First time harvest need help!

ok so i know you trim out the big leaves when you harvest but how do you know when your cutting to much? like i have about 1 cm long leaves on my biggest bud that has little white crystles on it and idk if i cut it or not

natalyss said:

ok so i know you trim out the big leaves when you harvest but how do you know when your cutting to much? like i have about 1 cm long leaves on my biggest bud that has little white crystles on it and idk if i cut it or not

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How much to trim off the buds is a personal decision. From what I have seen from pictures here at riu I like to leave a bit more sugar leaf than most. Your bud so its all up to you, trim all the fan leaves though.

good luck
mustang

I take all the fans off at the stem as close to the bud as I can, toss them.
Then take all the bud leaves off and set aside to dry (for later use) then after the buds have dryed for a few days I trim them up and take all those trimings along with bud leaf from harvest day and make some kick ass Butter.

I've just done one trim job so far, but I'm really happy with what came out of it. Mostly like GoldenGanja's method, 'cept I was really picky trimming the buds the first time around -- I like to get in there with a fine scissors and nip those bud leaves right at the bases. Check fdd2blk's harvest and cure thread at the top of that Forum... I basically just did what he said. I can see why --- I tried smoking a little of my smallest bud leaf in a joint. It was covered in trichs, but that leaf taste comes thru -- yuck.

I'm taking Subcool's advice (Organic thread) and drying my trim (leaves, that is) for one day, then freezing it for making hash later. I saw a cool alcohol extraction method for this; gonna check that out just for fun. Don't think I have enough trim to get too bent about what happens to it, so may as well.