If you're a cannabis user, you've probably wondered how long you can keep your weed. In fact, you may be reading this article because you're looking for tips on proper storage. Well, you're in the right place. These are the biggest mistakes you're making when it comes to caring for and storing your cannabis seeds.
In this guide, we're going to give you tips to make your cannabis flower and seeds last. You see, the truth is that you won't keep it good for long if you throw it into a baggie and call it a day. To ensure that those beautiful buds remain nice and fresh for as long as possible, you have to avoid these common stash storage mistakes. Let's get into it!
Mistake #1: Storing Cannabis in a Freezer
Let's jump into the biggest mistakes you're likely making with your cannabis seeds. If you do this, the below-freezing temperatures will adversely affect the plant material. For example, the trichomes will become brittle and break off. Also, the buds are known to quickly lose moisture in extremely cold temperatures and become dry. This also means bye-bye, potency!
What to do instead:
Keep the storing temperature between 0° and 20° C.
Mistake #2: Keeping Buds in a Clear Jar and Exposing Them to Light
The best way to store cannabis is in a cool, dark place (just like germination!). When the buds are exposed to light (especially excessive sunlight) or heat, they quickly dry out. Moreover, light reduces the freshness and potency and worsens taste.
What to do instead:
The best way is to store cannabis in a place protected from sunlight; also, in some cases, users prefer opaque or dark-coloured glass containers. If you choose this way of storing, you'll have to learn to make hash and other nifty extras, because your cannabis will be as fresh and potent as can be.
Mistake #3: Storing Cannabis in a Plastic Bag
Some inexperienced weed users think that a plastic baggie will solve all their storage problems. In reality, however, the plastic materials often have a static charge that attracts trichomes and leaves them clinging to the bag. So, a plastic bag could be considered only as a temporary solution for storage.
Mistake #4: Storing Cannabis near Electronics
Electronics and other devices generate heat which, as you already know, adversely affects cannabis. So, if you prefer to store your weed on top of the TV, computer, or refrigerator, it'll suffer from heat emissions. If you've already spent a lot of money on cannabis seeds, the last thing you want is for them to go bad before you're ready to grow. Talk about the biggest mistakes you could make!
- Mistake #5: Keeping Accessories with Cannabis
Not only is storing accessories like pipes and grinders right beside your buds far from sanitary, but the ash and resin from the burned bud will affect the flavour and aroma quality of the weed.
- Mistake #6: Leaving Buds in a Pill Container
This is also not the best way to store weed because it only works for a few days because dryness and oxygen will ultimately reduce the quality of the bud as well as its potency.
- Mistake #7: Breaking up the Buds for Storage
Don't do this: keeping them as intact as possible ensures that they'll last longer.
Mistake #8: Too much Manhandling During Storage
Touching and jostling cannabis around will accelerate the crumbling of those nice, firm buds, so we recommend not manhandling them too much as you prepare them for storage. Store your weed in small portions, if possible, to be able to take as much material as you need without breaking down the integrity of the flower and breaking off a lot of trichomes.
Mistake #9: Not Checking on Your Weed Regularly
If you followed all recommendations on weed storage, you might have a lot of confidence that it will stay fresh for a long time. However, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't take a look at it once in a while. For example, if you've put your cannabis in a clear glass jar, you can easily take a peek without opening the jar and exposing it to oxygen.
Check on your weed regularly, at least once every couple of weeks. If it was cured properly, you should be fine, but look out for any mould or other unwanted developments.
Mistake #10: Using Storage Containers that are Too Large
The size of the container (box, mason jar, etc.) you choose to store your weed should be just right to the amount of the material that needs to be stored. If you go with something that is disproportionate to the amount of cannabis you want to store, you'll expose the material to too much oxygen, which degrades it and reduces its potency.
Learning From Your Biggest Mistakes as a Grower
As you can see, you don't have to be an expert or have some ridiculously expensive equipment to store your weed well and retain its quality. Following these tips will help you to avoid coughing your lungs out because of improperly stored buds. Happy storing!
