dry rack

Im bout to dry buds n dry rack pros n cons please

might be better to branch the plant out and hang dry on string lines. actually i know its better.

Dry racks works good, but if you can you should hang the buds

Trim your plant as soon as you decide to harvest. If you cut the plant down to hang it you will find it takes MUCH longer to trim. The small little sugar leaves start to curl up the minute the stem is cut down. Curled leaves are much more difficult to trim and manicure. Been there.... BigSteve.

I use 16 x 25 x 1 inch furnace filters ($0.88 each at WalMart) to dry my bud. After 3-4 days on the filter rack my bud is ready for curing. Works 4 me, BigSteve.

I do both depending on space I have. pros of dynets. you cut the buds from the stem they dry faster,cons it leaves you with flat bud on one side because they lay there like that to dry. both methods are effective tho. I hang for 2 days then dry net. helps keep the structure of the bud when they are slightly dry before the rack. just my opinion tho. im no guru.

I like to branch em out too and hang them on metal wire coat hangers with clothes pins makes easy work.

although I do agree with big steve it is way easier to trim first.

bigsteve said:

I use 16 x 25 x 1 inch furnace filters ($0.88 each at WalMart) to dry my bud. After 3-4 days on the filter rack my bud is ready for curing. Works 4 me, BigSteve.

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Hope you don't use the fiberglass ones. That would be a bit bad for your lungs.

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Always trim first, have music on or good company ...lol and naturally a place to hang the stalks for 2-3 weeks until you get a snap when you bend the stalk, ensure its dark and warm and well vented ..lol one place in an emergency I once used was a clothes drying rack, hang the budded stalks, drape a blanket on top, and a small fan under, was amazed at the results

in my opinion i get a better taste when i do a dry trim, sometimes it's tough, but the fan leaves fall off on their own, and the sugar leaves i go against the way they are fallen (downward?) and rotate the bud as i clip down

i always get my hands really sticky trimming wet or dry bud, and for some reason (maybe my climate) bud trimmed dry is better. There's one side of the argument where you are knocking crystals when dry trimming, so i do it a couple days before it's finally dry (so the leaves are a little pliable). Also with wet trimming you could be doing the same thing to the trichomes

remember how you handle the stocks throughout the whole time is important, don't squish them! I take off each branch at a time and hold it by the branch and twirl it then clip the buds straight to a jar

It's a good idea IMO to find out what suites you best, and what will give you a better product. I think both will give you bud if dried and cured proper though, and as for drying racks, I always hang my plants as a whole

I also do a top -chop, wait a few weeks, then the bottom chop, never flushing (soil) and also I heard recently when you do a "selective" harvest (top then bottom) when you make your first cut it helps with plant stress to put a little honey on the cut. This helps it scab over a little faster so i hear