Cannabis Classes & Events Calendar
Intro to Concentrates & Dabbing
THURS. JUNE 11th, 2025 | 7pm
Taught by: Jacob & Mollay of Team Portal
Concentrates can be daunting! If you’re concentrate-curious and want to understand the what, why, and hows, this class is for you. We will cover:
- What hash actually is
- Different textures & strengths
- How to use it with flower or vapes
- Who concentrates are and aren’t for
- How to Dab
- Heat Time
- Wait time
- Perfect Temp: Why Temp Matters
- Clean banger etiquette
- What’s the deal with Carb Caps?
- Healthy Habits: Clean H20 in your Rig
10.00
Homegrowing Part 2: How to Flower your plants
*While this is a 3-part series, session content is independent and students need not have attended session 1 to attend session 2.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28th, 2026 | 4pm
Taught by: Brian Staffa
Everything you need to know about flowering your plants. We will cover:
- Controlling the plant’s size/height
- Changing the light cycle for flowering
- Nutrient demands of flowering week by week
- How and when to water
- Odor considerations
- Knowing what common issues to look for and how to address them
10.00
Bonus: Get a FREE clone with your registration!
Cloning & Seed Germination Master Class
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th, 2026 | 7pm
Taught by: Sam Grayson, Head of Cultivation at Portal Cannabis
Details to follow
10.00
Bonus: Get a FREE clone with your registration!
Homegrowing Part 3: How to Harvest, Dry & Cure your plants
*While this is a 3-part series, session content is independent and students need not have attended session 1 to attend session 2.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2026 | 4pm
Taught by: Brian Staffa
Everything you need to know about harvesting, drying and curing. We will cover:
- What to expect during harvest, drying, and curing
- Tools and supplies you’ll need
- Knowing when it’s time to harvest
- How to harvest your plants
- Trimming considerations
- Setting your environment for drying
- The stages of drying and curing, What to do during each stage, & How to know when to move to the next stage
- How to avoid mold & mildew
- How to preserve terpenes for the stinkiest, tastiest weed possible
- Longer term storage solutions
10.00
Bonus: Get a FREE clone with your registration!
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Growing Cannabis 101: The Basics
Taught by: Brian Staffa w/ Sam Grayson
We will cover:
- Male vs Female plants
- What is the photoperiod?
- What does the typical life cycle look like for cannabis?
- How do we control the plant’s lifecycle?
- What to expect when growing cannabis
Cooking with Cannabis
(This class repeats frequently due to its popularity!)
Taught by: Brian Staffa
Ever wanted to make your own edibles? We will cover:
- How to cook with cannabis
- What you need to consider before you even begin
- How to streamline the process so it’s not such a pain in the ass every time you want to make something
- The super-important step that everyone forgets
- How to properly dose each edible
- How to make baked goods, gummies, and tinctures
Homegrowing Part 1: How to Start your grow & Grow your 1st Plant
Taught by: Brian Staffa & Sam Grayson
Everything you need to know from buying your clone up until flower. We will cover:
- Supplies you’ll need to get started
- Strain selection
- Choosing lighting & setting your schedule
- Watering schedules / over-watering vs. under-watering
- Temperature considerations / monitoring your environment
- Pruning
- Soil / medium
- Nutrients
- Identifying pests
- Making strain-specific decisions
How to Roll the Perfect Joint (A hands-on class)
Taught by: Mollay & Levi of Team Portal
If you don’t know how to roll a joint, or your skills are just ok, this is the class for you! We will cover:
- Paper choices & filters/mouthpieces, cones vs. papers, hemp vs. rice, filter tips vs. crutches—and why they matter
- Proper grinding technique
- How to perfect your filler, whether it be anything from A-bud to trim
- How much weed to use
- How tighly to pack it
- Rolling techniques for smooth, even burns
- Troubleshooting common problems
- To clip or not to clip?
- Addressing the ash myth
Homegrowing in Portland:
Geography-specific tips and considerations
Taught by: Sam Grayson w/ Brian Staffa
All the specifics to consider for your local geography. We will cover:
- Growing outdoors vs indoors in Portland
- Ideal dates to plant and why
- Typical environmental concerns specific to PDX and how to overcome them
- Tips to maximize your likelihood of getting your crop to harvest
- How to avoid failure
How to keep your homegrow costs as low as possible
Taught by: Sam Grayson w/ Brian Staffa
Homegrowing is a hobby of love, but it shouldn’t cost you $1000s. We will cover:
- Absolute must have equipment vs things that are nice to have
- Ways to reduce your utility bills without sacrificing bud quality
- Which grow methods are the least expensive to deploy and why
- How to build a production schedule (yes, even for a homegrow!)
- Rapid fire tips on money traps to avoid and suggestions on where to source supplies to save money
Adding CO2 to your Home Grow
Taught by: Brian Staffa
We will cover:
- Why CO2 is even a consideration
- Should you add it to your homegrow?
- How to add it if you choose to
- Safety considerations – yes, CO2 can kill
All About VPD - Vapor Pressure Deficit
Taught by: Brian Staffa
If you don’t know what VPD is, learning about it and mastering it will guarantee a better crop for you, in both quality and yield. We will cover:
- What is it
- Why you should care
- How to measure it
- How to control is as cheaply as possible
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