This article will walk through the flow of harvesting flower and how to add plants into an existing harvest batch. When you harvest your flower you will be able to enter the waste weight for dropped plant material or the stalk. You can make packages out of harvest batches for fresh plant or fresh frozen material.
Be sure to check your state regulations regarding naming your harvest batches, adding to a harvest batch, and harvest batch name requirements.
What you will find in this article:
- How to Harvest Plants
- Adding Plants to an Existing Harvest Batch
- Video: How to Harvest Plants and Add Plants into an Existing Harvest Batch
How to Harvest Plants
1. Log into BLAZE using your Email and Password.
2. Click OPERATIONS under the correct Cultivation Location. 
3. Navigate to your grow board by clicking on Grow from the menu on the left and selecting Board.
4. Optional: Filter by Flower room. Click on Filters, select the Zone/Room drop-down menu, and select the relevant flower room.
5. Select . . . next to the flowering plant batch.
6. Click Move to Harvest.
7. Confirm the action by clicking ✓ Ok.
8. Select the plants you are harvesting by clicking on the ✓ to the left of the respective Metrc plant tag(s) and click Harvest.
9. Complete the Harvest Plants pop-up window.
Harvest Name: Name of the strain and date of the harvest.
Note: It is recommended that you check your state's regulation regarding harvest batch naming conventions as some require a specific naming convention for compliance.
No Of Plants: Automatically completed by the number of the plants selected.
Room: Select the room from the drop-down menu.
Product Wet Weight (after waste): Will automatically calculate as you enter the individual plant Weight per plant/Metrc Tag below.
Weight Type: It is strongly recommended that you select grams for all packages as it will be easier for manufacturers and retailers down the production line; simplifying compliance by mitigating risk due to messy decimals and conversion rates.
Total waste: Any waste; for example fan leaves or stalks, in addition to that original Product Wet Waste.
Harvest Date: Select the harvest date.
Total Weight: Total Waste plus Weight (Per Plant/Metrc Tag ID).
(Per Plant/Metrc Tag ID) Weight: Weight of each plant per Metrc Tag.
10. Review the Harvest Plants pop-up window for accuracy and click Harvest Plants.
This moves the plants into a new harvest batch found under the Harvest list on the Grow Board.
Adding Plants to an Existing Harvest Batch
This feature in BLAZE allows a cultivator to keep adding plants to a harvest so they don't end up with a ton of separate harvests and packages. Doing this makes inventory much easier to manage.
Note: Be sure to check your state's regulations regarding harvest batches to ensure that combining the plants into one harvest batch is compliant. Typically harvest batches must be comprised of one strain, grown under the same conditions, harvested within "x" number of days.
1. Navigate to your grow board by clicking on Grow from the menu on the left and selecting Board.
2. Optional: Filter by Flower room. Click on Filters, select the Zone/Room drop-down menu, and select the relevant flower room.
3. Select . . . next to the flowering plant batch.
4. Click Move to Harvest.
5. Confirm the action by clicking ✓ Ok.
6. Select the plants you are harvesting by clicking on the ✓ to the left of the respective Metrc plant tag(s) and click Harvest.
7. Complete the Harvest Plants pop-up window.
Harvest Name: Select the name of the pre-existing harvest batch from the drop-down menu.
No Of Plants: The number of plants is automatically calculated; it is the sum of the selected plants to be added to the harvest batch.
Room: This will be the room previously chosen for the selected harvest batch.
Additional Wet Weight (after waste): Will automatically calculate as you enter the individual plant Weight per plant/Metrc Tag below.
Weight Type: It is strongly recommended that you select grams for all packages as it will be easier for manufacturers and retailers down the production line; simplifying compliance by mitigating risk due to messy decimals and conversion rates.
Additional waste: Any additional waste; for example fan leaves or stalks, in addition to the Additional Wet Waste.
Harvest Date: This will be the harvest date chosen for the selected harvest batch.
Additional Total Weight: Additional Waste plus Weight (Per Plant/Metrc Tag ID).
(Per Plant/Metrc Tag ID) Weight: Weight of each plant per Metrc Tag.
8. Review the Harvest Plants pop-up window for accuracy and click Harvest Plants.
This adds the newly harvested plants into the pre-existing plant batch.
Video: How to Harvest Plants and Add Plants into an Existing Harvest Batch