Long-Term Storage & Failed-Batch Remediation
Engineering shelf life with cold, dark, and controlled aw for months of hold — and the remediation playbook (and pass-rate reality) when a lot fails microbial testing.
Storage is a chemistry clock you can slow but not stop
The existing lesson set the storage targets; this one engineers months of hold and handles the batch that fails. Finished flower degrades on three axes at once: cannabinoids oxidize (THC → CBN), terpenes volatilize, and — if aw drifts up — mold wakes. Heat and light are the accelerants; cold and dark are the brakes. The governing rule from the storage literature: every ~5°C cooler roughly doubles the time to lose 15% of cannabinoids. Storage doesn't stop the clock, it slows it — so the entire strategy is minimizing heat, light, oxygen, and free water for as long as the flower sits.
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