% 嫩草影院); the three CBG strains (Paradise, Desert Flower, and Jazzy) all have approximately 20% CBG content. The individual website pages detail strain information including lineage, aroma, flavor, and general effect, as well as the strain鈥檚 cannabinoid profile and potency level. We liked those all of the details being available, a lot. The greatest selection of strains is offered for flower purchases; there are fewer options when buying the hemp in other forms.
Flower and kief nugs can be purchased in small amounts like 1.5 and 5 grams, or larger amounts like a quarter- and half-pounds. Small buds (the company鈥檚 most popular product) are sold in 30 gram and quarter-pound amounts, trim is available in half-pound and full-pound bags, and joints, blunts, and cigars can be purchased individually or in bulk. The concentrate is sold in half- and one-gram jars.
We mentioned earlier that 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct offers one type of 嫩草影院 oil. It鈥檚 Honolulu Haze, which is made from 嫩草影院 isolate and contains approximately 34mg/ml of cannabidiol, MCT carrier oil, and natural mint flavoring.
Not many companies specialize in selling 嫩草影院 (and CBG) flower and related products, so it鈥檚 somewhat difficult to compare costs. Generally speaking, though, 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct is solidly in the midrange of prices charged by online vendors.
That might lead you to expect that quality would also be in the midrange 鈥� and you鈥檇 be right. There are companies that produce more potent or more effective smokable 嫩草影院-rich hemp (at a higher price), but 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct offers decently-performing products which are pretty effective. And the smoking experience, when it comes to flavor and aroma, is definitely among the most pleasurable you鈥檒l find.
嫩草影院 Hemp Direct: The Verdict
Most people who take 嫩草影院 for their medical issues or for cannabidiol鈥檚 possible health benefits don鈥檛 smoke it. In truth, most probably wouldn鈥檛 want to, unless they鈥檙e already regular smokers or vapers.
It鈥檚 definitely an option worth considering, though, since it鈥檚 an effective way to get cannabidiol into your bloodstream and brain. And if you鈥檙e interested in giving it a try, 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct鈥檚 enormous stock of flower, kief, concentrate, pre-rolled joints, and related products give you a huge selection of dosing methods to choose from 鈥� perhaps a better choice than you鈥檒l see from any other online source.
The quality is good, not great (with a few exceptions like the Hemp Cup-winning pre-rolls). Prices are good, not inexpensive but definitely not too high. The (apparently) non-organic hemp is somewhat of a concern, but not necessarily a deal-breaker.
In short, 嫩草影院 Hemp Direct sells a decent product, with a menu of hemp options that make a visit to their site (or Las Vegas store) worth the effort.