{"id":5202,"date":"2015-12-14T20:47:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=45734"},"modified":"2015-12-14T20:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T20:47:41","slug":"cherry-limeaid-smokes-the-competition-at-2015-emerald-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/cherry-limeaid-smokes-the-competition-at-2015-emerald-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCherry Limeaid\u201d Smokes The Competition at 2015 Emerald Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/cherry-limeaid-smokes-the-competition-at-2015-emerald-cup\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Heads up High Times Cannabis Cup, it&#8217;s time to roll over and accept the fact that your <strong>THC rich event<\/strong> may no longer be the gold standard for marijuana aficionados within the industry \u2013 particularly for those <strong>skilled cultivators<\/strong> in northern California who prefer their flower to be grown outdoors \u2026 and fed with organic nutrients.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting some of the newest and best strains of organically grown marijuana in North America, <strong>The Emerald Cup<\/strong> (a.k.a. <em>The E-Cup<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/11\/the-emerald-triangle-celebrates-outdoor-cultivation-the-emerald-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northern California&#8217;s celebration of all things cannabis<\/a>, fired up this past weekend in Santa Rosa, California. With its largest attendance ever showing up on Sunday, the E-Cup packed its two-day celebration of <strong>organically grown<\/strong> <strong>marijuana<\/strong> at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45738\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-14-at-8.40.35-AM.png?8bcc36\" alt=\"477 strains Competed at the 2015 Emerald Cup\" width=\"250\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">477 strains Competed at the 2015 Emerald Cup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite this year\u2019s $250 entrance fee, meant to cover the cost of testing the many samples for pesticides, fungicides and other harmful chemicals, the sweet two-day event drew more than 21,000 visitors to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/home\/4911411-181\/emerald-cup-marijuana-festival-draws?gallery=4922070&amp;artslide=0#The%20Emerald%20Cup\">online reports<\/a>. Growing leaps and bounds from last year&#8217;s crowd of 13,000, and blasting past 2013\u2019s attendance of 7,000, the seedling for the E Cup was initially planted in Mendocino County over 12 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Originally held outside, this once mud covered and saturated event was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2013\/12\/the-2013-emerald-cup-moves-from-area-101-cultivates-new-digs-at-sonoma-county-fairgrounds\/\" target=\"_blank\">relocated to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds after 2012<\/a> \u2013 helping the event to triple its overall attendance. Well-liked among the many growers that call the \u201cEmerald Triangle\u201d home, the Emerald cup originally started as a local competition between cultivators in Northern California&#8217;s Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45741\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-14-at-8.41.42-AM.png?8bcc36\" alt=\"&quot;Cherry Limeaid&quot; Smokes Competition at The Emerald Cup\" width=\"700\" height=\"524\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Cherry Limeaid&#8221; Smokes Competition at The Emerald Cup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The event&#8217;s initial intention was straightforward and critical; to enlighten the cannabis community about the virtues of Sun grown, organically fed, marijuana. As such, the E-Cup is not only a contest that selects merely the best strains in their respective category, but rather a gathering of the Tribes for Northern California\u2019s many cultivators and 420 aficionados.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Jackson Zenter\u2019s \u201c<strong>Cherry Limeaid<\/strong>\u201d left the competition in a cloud of smoke. Beating out the competition from NorCal, who threw 477 strains at the E Cup judges, the wining strain earned Jackson a round-trip ticket for two to the birthplace of Bob Marley \u2013 Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>According to the E-Cup organizer, he\u2019s already confirmed next year\u2019s date for the event the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheEmeraldCup\/\">FB\/The Emerald Cup<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In the below video &#8220;Uncle Stoner&#8221; explains the criteria and takes you for a quick tour around the 2015 Emerald cup\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Enjoy.<br \/>\n<span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='560' height='315' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6fXy5zFWVeE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up High Times Cannabis Cup, it&#8217;s time to roll over and accept the fact that your THC rich event may no longer be the gold standard for marijuana aficionados within the industry \u2013 particularly for those skilled cultivators in northern California who prefer their flower to be grown outdoors \u2026 and fed with organic [&#8230;] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2590,45,4976,2437,9,1,3,4975,4977],"tags":[2592,2628,4979,2443,4978,4980],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}