Harvest and Post-harvest Processing

Description

Study of the standard methods used to harvest the cannabis flower and subsequent harvest conditioning (drying, trimming, cleaning, packaging).

Objectives

• Understand the function and importance of each step involved in harvesting the cannabis flower
  • Define terminology associated to plant parts and harvesting processes
  • Describe the pruning technique and attachment method of plant branches prior to their placement in the drying chambers
  • Describe the important points essential to produced high quality buds
  • Defend the needs of safety garments during the harvesting process
• Understand the function and importance of each step involve in the post-harvest activities
  • Describe the role and conditions of the drying phase
  • Describe the role and conditions of the curing phase
  • Describe the limit and conditions of the storage stage
  • Describe the precautions to take during packaging and shipping
  • Explain the role of microorganism activities during the post-harvest stages
  • Describe the sanitary precautions to apply at each step
  • Describe the method used to dispose of the others plant materials

Content Overview

• Plant parts: trichomes, buds, branches, leaves, etc.
• Safety and sanitary precautions during harvest and post-harvest activities
• Safety garments: glove, lab coat, protective glasses, etc.
• Pruning and preparing flowers for the drying chamber
• Climate control conditions and method required to cure the flowers
• Maturation of the flower bud (cocotte) after completion of the cure step
• Manipulating, packaging and shipping the final product
• Disposal of others plant materials
• Cleaning and sanitization of tools, equipment and chambers used during the process
• Security issues associated with the final product