How To Harvest Cannabis, Cut, Hang, Dry, Trim & Cure Cannabis in Jars or Grove Bags - Step By Step!

Hope this video helps! If you have questions or comments about the harvest or cure, we’re happy to answer questions and even happier if you have some tips for us!

Note: BEFORE YOU CUT ONE STEM, make sure you have established a drying room where you can control the temperature and humidity.
[00:00] How To Harvest, Hang, Dry, Trim & Cure Cannabis
[03:13] Weed Pr0n - Showing Off Our Plants - You Can Skip This!!!
[05:15] Step 1 - Get Prepared - Set Up Your Dry-Room & Check Tools / Supplies
[05:46] Step 2 - Cut Down Your Plants & Remove Fan Leaves
[10:24] Step 3 - Hang The Cannabis
[12:44] Step 4 - How To Dry Cannabis
[25:36] Step 5 - Check For Dryness - Humidity 57-62% RH (Relative Humidity)
[26:32] Step 6 - How To Trim Cannabis (Dry-Trim)
[32:56] Step 7 - How To Cure Cannabis - The Basics
[37:58] Grove Bags: How To Cure Cannabis In Grove Bags
[42:20] Mason Jars: How To Cure Cannabis in Mason Jars

How to Harvest Cannabis (Cutting Them Down)
Tools / Equipment:
Big shears/snippers
Small trimming scissors (fiskars)
Trimbin (nice to have)

Method:
Cut the branches (tip: remember to create a “hanger” for each branch)
Trim fan leaves off
Leave the sugar leaves on
Hang on hangers

How To Hang Cannabis For Drying
Tools / Equipment:
Hangers (ordinary clothes hangers)
Twine or twist-ties to secure stems to hangers.
Hanging wires or rods to put the hangers on (clothesline concept)

Objective: to dry the plants evenly
Have enough space between the branches / plants

How To Dry Cannabis
Tools / Equipment:
An enclosed room which can be kept dark.
Dehumidifier and / or humidifier
Fan
Heating / cooling control
Hygrometer / thermometer

Method:
Takes 7-10 days ideally.
Ensure air flow but not direct blowing at the plants.
Keep temperature cool to avoid rot/mold.
Keep the humidity low enough to avoid rot/mold.

Carefully control the temperature and humidity in the room
Old-school: 60 f / 15.5 C (we now dry at 68 F)
60% humidity
Keep dark
Approximately 7 -14 days

How to know when the plants are finished drying:
Feel them not crunchy and not “fresh)
Bend a stem.
Check with a hygrometer.

Dry-trim
When you think the buds are dry to 60% it’s time to dry-trim before jarring
Remove sugar leaves but save them for infusions / edibles.

Curing
Grove bag method works like magic – pop em in and keep dark & cool 3 weeks – boom.
Mason jar method – put them in jars.

How To Trim Cannabis (Dry-Trim)
Tools / Equipment:
Small trimming scissors (fiskers)
Nitrile gloves
Rubbing alcohol
Trim-bin (optional – ergonomic and traps keef!)

Method: 
After checking humidity on first buds (57-62% Relative Humidity)

So why trim before you check them in the jar?
We are focused on getting the buds started on the curing phase ASAP; the trim is less important but We do cure it (separately) for infusions and edibles.

When the humidity is perfect, that 57-62% humidity range – what’s next?
There are two different methods i use for curing cannabis:

HOW TO CURE CANNABIS IN GROVE BAGS
Make SURE the buds are at the correct humidity (57-62% RH) BEFORE you put them in the Grove Bags.
Then just put the buds in the grove bags and leave them alone.
Keep them in a cool, dark place.
The room should be neither too hot nor too cold, 65-70 F.
Over 78 F degrades terpenes.
After about 3 weeks they are ready to smoke, but longer is even better.
The technology is proprietary so who knows how it works, but you don’t have to do anything.
The cool thing about curing in grove bags is that no burping is required.
The bags have humidity control in themselves.
No burping, no farting around.

 
How To Cure Cannabis In Mason Jars

Conventional burping seems to be releasing too much of the terps.
But the buds are producing CO2 gas which needs to be released, so you need to burp them

Here’s our method:
Starting week 1: once a day or so open them and check the smell and the texture
After that, we find that burping the jars every couple of days just for a minute or two is fine.
Burping the jars gives you a chance to monitor the smell.
If your weed has an ammonia or other foul smell, you might need to take the buds out and let them dry more.
If your nugs are sticking together in the jar, they may be too moist.
If you have any doubts about the humidity, pull out your hygrometer, pop it in the jar and check the humidity.

How long do you cure cannabis in the jars?
Once the buds are in the jars, they stay there for at least 3 weeks before they are cured.
Some say it’s like wine and improves with age.

How long can the cannabis stay in the jars?
We don’t know exactly - probably for years - it never lasts that long around here!
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