HOW TO GROW MARIJUANA INDOORS: curing & storage
vIDEO TRANSCRIPT
INTRO
Hi, I’m your prof from Indica Institute, and this is my beginners course on how to grow cannabis indoors. I’ve designed this course to teach beginner gardeners how to grow their own cannabis plants, so I hope you enjoy, learn and share. Visit me at indicainstitute.com, or subscribe to my YouTube channel to gain access to a growing list of cannabis related courses, tips, and more. I hope you find my videos useful, and please like and subscribe so I can continue making more videos like these!
BODY
Hi and Welcome back to my beginner class “How to grow cannabis indoors.” This is the final lesson of the course where I’ll tell you how to properly cure your buds and place them in long term storage. For this lesson you will need rubber gloves, scissors, 1 quart mason jars and a hygrometer. The objectives of this lesson are to learn to: Properly cure your buds, and Properly store your cured buds in long term storage of 6 months or more.
All links mentioned in this video can be found in the video description, along with a link to Indica Institute where you can find a growing list of cannabis related courses and recommendations on the best products for purchase. I’d also like to give a special thanks to my partners at FourBudz grow equipment for supporting free cannabis education. You can check them out at fourbudz.com.
In our last lesson you hung up your buds to dry for 3-10 days, and by now they should be ready for the curing process. If you have not already done so, trim your buds off the larger branches. Place the stem-free buds in mason jars up to about the ¾ point and close the lid. Try to use mason jars as their seal tends to be the most effective. Write the date and strain on a piece of tape and place it on the jar for future reference if desired. This is useful if you are staggering the cure times of your buds to determine the best time to start the curing process, as directed in the last lesson.
If using a mini hygrometer, and this is highly recommended, place it inside one of the jars. Rotate which jars you put it in daily, in order to get a good read of how your buds are doing in varying jars. You are aiming for an relative humidity level of about 65-70. Over several days to weeks you should expect your relative humidity reading to drop to between 60-65 though. Open the jars at least once or twice a day for a few seconds to release any moisture buildup, and to check on them. If the outside of the buds feel wet to the touch, leave the jar open until they feel dry again. This will help prevent mold from growing. If it smells bad when you open the jar, inspect the buds thoroughly and throw away any that you think may have mold. Then place the lid on the jars and repeat the process daily.
Continue this process of checking and re-sealing the jars daily for two weeks, at which point, only open the jars once a week. If the buds still feel wet to the touch during this stage, go back to checking on them once or twice a day until they feel dry to the touch for a full week. After a 2-3 week curing period your buds are ready to smoke, although you can continue the curing process for up to 5 or 6 months with continued subjective benefits to both taste and psychoactive effects.
After 5 to 6 months there is no further benefit to curing, so your buds are ready for long term storage. Keep the buds labelled and in their mason jars for long term storage. Place the jars in a dry dark room temperature cabinet. You may also vacuum seal your buds in plastic and freeze them if you wish. It is beneficial to use hygro packs to regulate RH levels in long term storage as well. Visit my website for what hygropacks to get and where to find them for purchase.
In review, trim your buds from their branches and place them in mason jars up to ¾ full and label them. Use a hygrometer in the jars to track relative humidity levels, and rotate what jar it goes in on a daily basis. Your relative humidity level in the jars should be between 65-70% initially, dropping to 60-65 after several days to weeks. Open the jars daily for two weeks to release moisture, and check on your buds for mold and wetness. After two weeks of opening the jars daily, begin opening the jars only once a week. After a 2-3 week curing period you buds are ready to consume, though continued curing benefits their taste, smoothness, smell and potency for up to 5-6 months. For long term storage, either vacuum seal the buds or keep them in mason jars in a dry dark space.
OUTRO
Congratulations! You have officially grown your first crop of cannabis plants to harvest! I hope you found my beginner course on “How to grow cannabis indoors” useful, and thank you so much for listening! Please remember to like and share so I can continue to make courses and videos like these. For more cannabis related courses or recommendations on the best products out there for purchase, visit indica institute.com or subscribe to my YouTube channel. Do you have any recommendations for my next course or topic? If so please leave a suggestion in the comments section below!
Hi, I’m your prof from Indica Institute, and this is my beginners course on how to grow cannabis indoors. I’ve designed this course to teach beginner gardeners how to grow their own cannabis plants, so I hope you enjoy, learn and share. Visit me at indicainstitute.com, or subscribe to my YouTube channel to gain access to a growing list of cannabis related courses, tips, and more. I hope you find my videos useful, and please like and subscribe so I can continue making more videos like these!
BODY
Hi and Welcome back to my beginner class “How to grow cannabis indoors.” This is the final lesson of the course where I’ll tell you how to properly cure your buds and place them in long term storage. For this lesson you will need rubber gloves, scissors, 1 quart mason jars and a hygrometer. The objectives of this lesson are to learn to: Properly cure your buds, and Properly store your cured buds in long term storage of 6 months or more.
All links mentioned in this video can be found in the video description, along with a link to Indica Institute where you can find a growing list of cannabis related courses and recommendations on the best products for purchase. I’d also like to give a special thanks to my partners at FourBudz grow equipment for supporting free cannabis education. You can check them out at fourbudz.com.
In our last lesson you hung up your buds to dry for 3-10 days, and by now they should be ready for the curing process. If you have not already done so, trim your buds off the larger branches. Place the stem-free buds in mason jars up to about the ¾ point and close the lid. Try to use mason jars as their seal tends to be the most effective. Write the date and strain on a piece of tape and place it on the jar for future reference if desired. This is useful if you are staggering the cure times of your buds to determine the best time to start the curing process, as directed in the last lesson.
If using a mini hygrometer, and this is highly recommended, place it inside one of the jars. Rotate which jars you put it in daily, in order to get a good read of how your buds are doing in varying jars. You are aiming for an relative humidity level of about 65-70. Over several days to weeks you should expect your relative humidity reading to drop to between 60-65 though. Open the jars at least once or twice a day for a few seconds to release any moisture buildup, and to check on them. If the outside of the buds feel wet to the touch, leave the jar open until they feel dry again. This will help prevent mold from growing. If it smells bad when you open the jar, inspect the buds thoroughly and throw away any that you think may have mold. Then place the lid on the jars and repeat the process daily.
Continue this process of checking and re-sealing the jars daily for two weeks, at which point, only open the jars once a week. If the buds still feel wet to the touch during this stage, go back to checking on them once or twice a day until they feel dry to the touch for a full week. After a 2-3 week curing period your buds are ready to smoke, although you can continue the curing process for up to 5 or 6 months with continued subjective benefits to both taste and psychoactive effects.
After 5 to 6 months there is no further benefit to curing, so your buds are ready for long term storage. Keep the buds labelled and in their mason jars for long term storage. Place the jars in a dry dark room temperature cabinet. You may also vacuum seal your buds in plastic and freeze them if you wish. It is beneficial to use hygro packs to regulate RH levels in long term storage as well. Visit my website for what hygropacks to get and where to find them for purchase.
In review, trim your buds from their branches and place them in mason jars up to ¾ full and label them. Use a hygrometer in the jars to track relative humidity levels, and rotate what jar it goes in on a daily basis. Your relative humidity level in the jars should be between 65-70% initially, dropping to 60-65 after several days to weeks. Open the jars daily for two weeks to release moisture, and check on your buds for mold and wetness. After two weeks of opening the jars daily, begin opening the jars only once a week. After a 2-3 week curing period you buds are ready to consume, though continued curing benefits their taste, smoothness, smell and potency for up to 5-6 months. For long term storage, either vacuum seal the buds or keep them in mason jars in a dry dark space.
OUTRO
Congratulations! You have officially grown your first crop of cannabis plants to harvest! I hope you found my beginner course on “How to grow cannabis indoors” useful, and thank you so much for listening! Please remember to like and share so I can continue to make courses and videos like these. For more cannabis related courses or recommendations on the best products out there for purchase, visit indica institute.com or subscribe to my YouTube channel. Do you have any recommendations for my next course or topic? If so please leave a suggestion in the comments section below!
