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Ask any experienced grower if they have ever taken notes or kept a cannabis grow journal. The answer will overwhelmingly be yes. By tracking important variables in the garden, growers can look back a few days, weeks, or even years to find similarities when runs turn out perfectly or result in disaster. Chefs use specific …
Finally, the time has come. You’ve grown your first crop of beautiful cannabis flowers, harvested your buds (I hope you kept your trimmings; those are useful), and they look amazing—but wait! Before you light it up, there’s an essential final step that turns “meh” weed into MAGIC weed. Yup, I’m talking about curing. Never heard …
Perpetual means never-ending, and if you consider yourself a hardcore consumer of cannabis, then surely an endless head stash is what dreams are made of? There is nothing worse than running low on flowers, your remaining bubble hash seems to be getting smaller by the hour, and your friends are all in the same boat. …
If you have ever cured cannabis before, odds are you’ve had to burp your jars during the process. But have you ever wondered why burping weed is important? The short and sweet of it is that doing so removes the buildup of carbon dioxide and moisture in the jar caused by your buds. As for …
Before we get down to the brass tacks of freeze drying weed, it’s important to know that freeze-drying is not the same as putting your buds in a freezer. Freeze-drying cannabis is a more effective way of long-term storage as opposed to freezing cannabis. It ensures a longer shelf-life for your buds while also keeping …
Once your cannabis plants have reached maturity in the late flowering stages, they’ll look and smell beautiful. This is often when cultivators start to think about harvesting. Resist the temptation to harvest early and let your plants mature to get the best quality out of your grow. While it can be difficult to know when …
Are you all done growing? Once you’ve cultivated and harvested your plants, it’s time to put the finishing touches via drying and curing. Typically, the industry and community use a hang dry method or a combination of that and other solutions like rack and screen drying (see ILGM’s complete Drying guide for more details), but …
If you ask any grower which part of the cannabis contains the most cannabinoids, they’ll say it’s the trichomes. Cannabinoids aren’t produced in the flowers or leaves of cannabis. Instead, they are produced and stored in the tiny glandular hairs that you see on the surface of marijuana plants. Trichomes are also responsible for making …
As its name suggests, bud washing is the process of rinsing your freshly harvested buds until they’re clean. You don’t need to do it, but washing buds helps remove any dust, spores, or pesticides that bring down the quality of marijuana. Should you wash your buds after harvest? It depends. If you’re growing cannabis in …
Drying cannabis properly is one of the most important steps to ensure a quality harvest. This guide will simplify the drying process, showing you why it’s crucial, how to do it, and how to make sure you’re on the right track. If you’re a home grower looking for the best way to dry your buds …
Trimming is an essential skill when preparing cannabis buds for smoking. Knowing how to trim weed will lead to a smoother experience when smoking it. There’s also the benefit of better-looking buds once it’s bagged or stored, which is vital if you’re a commercial grower. Why Is It Important To Trim Marijuana? Regardless of whether …
The time has finally come when you can prepare your labeled curing jars in anticipation of the big harvest! Now, before we get into the specific signs and methods for determining cannabis harvest readiness, it’s important to understand why timing is such a big deal. Harvesting at the right time can mean the difference between …
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