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Written by John Thomas Ellis   
Now that the growing season is over, it’s time to think about the next steps in the cannabis production cycle. The drying and curing of mature cannabis plants is the climax of the growing experience; the final steps in the successful cultivation cannabis. Slow drying and curing delivers both the flavor and the potency. Cannabis should be well dried before storing to prevent mold.

Success in drying cannabis comes from a balance of light, humidity and heat. Experience recommends that harvested plants be hung upside-down in a cool, dark and well ventilated room. Keep a daily watch on them as they dry. Be patient, it takes time, and air dried cannabis always has a small amount of ambient moisture. Over a few weeks to a month, the terpenes and flavonoids come to fruition and the rich flavors and aromas of cannabis take form and grow in intensity.

Curing and storage methods vary and are a source of a running debate amongst growers. Some growers recommend curing in cool, dark and dry containers and store their crop in mason jars or resealable cans. Some outside growers prefer vacuum sealing small quantities separately to avoid molding over the entire crop. There is universal agreement that research and practice are beneficial to any successful operation.

Given the value of good herb, it’s worth investing time to get it right.

How you can enter the Odam News garden photo contest

Every issue, Oaksterdam News will choose a winner of the contest for medical gardens and send them an autographed copy of Marijuana Horticulture: the Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible – 512 full color pages and 1120 professional color images.

We urge other publications and websites to start similar programs in their communities to help raise the awareness of medical marijuana growers and patients.

Here is what we are looking for:

1. High quality digital images, at least 5 megapixel in size.
2. Medical marijuana gardens only
3. Send digital images with a short descriptive paragraph and return e-mail to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
4. Mail high-quality photo prints to Odam News, 405-15th St., Oakland CA, 94612, Attn: Plant for a Patient

Please include a few words to a paragraph or two about each photo you submit when possible. The information provided by the images of cannabis gardens will help other qualified medical growers produce better gardens. The contest will also help expand the feeling of camaraderie within the cannabis community.
 
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