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Traditional Curing |
Vivi Cure |
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Takes several weeks to several months |
Cures in 10 days |
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Requires regular burping |
Works burp free |
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Needs careful monitoring |
Doesn’t need any monitoring |
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Can do everything right and still end up with a disappointing result |
Consistent results with every cure |
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Results and cure time depend on the ambient environment |
Expert results not dependent on the environment |
After growing, harvesting, and drying, it’s time to cure your cannabis. Curing is a critical step toward smooth, refined flower. It turns your dried harvest into a smooth, enjoyable smoke.
Historically, curing has been a weeks-long ritual of monitoring, burping, and keeping your fingers crossed. It's an imperfect science that relies heavily on the senses, the environment, and experience.
Vivi Cure eliminates the burping, guesswork, and waiting. It’s proven science that relies on the power of 2-way humidity control.
Traditionally, curing is a hands-on, time-consuming process. It typically involves putting fully dried bud into airtight containers (usually glass canning jars, but you can’t go wrong with a CVault), and “burping”, or opening and closing your jars to regulate airflow and humidity. The goal is to let residual moisture equalize, chlorophyll break down, and terpenes stabilize so the final flower tastes smoother and burns more evenly. It’s a process that depends heavily on manual humidity control and patience.
Curing is a necessary part of post-harvest. Flower goes from grassy to gleaming with trichomes. Done right, you’re left with an enjoyable final product. One slight error of judgment and a few missed burps, and you’re easily left with disappointment.
The “traditional” curing method has long been tried and true, but it’s not foolproof. A beginner still learning what to look for can accidentally lose a jar to mold. Homegrowers getting used to a new burp schedule might slip up here and there. Even an experienced grower who did everything right can still wind up with a disappointing batch that smells like hay.
Traditional curing has been the standard method because up until recently, it was—albeit with variation in technique—the only way to cure your cannabis. Guiding buds from freshly dried to fully finished requires controlling the humidity, oxygen, and airflow. Burping can do all three. This method is slow and imprecise, but it helps growers avoid mold and a harsh smoke, even if it requires weeks of attention and guesswork.
But burping is just one way. Vivi Cure eliminates the need for this hands-on approach by accomplishing everything burping is supposed to do, but automatically and with precision.
One of the biggest differences between curing cannabis the traditional way and curing with Vivi Cure is how long it takes buds to go from greasy to glistening.
Traditionally, growers aim for a slow cure that can take several weeks. The idea is that chlorophyll breaks down gradually, cannabinoids stabilize, and moisture moves from the center of each bud to the outside in a controlled way. Without precise humidity control, going slow was the safest way to avoid mold while giving the flower time to mature.
But Vivi Cure does all this automatically. By locking in a specific humidity range inside a sealed container, Vivi Cure speeds up the curing process without sacrificing quality. Instead of relying on time as an aging factor, it uses precisely controlled humidity to help chlorophyll break down and cannabinoids and terpenes mature in 10 days. You get the benefits of a traditional cure with a smoother, more predictable timeline.
You can still cure for longer. Vivi Cure finishes its job in 10 days, then holds at the ideal final cure humidity. Your fully cured flower won’t be harmed, but we recommend swapping out the Vivi Cure pack for a Vivi Fresh to keep your cure at its peak.
For some, burping is a ritual they look forward to. For others, it’s a time-consuming hassle they could do without. Fortunately, with Vivi technology, burping is now entirely optional.
When curing cannabis the traditional way, burping is non-negotiable. The habitual opening and closing of jars introduces fresh oxygen, releases CO₂, and regulates the humidity so your buds aren’t sitting in a swampy microclimate. Sticking to a regular burping schedule can help reduce mold, reduce that “fresh hay” smell, and slowly turn your dried flower into something smokable.
Unfortunately, the success of burping relies heavily on ambient humidity and temperature. That means even a diligent, experienced homegrower can do everything right and still end up with a batch of disappointment.
When curing cannabis with Vivi Cure, burping is entirely optional. As soon as your curing container is sealed, Vivi Cure kicks into action, absorbing more of the excess humidity at the start of the cure, and gradually landing at the final destination of 50-55% RH.
Because Vivi Cure works in a sealed environment, its performance isn’t reliant on ambient conditions. The key is precision humidity control, which accelerates the breakdown of chlorophyll and encourages robust terpene and cannabinoid development over the 10-day cure time.
Can you burp? Absolutely. But Vivi Cure is designed to work within a closed container and without intervention, so make sure to seal the lid after taking a whiff.
Curing is the end result of a combination of different processes: terpenes developing, THC stabilizing, chlorophyll breaking down. Here's how Vivi Cure and traditional curing compare.
Traditional curing relies on a combination of oxygen, humidity, and time to break down chlorophyll. Oxygen is introduced through burping, acting as fuel for humidity to degrade chlorophyll into sugars. Burping also allows built-up moisture to escape. Left unchecked, that excess moisture can cause mold and mildew. But because regulating humidity through burping relies on your surroundings, burping is less about humidity control and more about humidity luck.
Vivi Cure's hands-off approach streamlines this process. The key is working within a sealed environment: the only oxygen needed to start fueling chlorophyll breakdown is whatever is in your curing container when you seal it up. Vivi Cure's 2-way humidity control technology creates the ideal conditions for chlorophyll breakdown at a higher, more reliable rate than traditional means.
When curing cannabis the traditional way, CO₂ is released through burping. Periodically releasing CO₂ buildup ensures the environment inside your curing container isn't stagnant. Stale air can halt the curing process altogether, or trap chlorophyll, resulting in a grassy smell, flavor, and muted terpenes. Add excess moisture to the mix, and you’ve got a recipe for mildew and bud rot.
But with Vivi Cure, once the lid is sealed on your curing container, the environment inside isn’t stagnant—it’s under precise control. Humidity promotes chlorophyll breakdown so efficiently it’s unaffected by CO₂. Vivi Cure ensures excess moisture is absorbed, adjusting automatically without the need for burping.
Terpenes and cannabinoids develop as the plant grows; they aren’t created through curing. They’re volatile compounds that evaporate easily. Curing helps terpenes stabilize and preserves them for a flavorful, potent smoke. It also converts cannabinoids into their potent, psychoactive states.
Curing the traditional way, this can take 2-6 weeks at minimum. Some experienced, sage-like growers will cure 6+ months to achieve their desired flavor, aroma, and potency.
Traditionally, a slow, controlled curing process has been the only way to ensure proper stabilization of these compounds. It requires consistent monitoring and managing of humidity through burping, ventilation, and humidifiers/dehumidifiers. And the longer you cure, the more margin there is for error.
Controlling the humidity is exactly what Vivi Cure does best. Terpenes and cannabinoids are stabilized through the gradual removal of excess moisture. Vivi Cure is specially formulated to absorb this moisture while keeping the humidity exactly where it needs to be, without any extra equipment. Precision humidity control coaxes cannabinoids into conversion, and terps stabilize at their peak. Ready in 10 days. Burp free.