Legendary Cultivator James Ziegler (AKA Chubbs): ‘The Cool Cure Lets You Take Off the Training Wheels’ 

The Challenge

Even for experienced cultivators, maintaining the ideal environment for drying, curing and storing cannabis can be one of the most challenging parts of the process. Living in Southern California at a higher elevation presents unique environmental challenges, including extreme heat fluctuations and seasonal humidity swings. During summer months, temperatures can climb into the mid-90s and even reach 100 degrees, making it difficult to maintain the stable conditions cannabis requires after harvest. 

Like many home growers, Chubbs previously relied on traditional methods, including jar curing, to preserve quality. While effective when carefully managed, the process can be labor-intensive, time-consuming and difficult to maintain consistently, especially when dealing with multiple harvests.   

“You put it in jars and it can get overwhelming,” he said. “It’s hard to maintain the correct environment for drying, curing and storage.” 

The challenge becomes even greater for a home grower without dedicated storage rooms or commercial-scale environmental controls. 

“You try to do it low and slow and hope you can bring back the moisture,” said Chubbs. “But the old way was inconsistant." 

For a cultivator producing cannabis as medicine, inconsistency is not an option.   

“I need to know that the quality is going to be there every time,” he said.  

The Solution

To achieve the consistency he needed, Chubbs incorporated Cannatrol’s Cool Cure into his post-harvest process. Today, he uses three Cool Cure units, including the newest C2 model, to preserve his personal medical cannabis. 

Powered by Cannatrols' propriatary Vaportrol® Technology, Cool Cure creates a precisely controlled environment that manages temperature, humidity and vapor pressure throughout the drying, curing and storage process. By maintaining optimal conditions, the system helps cultivators preserve potency, aroma, terpene profiles and overall flower quality without the constant monitoring and adjustments required by traditional methods.   

For Chubbs, the biggest advantage is reliability.   

“The Cool Cure is plug and play,” he said. “The results they describe are the results you’re going to get absolutely every time. It keeps your parameters exactly where they need to be.” 

Unlike traditional curing methods that require constant attention and adjustment, Cool Cure provides cultivators with confidence that their harvest will remain protected from the moment it enters the unit until the day it is used. 

The Results

For Chubbs, the results speak for themselves. Whether cannabis is used shortly after harvest or months later the Cool Cure allows him to maintain the same level of freshness and quality.

“With the amount of plants that I use, I do pack the Cool Cures full as much as I can,” he said. “But if it gets used a week later or three months later, the cannabis is just as fresh as the day I put it in.” 

Chubbs compares the difference Cool Cure has made to advancing as a cultivator.   

"It’s almost like riding a bike with training wheels and then taking them off,” he said. “You’re able to make sharper curves.” 

The technology does not replace cultivation skill. It enhances it by removing unnecessary variables from the most critical stage of the process. 

“It’s one extra step that you don’t have to sit and think about,” Chubbs explained. “The moment you put it in, the moment you take it out, you know it will be at top quality.” 

That consistency has translated directly into competition success. Chubbs’ cannabis continues to receive recognition at competitions throughout the country and around the world, with his post-harvest process playing a key role in his ability to produce award-winning flower and concentrates. 

"You can get cup-winning results, I definitely say a huge part of my winning success has been Cannatrol and Vaportrol technology.” 

For Chubbs, however, the greatest measure of success is not a trophy; it is knowing his family has access to consistent, high-quality medicine. 

Cannatrol’s Cool Cure gives cultivators of all experience levels the ability to protect their hard work, eliminate uncertainty and consistently deliver the quality they strive to achieve.