In Part I of this journal entry, I introduced how the Cool Cure by Cannatrol transformed the later parts of my grow cycle by listing three specific problems. In Part II, I explain in detail how my Cool Cure resolved each of these issues and, ultimately, improved my medicine.

Environment

Though the Cool Cure dries and cures, my main use has been for drying. With no access to environmental controls for temperature and humidity in a tiny mudroom bathroom, the Cool Cure unit has controlled the environment with its patented technology better than I ever could. The unit provided default setting for a 4-day dry and a 4-day cure. Settings were fully programmable and can be customized to the grower’s preferences. Hanging the plants to dry for a day beforehand and then placing them in the unit and/or trimming the buds off the branches also quickened the drying process. With a full unit of mostly untrimmed branches, the drip pan needed emptied more often, and for the first dry cycle, I probably could have adjusted the unit to dry a little longer.

Space

Instead of hanging 4-5 plants on a curtain rod in a bathroom, I fit the same amount or more flower into the Cool Cure unit. At first glance, the unit resembled a small wine refrigerator. The size of the Cool Cure unit (23″X25″X33″) fit comfortable in my office and freed up the tiny bathroom for starting seedlings for my following grow cycle. Locating the unit in my office made the chopping and drying for each plant way more convenient. I separated the large colas from the smaller buds. I placed entire branches or individual buds on the shelves. And the Cool Cure unit contained the plant’s portent aroma significantly more than hanging five plants in a small bathroom that for two weeks completely stunk up the entire house and all coats and hats in the mudroom (which was not appreciated by other family members).

Time

The Cool Cure saved grow cycle time with its 4-day dry cycle and allowed for a more continues grow and, as such, more legal grows or per year. Illinois’ limit of five plants pretty much eliminates a true continuous “full tent” grow, and delaying the cycle for two more months (collectively) limits the amount of medicine I can product per year. The quick 4-day dry cycle allowed me to run early flowering and late flowering plants at the same time, which I have done for every grow but one. I chopped a plant and dried the buds in four days, then transitioned those buds into jars or terp bags for a long cure, while rotating the next chopped plant into the 4-day dry cycle. This also allowed me to rotate a fully vegetated plant into the flowering tent days earlier than otherwise, which also helped me produce more legal weed per year.

In addition, I enjoyed the unexpected benefit of fewer hard deadlines. The Cool Cure automatically transitions from dry cycle to cure cycle, so when I was out of town, I didn’t have to hurry home before the plants dried too long, and I was able fully trim each bud whenever I was able to fit it into my schedule instead of condemning myself to trim jail for hours and hours when up against several other deadlines.

Stay tuned for following journal entries in which I delve deeper into the science and other aspects of the Cool Cure. For inquiries, contact Cannatrol by email at inquiry@cannatrols.com. Or find Cannatrol on Instagram at @cannatrol and on Facebook.

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