Have you successfully grown your first cannabis plant and are now anxiously awaiting harvest time? This beginners guide will help you know when to harvest, how to harvest, and what to do with your harvest once it's ready.
The first, hardest, and most important part of the harvest process is knowing when to do so. Use the tips and tricks listed above for assessing the visual appearance of both the pistilsl and the trichomes to determine your harvest date.
The next step is to gather your materials. While you don't need anything fancy or special, it can be helpful to have the materials listed in the equiptmen section above.
For best results, preparing your drying space before getting started is important. Select an area where you can control the airflow, temperature, humidity, and light.
It is important to remember the difference between fan leaves and sugar leaves at this time. For this step, we are just removing the fan leaves.
Once you have removed all the fan leaves from the plant, it is time to cut them down and bring them into your drying space. Depending on your plant size, you can cut it down branch by branch, starting with the main stem, or cut the entire plant down at once.
This step is optional, but many outdoor cannabis growers prefer to wash the plant before drying. If you take this step, be aware that any extra moisture can cause mold formation, so it is very important to have a good handle on your temperature and humidity settings in your drying room.
fter deciding whether you want wet or dry trim, it's time to hang the plants to dry. In your drying room, hang the plants or branches upside down from your line or place them on a drying rack.
Once the buds and brings are completely dry, they can come out of the drying room. If you are dry trimming this can be done now. Once the buds are trimmed to your specifications, you can cut them one by one off the branches.
Place your freshly dried and cut buds into a mason jar with a Boveda humidity pack. Secure the lid. This begins the curing process. During the curing stage, you will leave the flower buds in the glass mason jars with the lids on. You will then remove the lids for a specific time each day, a technique known as "burping."
After 1-4 weeks of cure, you cannabis is ready for long term storage in an air-tight container like a mason jar. From here it is ready to smoke or to be decarbed to make edibles and topicals.
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