Farm To [VERIFIED] Freezer: Why ?fresh-frozen’ Is Taking Over The Cannabis Harvest
As spring rolls in, the vines wake up from their long state of dormancy for the growing season. The growers remove the winter flood from the bogs as the warmer weather arrives. Even though the harsh winter months are behind them, the farmers still face lingering threats that could potentially wipe out their entire harvest -- a hard frost, for example. As the growing season begins, farmers have to be on their toes and keep a watchful eye on the weather forecast. Workers may need to turn on the irrigation system at a moment's notice to keep water flowing over the vines in the bog if the berries are in danger of freezing.
Farm to freezer: Why ‘fresh-frozen’ is taking over the cannabis harvest
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PruningThe largest berries grow on new shoots, wlth smaller berries forming on the previous year's growth. Cultural practices In Missouri are to cut the bush down after harvest and grow new shoots every year. This has several benefits. First, it produces larger but fewer overall clusters of berries, making harvest easier and quicker. Second, it helps to narrow the ripening window. Instead of taking 4-5 weeks to ripen and harvest, the process can be completed in 3-4 weeks. This is significant because harvesting requires multiple passes through the orchard. Finally, pruning to the ground every year results in a more uniform height of stems, which could facilitate future mechanized harvesting. Cultural practices in northern climates are being studied to determine if cutting the entire plant down is feasible, or if an alternative pruning regime will be needed. Alternate pruning regimes include complete removal every other year, selective pruning of the largest stems, or not pruning at all.
Hang-drying or air-drying is considered the oldest way of drying cannabis plants after harvest (Fig. 1) that requires no dedicated equipment (Ross and ElSohly 1996). Slow-drying includes placing whole plants or separated inflorescence in a cool dark room with a temperature between 18 and 25 C and humidity between 45 and 55%, either hung from a string or laid out on drying screens (Hawes and Cohen 2015). Ross and ElSohly (1996) applied four treatments for air-drying to evaluate the efficacy of each condition in producing the highest yield of cannabis products. The treatments were extracted immediately, after the flower harvest at room temperature (0.29% yield, w/v) (A), after 1 week of air-drying at room temperature (0.20% yield based on wet material, v/w) (B), after 1 week of air-drying followed by storage for 1 month at room temperature (0.16% yield based on wet material, w/v) (C), and air-drying for 1 week and stored in paper bags for 3 months at room temperature (0.13% yield based on wet material, v/w) (D). From this experiment, it was found that the yield from treatments A to D decreased from 29 to 13%, respectively (Ross and ElSohly 1996). Inconveniences of this method include the manual removal of leaves and buds from the stem as well as the time taken to complete the overall process. The separation is crucial as different parts dry at different rates; therefore, a lack of completing this step may result in uneven drying. Consequently, a disadvantage of removing buds from stems is the possibility of producing a product with a harsher taste. Another detriment of this method is the involvement of gravity. The water from the top part of the plant will absorb into the lower parts leading to a slower and uneven drying process. To speed up the procedure, heaters, fans, and dehumidifiers can be used. However, fast-drying can lead to a harsher taste as opposed to slow-drying which produces smoother tasting products. It is also believed that speeding up the drying process can prevent the plant from reaching peak potency in the curing phase (Hawes and Cohen 2015). Coffman and Gentner (1974) evaluated the effect of drying conditions on the cannabinoid profile. They stored the cannabis hang dried leaves in 65, 85, and 105 C for 1, 4, 16, and 64 h to compare the mean percentage of total cannabinoid content. The results were shown that the percentage of total cannabinoids was decreased by increasing time and temperature. To be precise, the percentage mean weight loss of total cannabinoids increased from 7.5 to 11% in 65 C after 1 h and 105 C after 64 h, respectively. 350c69d7ab
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