Greatly improved
reliability and aroma.
Reduced cure
batch failures by
90% per year.
2 Production Facilities
(Ft. Mohave, AZ and Needles, CA)
- 13,000+ total sq. ft. of canopy
- 150 employees
- 90 pucks in operation
The Problem
Curing at Mohave Cannabis operated at significant scale. Each intake brought in 200–400 lbs of wet flower, spread across 100–120 totes, with as many as 240 totes curing at once during overlapping harvests.
The process relied heavily on manual burping and basic moisture checks with little visibility inside each tote. As volume grew, consistency suffered. Some batches stayed too wet and developed off-odors or mold risk, while others overdried and became brittle. Managing quality at this scale became difficult and labor-intensive.
The Solution
Cure Puck provides real-time visibility for each individual cultivar in curing. The system tracks conditions through the Cure Puck app, so operators can check progress (even off-site) without physically opening containers. The curing barrels handle gas exchange automatically and remove the need for routine manual burping.
The data also surfaces changes in the cure room itself, such as major CO2 swings and AC outages that previously went unnoticed. The team pairs the system with curing barrels and rotating racks which make manual rotation simple when adjustments are needed.
The Results
- 1.5 – 2 years proven usage
- Cleaner aroma and better genetic expression, with buds that retained elasticity
- Lost batches reduced from 20–25 per year to 2 per year.
Manual vs. Cure Puck
| Metric | Manual curing | With Cure Puck |
|---|---|---|
| Daily labor on burping/fluffing | 4–5 people, ~1 hour | 0 (eliminated) |
| Lost batches per year | 20–25 | 2 |
| Visibility into each tote | Manual moisture check | Real-time temp, RH, gas |
| Off-site monitoring | Not possible | Live via Cure Puck app |
| Detection of room-level events (AC outage, CO₂ swing) | Often missed | Surfaced via puck data |
| Cure consistency across cultivars | Variable | Per-cultivar control |
| Scale ceiling (totes curing at once) | Bottlenecked by labor | 240+ totes managed |
Glossary
- Burping
- Opening cure containers to release built-up gases (CO₂, moisture, terpenes) and reintroduce fresh air. Traditionally done manually multiple times per day.
- Cure Puck
- A smart sensor-and-control device from Twister Technologies that automates gas exchange and continuously monitors micro-climate inside cannabis cure containers.
- Micro-climate
- The localized atmospheric conditions (temperature, humidity, gas composition) inside an individual cure container, which directly affect aroma, potency and shelf life.
- Cultivar
- A specific cultivated variety of cannabis (often called a “strain”). Different cultivars require different cure conditions for optimal expression.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Cite this case study
APA
Evans, J. (2025). Mohave Cannabis reduces cure batch failures by 90% with Cure Puck. Twister Technologies Case Studies. https://twistertech.io/case-studies/mohave-cannabis-cure-puck/
MLA
Evans, Jay. “Mohave Cannabis Reduces Cure Batch Failures by 90% with Cure Puck.” Twister Technologies Case Studies, 15 Jan. 2025, twistertech.io/case-studies/mohave-cannabis-cure-puck/.
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