I will no longer trim before hanging..for real try it...way better...

[missnu]

Hell yeah...

 

[missnu]

I will take some finished pics here in just a bit...

 

[KUShSOurSMOKEr]

Damm I've always wondered bout this..so this really makes ur buds taste better is it true? I'm wonderijng how I shud dry my almos harvested tahoe og

 

[sfttailpaul]

I have harvested numerous plants and have even tried doing it this way before, but I usually trim the buds up and then leave them hanging..but I got lazy last time and just hung the whole thing...it takes it a good little bit longer to dry, but once it is dry trimming is a snap literally, your scissors don't get so gummed up you have to keep cleaning them just to finish, and the finished product is already mostly cured...I mean you just can't beat that...and instead of that green weed smell you smell while trimming fresh stuff, when it is already dried with the buds inside it smells like the dried and cured finished product...I tried this once before, but didn't let it dry totally before I took it down to finish trimming and put it in the jar, and it was nearly impossible to get trimmed...But if you pull the whole plant and then just leave it alone for like a week and half- 2 weeks then when you do take the plant down it is ready for jars...and you won't have to keep opening and closing the jar either...I mean it is ready for the jar...lol. Not too dry, but as I said I think the leaves kind of start to cure the buds, as opposed to when they are hanging there naked just drying...the outside of the buds can't dry faster than the inside, because the whole bud becomes the inside...the leaves are perfectly designed to fall and wrap around each bud..coincidence? I think not....
And I can leave less trimmed off without affecting the taste of the end product too much as well....I really think this might be my new method from here on out...I mean it takes longer before I get to try some, but it won't kill me to wait...
I find that when dealing with plants you can never have too much patience...lol
Anyway just finished putting away a tobacco hung plant and wanted everyone to look into, because I like it way better...

Thank you for this...
I have been harvesting this way for over 3 years, discovered it just like you did. I dry in my basement letting them hang for +/- 2 weeks. No mold or any other problems but I am in Northern California. I also don't cure "officially" either. I find that the trimmed buds in jars actually get that great smell after another 2 weeks in the jar. This also allows some of those small Trichome coated leaves in the buds to stay and not get mutilated in the scissors upon a tidy trimming.
Those of you that haven't tried this technique, do it! You'll be happy.

 

[missnu]

Damm I've always wondered bout this..so this really makes ur buds taste better is it true? I'm wonderijng how I shud dry my almos harvested tahoe og

It isn't the next big thing to hit weed gardens, but you know how they say to make sure your trimmed product is kept in the dark and all that...that is to protect the THC...if you don't trim before you hang, then the leaves will protect the buds and make the dry out perfectly and evenly...once they are dry enough to take down they are already pretty cured...just a little longer in a jar and they are awesome...I guess you can trim and hang and then jar, and then keep checking the jar for 2 weeks...or you can leave the plant intact and let it hang there for 2 weeks then put it in the jar...either way you have 2 weeks into it and some awesome smoke...
Is it world's better than trimming and then hanging? No...it isn't amazing...but I do find it to be just better enough that I will no longer do it the other way...lol

 

[Grojak]

It takes so much time to trim dried plants, fresh cut plants with leaves purtruding out are easy to trim, dried leaves sticking to bud are such a pain to trim, you have to individually pull each leaf from the bud to trim it, not worth the extra trim time imo, if your trimming one or two small plants no big deal but beyond that what a pain in the ass.

 

[superstoner1]

i never trim before hanging. my buds taste and smell better and smoother. 2 days in a jar is like 2 weeks in a jar for wet trimmed.

 

[Po boy]

great thread! looking forward to drying this way, very soon now. thanks for posting this info

 

[colonuggs]

for the best smell and taste leave the leaves on....easier trimming take the leaves off

 

[NotoriousBUD]

also started using this method as the first time i broke the plant down and wet trimmed it lost almost all smell and flavor

 

[hyroot]

Ive done both and I go back an forth. But I prefer trimming fresh. The buds look better and after a week of curing they taste way better than leaving sugar leaves. With dry sugar leaves the buds are left with a hint of chlorophyll flavor. The gummd up scissors is dank scissor hash. Like hand hash. You smoke it. The fresh trim makes way better bubble than dry trim.

 

[Amaximus]

I've trimmed fresh as well as just hung them with leaves and trimmed after. For me, I will always trim when fresh. Trimming after it dried was a major pain in the ass as all my leaves hung over the buds and started sticking to them. Fuck that.

 

[TheChosen]

I trim off the large protruding fan leaves, they are of no value and will deposit the green taste on your buds.

The sugar leaves I trim just slightly, usually just trimming the tips off to allow the moisture to evaporate a little better. I feel the sugar leaves have a fair amount of good taste and smell to them, and helps preserve the aroma of the bud it wraps around in addition to protecting the trichomes. But I like the appearance of a leaf with the tips trimmed, as apposed to being the entire leaf.

When they're ready for jars I inspect each nug as I put it in and trim off any undesireable leaves or leaf tips as I go.

 

[TheDocGrowsChronic]

I trim off the large protruding fan leaves, they are of no value and will deposit the green taste on your buds.

Why will the large protruding fan leaves impart a bad taste on final product if it is hung to dry without trimming? Would you care to explain because i hear leaving the fan leaves on is best.

 

[colonuggs]

Why will the large protruding fan leaves impart a bad taste on final product if it is hung to dry without trimming? Would you care to explain because i hear leaving the fan leaves on is best.

it doesnt .....whos telling wives tales Its easier to trim fresh leaves off.... but leaving fan leaves on will not give the nugs a green/chlor taste

 

[stumpjumper]

I trim fresh and my shit doesn't usually get jarreed for more than a week. Nobody complains.. personal preference

 

[monkeybones]

i might try this but not leave the fan leaves on

just the flower leaves

i was sceptical from the title but you sold me on the delivery

 

[DelQ]

So does this method work better or is it personal preference ?

 

[blaze1camp]

i have done it both ways when i have patience i chop, hang, dry, trim...when im being impatient trim and hang really more of a preference to me...

 

[Jimmyjonestoo]

I always dry before trimming as well. I've noticed it does improve taste/smell a bit due to slower drying. The main reason I dry first tho is because I hate trimming so by drying first I can get to it whenever I feel like it or when I have the time.