Do you trim before you dry?
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GrowKindNugs
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everyone has there own different ways...i've always trimmed and manicured the same day of harvest...it's just easier when there a little wet and they'll dry faster..also, the big wet leaves are more likely to attract mold. another benefit is you get to make hash and have that to smoke while the buds are drying...
ThatGuy1985
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trim right away asap it is easier imo
LUDACRIS
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i just cut of any big leaves covering the buds dry them.once dried you can remove more leaves(smaller ones)or do as i did and leave them on small leaves dried and crushed are high in t.h.c. and are good for smoking.
i have a big plate of dried crushed leaves when i fell like a different flavour.
keep as much smoking material as possible small leaves and thin stems are high in t.h.c. where as fan leaves are not good smoking material(very little t.h.c.).
yoyoyojoe
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I mean I feel like I am the type of person that would save the trimmings and make edibles or hash, if you have all that good herb ready why would you want to smoke the leaves?
LUDACRIS
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because there potent.
Variations by Plant Part
The concentration of cannabinoids depends on the plant part, or more specifically, the concentration and development of resin glands to plant part. The female flower bracts have the highest concentration of resin glands and are usually the most potent plant parts. Seeds and roots have no resin glands. These shoe no more than traces of canninbinoids. Smoke seeds will give you a headache before you can get high. If you got high on seeds, then there were probably enough bracts adhering to the seeds to get you high. {Figure 29 The highest concentration of stalked resin glands forms a cover on the female flower bracts Resin glands beneath cystolith hairs on a leaf petiole}
Here are the potencies, in descending order, of the various plant parts:
1. Female flowering clusters. In practice you don't separate hundreds of tiny bracts to make a joint. The whole flowering mass (seeds removed), along with small accompanying leaves, forms the material. 2. Male flower clusters. These vary more in relative potency depending on the strain (see "Potency by Sex," below). 3. Growing shoots. Before the plants flower, the vegetative shoots (tips) of the main stem and branches are the most potent plant parts. 4. Leaves (a) that accompany flowers (small); (b) along branches (medium); (c) along main stem (large). Generally, the smaller the leaf is, the more potent it can be. 5. Petioles (leaf stalks). Same order as leaves. 6. Stems. Same order as leaves. The smaller the stem (twig), the higher the possible concentration of cannabinoids. Stems over 1/16" in diameter contain only traces of cannabinoids and are not worth smoking. The small stems that bear the flowers can be quite potent. 7. Seeds and Roots. Contain only traces (less then .01 percent) and are not worth smoking or extracting. This order is fairly consistent. The exceptions can be the small leaves that accompany male flowers, which are sometimes more potent than the flowers themselves. The growing shoots are sometimes more potent than the mature female flowers.
Samples of pollen show varying amounts of cannabinoids. Resin glands are found inside the anthers, alongside the developing pollen grains, and form two rows on opposite sides of each anther. Pollen grains are smaller than the heads of large resin glands ({see Plate 7}), and range from 21 to 69 micrometres in diameter21. A small amount of resin contaminates the pollen when glands rupture, but most of the THC in pollen samples comes from gland heads that fall with pollen when the flowers are shaken to collect it. One study, using pollen for the sample, found concentrations of up to 0.96 percent THC, more then enough to get you high79.
Potency by Position on Plant
The potency of marijuana on any plant increases toward the top of the plant, the topmost bud being the most potent. The bottommost leaves on the main stem are the least potent of the useable material. Along branches there is a less steep THC gradient increasing to the growing tip.
The ratios in Table 11 are representative of high-quality marijuana varieties. Plant no. 2 is an exception, with four percent THC in its lower leaves, a figure comparable to high-quality Colombian and Mexican buds in commercial grass.
Table 11 - Relationship of THC Content to Leaf Position (6
Percentage of THC by weight of Leaf from Position on plantPlant No. 1 (SP-5) NO.2 (SP-5) NO.3 (UNC-335)Top 6.1 6.9 4.8Middle 3 5.5 3.1Bottom 0.8 4 1.5Ratio (gradient) 8:4:1 1.7:1.4:1 3:2:1Notice the large difference in the gradients of Plants no. 1 and 2, which are from the same variety (SP-5). Like almost all characteristics of these plants, considerable variation occurs even among sibling. Our experience is that generally the better the quality of the variety, the steeper the gradient: in other words, the bigger the difference between top and bottom leaves. For example, the plants given here are high-quality type I varieties. Plant no. 1 is more typical, with its steep gradient, than no.2, where the gradient is much less pronounced. Lower-quality varieties generally do not have as steep a gradient and the ratios would look more like that of Plant no. 2.