A Cannabinerd's Journey

AlphaPhase

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Trimming a unit in 6 hours is fucking super fast. I can't do a unit in 8 hours. The only trimmers I've seen are the ones that shave the outside of the buds and by the looks of your bud you don't trim like that.
I guess it's kind of fast, but it takes me days in reality, like today I trimmed 150g in 2 hours or so, maybe a little less, but then I have to stop for an hour (or the rest of the day lol) and stretch my back and let my hand feel better :p I have a routine for trimming that speeds it up a bit but I truly hate trimming, I dread harvest time lol
 

a mongo frog

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I guess it's kind of fast, but it takes me days in reality, like today I trimmed 150g in 2 hours or so, maybe a little less, but then I have to stop for an hour (or the rest of the day lol) and stretch my back and let my hand feel better :p I have a routine for trimming that speeds it up a bit but I truly hate trimming, I dread harvest time lol
Come trim at my house please. you can take as many breaks after 2 hours as you need. And you'd still put us ahead of schedule.......
 

AlphaPhase

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Come trim at my house please. you can take as many breaks after 2 hours as you need. And you'd still put us ahead of schedule.......
Lol, shit man, Aeroknow has a trimmer that can trim some units in 3-4 hours! I swear if I could trim that fast it would give me so much more motivation to trim :bigjoint: I don't think I'd hate it so much if my back was better but 20 minutes after sitting down it starts hurting so it just gets annoying really fast :(
 

adower

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Well from reading around and seeing pics of hand trim vs spin trim, there's a good handful of people that say the spin trimmer doesn't beat up the buds nearly as bad as the tumbler kind of electric trimmer and when trimming with scissors there's tons and tons of resin getting sheared off, I figure give it a shot, at least for the smaller buds, see how it comes out, if I can't tell the difference under my scope, it'll save me some quality time for funner things, as fun as trimming is ;)
I'm surprised you hold the actual bud when trimming. No was always taught to hold them stem and spin it while trimming.
 

adower

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Lol, shit man, Aeroknow has a trimmer that can trim some units in 3-4 hours! I swear if I could trim that fast it would give me so much more motivation to trim :bigjoint: I don't think I'd hate it so much if my back was better but 20 minutes after sitting down it starts hurting so it just gets annoying really fast :(
Those must be huge colas to trim a unit that fast.
 

supdro

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I figure with as much scissor and finger hash that comes off during hand trimming, it should be comparable at least with the spin trimmer, lots and lots of resin comes off using scissors so I can't see much more coming off with a few spins but we'll see, it's Def worth a shot for sure :)

Makes sense alpha..i don't see that big a difference but my concern would be the dry. Would be shorter dry off the plant i think that would change the taste of the final product
 

AlphaPhase

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I'm surprised you hold the actual bud when trimming. No was always taught to hold them stem and spin it while trimming.
Yeah, I think everyone holds the stem and spins it, works well for big buds, but the smaller buds it doesn't work on because they aremt as dense so you need to hold the stem while putting a finger on the bud to push it into the scissors, or the scissors just push the bud away from the scissors when trying to trim :p I've never been able to trim smalls without touching them quite a bit to "get in there" and get the leaf off

Those must be huge colas to trim a unit that fast.
Golf ball OG buds ;) this strain is one of the 4hr a unit strains
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Makes sense alpha..i don't see that big a difference but my concern would be the dry. Would be shorter dry off the plant i think that would change the taste of the final product
Do you mean trimming before drying? Or using dry buds in the trimmer? I always dry before trimming
 
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supdro

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Yeah, I think everyone holds the stem and spins it, works well for big buds, but the smaller buds it doesn't work on because they aremt as dense so you need to hold the stem while putting a finger on the bud to push it into the scissors, or the scissors just push the bud away from the scissors when trying to trim :p I've never been able to trim smalls without touching them quite a bit to "get in there" and get the leaf off


Golf ball OG buds ;) this strain is one of the 4hr a unit strains
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Do you mean trimming before drying? Or using dry buds in the trimmer? I always dry before trimming

Gotcha..ive mostly heard of people using the spinpro before dry when its still wet. If it works after dry im all for it!!
 

AlphaPhase

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Gotcha..ive mostly heard of people using the spinpro before dry when its still wet. If it works after dry im all for it!!
For sure! It actually works pretty damn good, yeah it knocks off trichs, but don't think it's the trichs off the bud, I think it's off the leaves more so. I just trimmed a lb in 3 hrs by trimming tops by hand and the lowers in the trimming machine! Stoked!! Once I mixed it all together I can't tell any difference, the trimmer actually leaves some nice leaves on the bud, didn't demolish them one bit!
 

AlphaPhase

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Great work on the trimming bro and that ghostrider is looking ready to go, pick it bro :-D
Thanks bro :) I did just scrap a decent pile of dry sift from the bottom of the trim bowl, but sift is fluffy, so I think it's probably about the same amount as I knock off with scissors but not sure

Whats your take, do you think the hard scissor hash vs the dry sift is comparable? Should I weight it? I did the same amount of trimming for each method and that's what I got so far :p
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And definitely harvesting soon :D can't wait!
 

eastcoastmo

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Thanks bro :) I did just scrap a decent pile of dry sift from the bottom of the trim bowl, but sift is fluffy, so I think it's probably about the same amount as I knock off with scissors but not sure

Whats your take, do you think the hard scissor hash vs the dry sift is comparable? Should I weight it? I did the same amount of trimming for each method and that's what I got so far :p
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And definitely harvesting soon :D can't wait!
Lol you just answered your question I see ha ha. Looks pretty comparable to me mate :) the dry sift actually looks better to me, smoke some up and give us a report ;) ha ha
 

AlphaPhase

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Lol I had to get the numbers :) the sift is fantastic! Very stoney and gave me Hella munchies lol
Lol you just answered your question I see ha ha. Looks pretty comparable to me mate :) the dry sift actually looks better to me, smoke some up and give us a report ;) ha ha
 
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