How long does it take trimming for 1lb?

kdt15 said:

a shift meaning 1 8-hr shift or like a 4hr shift?

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4hr shift? What kind of union BS we talking about here?
All jokes aside it totally depends on the strain , the trimmer, and the level of trim desired.
Cheers

Yep bingo^^ when you get those leafy strains you gotta get in the bud to trrim those fan leaves, pita i think specially the small ones at the top,and doing it carefully not to damage the trics too much.after doing it soo long i battled to straighten my friggen arm and was sore for months lol.

kdt15 said:

ouch, anyone outsource the trimming part then? i wonder what rates go for (flat payment per pound harvested, or hourly, or etc?)

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was talking with a greenhouse grower out in the IE, and he outsources his trimming, said it cost him $130/lb...not sure is that was a flat rate or what the hourly calc'd out to be. He was complaining about the state of the wholesale market here..."what I used to sell for $1200 can only get $800 now....and I still have to pay $130 a pound for the trimming..."

Tas devil said:

Yep bingo^^ when you get those leafy strains you gotta get in the bud to trrim those fan leaves, pita i think specially the small ones at the top,and doing it carefully not to damage the trics too much.after doing it soo long i battled to straighten my friggen arm and was sore for months lol.

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what are some popular strains that are leafy buggers but still worth growing for example?

Zero_OS said:

was talking with a greenhouse grower out in the IE, and he outsources his trimming, said it cost him $130/lb...not sure is that was a flat rate or what the hourly calc'd out to be. He was complaining about the state of the wholesale market here..."what I used to sell for $1200 can only get $800 now....and I still have to pay $130 a pound for the trimming..."

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wow is that in comparison with before jan1 2018?

BleedsGreen said:

Like Staff Kings? Or did you mean the machinery? Do they staff trimmers at temp agencies in legal states? Might be a good business model

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Both

If time is a concern and you don't have too many plants, trim wet as you harvest.

ANC said:

If time is a concern and you don't have too many plants, trim wet as you harvest.

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i trim live. throw down plastic under the plant to catch trim and trim a branch at a time, leaving as many of the bigger leaves on as i can, just try and remove the smaller stuff. i keep the whole plant alive so i dont chop until its all trimmed then i hang whole and the bigger leaves cocoon the buds for the dry period. big leaves can easily be removed when buds are dry.

i also grow plants specifically to be easily trimmed though, only the top 3 nodes of each branch are kept when it starts flowering so no fluff and no fuss at trim time

I take the large fan leaves off live too, it is just easier to pull them off cleanly with the weight of the plant on the on the other side.

Summertime is a bitch though and you leave everything on to keep the moisture.

kdt15 said:

wow is that in comparison with before jan1 2018?

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Not sure if you are referring to the trim price or the drop in the wholesale price. This was weeks ago, so if the Q is about the trim price, that is his current cost. I gotta think that his trimmers are doing at least a pound per day. If it was about the price drop, that is current too, and he said they were due to mega med farms in Az where their med production is regulated, but not the distribution, so the legal Az med production makes it way to the black markets in other states (he said they don't care about where the product goes, just so long as they get the tax revenue). Don't know if he was BS-ing or not, just passing along general info.

kdt15 said:

what are some popular strains that are leafy buggers but still worth growing for example?

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I couldnt tell ya.near all my life ive just gotten them from a dealer that didnt know anything
till i grew it .grew reasonable yield.indica strain skunky smell .smoked up good,nice and smooth.i end up calling it leighs lollies..been growing same strain for 10 yrs without a pure male, hermied.every year. id get 7-8 seeds that grew just one bunch of nanners always just on one plant and branch...the one that nanners grows on seeds same strain beside it and i use them for the next yr..

Depends how tight & leafy your nugs are. For me.... It can take a week. But that's my outdoor grow.

I'll do a couple hours a night & do a couple ozs. It's a pain in the ass.
It can take me a month to do my whole harvest. Buy some will be dry trim & some fresh cut. Depends on how the season goes.

That's why I stick to a know and long-serving cut....Know exactly what I get every time.
Sure its fun smoking the odd new strain now and again.But for my area, the exodus is top dollar and I reset the bar here for top shelf by not rushing post-harvest. It is an easy trimming bud with not too many leaves and all at predictable places, you can blind trim them after a while.

If you are in a bind, dry them, put them in a bucket, put the lid on and shake the shit out of it for 5 minutes... remove trimmed buds.

I can do about 500-600 grams in an 8-10 hour weekend day for strains like gg4. More leafier strains we could only get through 300-400 or so grams in an 8-10 hr day.

2.5 lbs a day.

Friend once asked how I do it. Didn't believe. Then he saw me cut my fingernails in about 3 seconds, apparently that takes normal people 8 hours also?

Hire welders and sewers I guess. Everyone else is a sloth behind the scissors.

Depends on how bad you want the trimming done. Trimming a pound wet in 8 hours is nothing. But if it's dry I'd say 10 or even 12.

i trim sun leaves and anything easy to get to wet, then finish up the fine stuff when it's dry, add it together and it's in the neighborhood of 4-5 hours per pound

PURPLEB3RRYKUSH said:

A pound in 8 hours trimmed is average

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Agreeded 6-8 hours depending on foliage.

Depending if bush not indoors also cause frocked if i could trim a p in that time, and i do it wet but keep it on a 20" branch then hang it.i cant wait to grow some indoor extravaganza sugar daddy shit .save near cutting the circulation off to my thumb and finger and tennis elbow lol haha..

Isn't too expensive to pay hand trimmers?