Black RooR 420
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What do you guys like better
What Do You Guys Like To Do Better Trim Then Dry Or Dry Then Trim?
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kevin murphy
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gunna be thinking the same thing when i come to harvest...
mellokitty
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i vote dry then trim, if you have the time/space to hang dry.
why? because as the leaves wilt around the buds it makes a bit of a cocoon around them, so that by the time it's "snappy" enough to trim it, it's already a little bit self-cured.
also: a dry trim is generally less handling of trimmed buds (when you trim then dry you have to flip the pile every so often to keep it from molding).
why? because as the leaves wilt around the buds it makes a bit of a cocoon around them, so that by the time it's "snappy" enough to trim it, it's already a little bit self-cured.
also: a dry trim is generally less handling of trimmed buds (when you trim then dry you have to flip the pile every so often to keep it from molding).
Metasynth
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Trim then dry for me, unless you have too many plants and need to chop 'em all at once, then I guess you could load the warehouse up and let 'em dry first. When you trim wet, the leaves are still rigid enough for clean cuts and easy work. When they're dry first, you can pull a lot of the larger leaves off whole, they just sorta fall off, but the smaller ones are a bitch, harder to get in deep with the scissors, and I think it takes longer to do a meticulous job. Though there may be benefits to the fact that drying a plant with it's fanleaves on takes a lot longer, and may dry more evenly, as long as you don't have a relative humidity that will cause mold. It's a preferance thing, and personally I'm all about trimming wet.
tet1953
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Definitely, trim then dry, no question. Those leaves that are wilting around the bud making a cocoon won't add much other than bad taste. All fan leaves gotta go obviously and some of those around the bud get trimmed. I go by trichs mostly. If leaves have sugar on 'em just the ends might get snipped. Fan leaves go in one bucket, fine trim and popcorn bud go in the hash bucket.
mellokitty
Moderatrix of Journals
uh, actually, the cocooning fanleaves kickstarting the curing process is a widely recognised phenomenon, unless of course you're drying in a non-rh-controlled area, which can obviously cause problems, yes.
don't knock it til you've tried it.....
tet1953
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uh, actually, the cocooning fanleaves kickstarting the curing process is a widely recognised phenomenon, unless of course you're drying in a non-rh-controlled area, which can obviously cause problems, yes.
don't knock it til you've tried it.....
I won't dispute your point, because I haven't tried it. I will. My comment was more about the leaves themselves, and what they may or may not contribute thc-wise.
