d.s.m.
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This is pretty much how it was handled, minus the sleeping in the back yard part.
How does cali trim buds there buds?
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purplekitty7772008
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I trim wet. Makes the job far easier.
themanwiththeplan
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i trim like this:
I chop the plant down at the base (if the whole plant is done...or ill chop half way down and let the rest go for a few days etc).
hang the whole thing up...
take a razor and cut off a branch at a time...i then cut all the fan leaves and all other leaves that are big or sticking out from the bud the most...till it looks decent.
then i hang them up in the dark...
48 hrs later and usually the buds are dry to the touch.
i then take each branch down and take the buds off the branch...i do my manicuring here. this is when i get all the leaf off (i do leave a little if the leaves are super frosty but otherwise i take em off).
Its easier (for me) to do the fine cutting once its dry. the process goes by MUCH faster for me that way...half the time i dont even have to really "cut" the fine pieces of leaf..sometimes just the blade sliding against the leaf will make it fall off
I chop the plant down at the base (if the whole plant is done...or ill chop half way down and let the rest go for a few days etc).
hang the whole thing up...
take a razor and cut off a branch at a time...i then cut all the fan leaves and all other leaves that are big or sticking out from the bud the most...till it looks decent.
then i hang them up in the dark...
48 hrs later and usually the buds are dry to the touch.
i then take each branch down and take the buds off the branch...i do my manicuring here. this is when i get all the leaf off (i do leave a little if the leaves are super frosty but otherwise i take em off).
Its easier (for me) to do the fine cutting once its dry. the process goes by MUCH faster for me that way...half the time i dont even have to really "cut" the fine pieces of leaf..sometimes just the blade sliding against the leaf will make it fall off
BeaverHuntr
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Glue shards of broken glass bottles on top of your fence. If its brick that is.
themanwiththeplan
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i feel for you guys dealing with rippers. i havent been ripped...yet (thank god *knocks on wood*) but im prepared. I have a very large property and occasionally will here people creeping around the perimeter of it...until the dogs start barking...
then they leave...
when i hear the dogs going crazy the 1st thing i do is grab the pump and load it (and my pocket) with buckshots.
I try to keep it low key but i live in a pretty bad area...I don't trust any of these assholes near me. I got a pit, german shepherd and a rott so they are a good 1st line of defense..if anyone is bold enough to jump the fence they will probably rip them a new asshole. if they happen to get by the dogs they wont get by me.
even with all the dogs i still try not to leave my grow spot unless someone else is there. i just never feel safe with leaving it unattended.
if you catch that high school kid coming back be sure to hold him at gunpoint till the cops come and explain what he did (ie trespassing, attempting to steal from you, etc)
or alternatively...stake it out. wait for him to get on your property and then proceed to kick the shit out of him until he begs for mercy...THEN call the cops and say he came at you so you flattened him.
then they leave...
when i hear the dogs going crazy the 1st thing i do is grab the pump and load it (and my pocket) with buckshots.
I try to keep it low key but i live in a pretty bad area...I don't trust any of these assholes near me. I got a pit, german shepherd and a rott so they are a good 1st line of defense..if anyone is bold enough to jump the fence they will probably rip them a new asshole. if they happen to get by the dogs they wont get by me.
even with all the dogs i still try not to leave my grow spot unless someone else is there. i just never feel safe with leaving it unattended.
if you catch that high school kid coming back be sure to hold him at gunpoint till the cops come and explain what he did (ie trespassing, attempting to steal from you, etc)
or alternatively...stake it out. wait for him to get on your property and then proceed to kick the shit out of him until he begs for mercy...THEN call the cops and say he came at you so you flattened him.
RawBudzski
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I normally will chop branch by brach off a plant that is ready, removing the Largest Fans (anything that sticks out with a noticeable stem). I then hang & go chop another branch & de-fan it to hang. 5-7days Later I will cut the nugs off the stems & place them in brown bags for 2-4days before I will manicure & begin the Jar curing process. I am still dialing in my whole process of growing & harvesting so.. I change it up often, I have an entire plant hanging right now, I got lazy so I defanned it while it was in soil, then I cut & hung.
Dan Kone
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I belong to the school of thought that says "never call the cops when you've got bud growing". Cops and bud just don't mix well. Cops, bud, and guns are a real bad combo. Dogs are good enough. If someone isn't afraid of a pack of dogs that can fight, then let em have it. I'm not going to shoot someone over bud, so I'm not going to pull a gun out that I'm not prepared to use.
themanwiththeplan
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well i wouldn't call the cops either...but if i DO end up shooting someone i kind of have no choice but to call the cops (unless they get up and leave on their own)...
i have only 1 gun but its legally registered to me so im not too worried about that. I really only bought it for protection. i figure someone determined enough could easily hop over the fence...shoot the dogs and still come towards the grow op...
i mean the chances of that happening are unlikely (its pretty drastic to kill 3 dogs to get to a grow...many would just give up but you never know these days...13 year olds carry guns on occasion where im from!) but just in case im still covered. however if someone DOES come in and shoots my dogs i know it'll be really bad for me once they break in.
i bought the gun in hopes of never having to use it but im fully prepared to should the situation present itself.
If someone did break in and i wounded them to the point they couldnt get up or (god forbid) i killed them then i'd have to call the cops or face some real serious charges (ie. dumping a body, etc). Im not too worried about my grow as im legal and im only grow half of what im legally allowed to grow under my states MMJ guidelines.
sure it could end up bad with me in the pen or something but its a hell of a lot better than being at the mercy of criminals and possibly being killed. it happens all the time...people do home invasions on grow ops and end up killing the residents. i'd rather be in jail than dead.
I think a jury would see it my way as i'd never fire the gun unless the other person(s) was armed and in the actual grow building.
i doubt it would ever come to that but like i said ya never know.
My next move for grow security will be a wireless security system. I'd like to arrange it to see down both sides of the street and back streets...so i know whats goin on ahead of time.
Dizzle Frost
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i trim all the large useless fans and non resin leaves first and throw em out...then i get down too bizniz by trimmin bottom of the branch up
budlover13
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F'ing HATE dry trimming! Just tried it and will never do it again.
Dizzle Frost
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ditto! i have shit all over the place to trim and i jus dotn wanna lol
themanwiththeplan
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lol i can understand and respect that (no guns stance) but since the criminals are carrying guns what can 1 do to stay safe?
Ive never actually owned a gun (or even shot one) until i started growing. I've read all the horror stories in the papers...guy(s) break in w/ guns...shoot the residents in the process of the robbery...fatal injury/death ensues...not pretty.
Something like this happened to a personal friend of mine.
He had a grow going on (legal grow btw)...Apparently somehow someone found out (i don't know the details as it wasn't released to the public and) i dont wanna bring it up givin the circumstances.
However it was like 3-4 guys, they plotted when to make their move. did a home invasion in the middle of the night. Luckily my friend wasn't there...however a few of his relatives where there. They all had masks on and were armed with firearms.
they rounded up everyone in the house and started questioning them asking where the mj and $$$ was...they said they didnt know (not sure if they did) in the end they shot one point blank in the head before leaving pretty much empty handed. all he had dried/cured was less than 1 zip & no cash (he didnt deal...at most he gave some to his close personal smoking buddies...he didnt speak of his grow as i smoked with him many times but never knew he grew until his relative got killed).
i know know why sometimes he'd give me some free bud!
however my point is if someone will kill someone over less than an oz then i think they'd kill me for whatever i have.
Those guys came in professional from what ive been told by him/the media all for some med patient that really just grew for himself and not for any kind of profit.
Its a sick/sad world we live in. this is what happened near me so why couldn't it happen to me?
whenever i hear a car late at night drive slowly, the dogs growl and bark, etc. i feel compelled to look outside. constantly. ever since that happened to my friend this year i've been extra on edge about stuff like that.
I agree gun owners who grow MMJ are just asking for trouble (law-wise as they'd go harder on you for possessing a gun even if its legally registered to you while growin) but i'd rather have legal issues than be dead. wouldn't you?
I have the dogs for (family pets really) but they serve a good purpose as being intimidating (to look at and the sound of their bark).
i hope thats all i ever need but someone determined enough (those 3-4 robbers) could VERY EASILY take out my dogs if they really wanted to get to my grow/me.
those buckshots are all i have in the end. I might sound paranoid but I really sleep within arms reach of it just incase i hear something.
Dan Kone
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Logistics. If you have an 18' plant that's ready to chop and the weather report says a storms coming, you take that plant down. Wet timing isn't really an option there unless you can figure out how to make a day 48 hours long.
If I were trimming it all myself and there were small amounts wet trimming might be an option. But if the amounts are too overwhelming and you've got to hire trimmers, dry is the only way that's practical for me.
Dan Kone
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Big intimidating dogs. No one has ever got a 5 year mandatory minimum for having a dog as far as I know. If someone isn't afraid of the dogs, you most likely don't want to mess with them. Let them have your stuff. It's not worth it.
A shoot out with them most likely won't end well.
The best defense against that is to not let ANYONE know where you grow EVER.
themanwiththeplan
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i agree with you...ive never uttered a word about my growing however you never know who could find out one way or another. im pretty careful imo. i chop the stumps/roots into TINY pieces and bury them. nothing goes in the garbage thats incriminating, etc. i just always feel paranoid and don't wanna run into the same situation my friend did (its a fucked up one if you ask me...they didnt even fight the robbers...they were just mad they didnt get enough bud or cash and POW! dead)
idk i can understand why growers don't like guns but i can't understand not liking life.
i feel there should be a thread about this to get others opinions too. im wondering if im in the majority or the minority (by owning a gun for protection)...
thanks for you take on it.
d.s.m.
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Well, yeah, if circumstances demand, then you've got to do what you've got to do. I'm just saying that, given the choice, I'd choose to trim wet whenever possible.
MrStickyScissors
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exactly....
angryblackman
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This is how my buddy trims. I would go a tad closer but free help is hard to find! 
