Why Cannabis Drying Is Essential to Maintaining Quality

Posted by Brian Sparks|June 3, 2021

Drying is the last step before cannabis gets into consumers’ hands, so if that process isn’t dialed in and accurate, there’s opportunity for failure in the form of botrytis and other molds and fungus. To lose this quality at the end can eat away at your profits and be detrimental to your business in the long run.

Conviron and Cannabis Business Times recently worked together to address why the drying process is critical to successful cannabis production. For example, one of the biggest misconceptions about drying is that it’s just a room with dehumidification. One of the main aspects to drive home in the drying/curing process is adequate airflow uniformity and dehumidification. You want to make sure you have the capacity to adequately dry the product quick enough that it reduces any chance of botrytis, bringing that available water down in the room below 0.8 and mitigate pathogens and mold growth.

Once it’s past that point, you’ll want to even out the curve and slow the drying process to make sure the product isn’t losing terpenes and cannabinoids. That’s where uniformity and precision controls come in as key, because controlling the product allows it to dry adequately and become a fantastic product.

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