I'm trying to find the best balance between ease and taste. I find when I cut all leaves off before I dry it dries too quick and affects the taste and smell but if I leave all the leaves it's a pain in the ass to trim. So I want to know if anyone has done this approach and had sucess with it thanks.
Has anyone cut all the sugar leaves off and left only the fan leaves when drying?
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brewing up
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its prob because its drying too quick, dry it as slow as possible for smell and cure it for taste, the moisture u leave inside the buds will circulate the air in jars and sort of dilute the nasty taste away
brewing up
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too much moisture will cause mold though
Anyone else try this???? As soon as I can I will experiment to find out for myself but until then I'd like to know peoples take on this. Please read my first post before you give the typical cure too soon dry too fast reply. I know it dries too fast when I cut all the leaves and I cant control the drying room thats the point of takin the sugar but not the fans.
WeedFreak78
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well more leaves equals longer dry time so trim up one bud fully,leave just sugars on another,and fans only on another see what you like or if there is a difference. I had a bagseed plant that half got trimmed half I didn't touch, the untrimmed side took almost twice as long to dry, but I can't notice a difference between them once they cured. I will NEVER hang a untrimmed plant to dry again, total PITA trying to trim dry sugar leaves...
yesum
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I do not like trimming dry buds so I take everything off while it is in the pot. I let the plant dry out in the pot for a few days so the leaves are not crispy but getting there. After trimming hang it or just let it sit in the pot a bit more and then into the jars.
Comes out nice. Easiest way as well, at least for me.
Comes out nice. Easiest way as well, at least for me.
lightitsmokeit420
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why would you do that..
Total Head
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if you have lighter, airier buds that dry too quickly, just do a choppy trim job on them before you dry them. this way you can still draw out the drying process without having to go through the horror of trimming buds that have dried leaves stuck to them. a choppy trim allows for an easier "second trim" after they are dry. if you have big fat nasty dense colas, trim as well as you can, because those will take forever to dry to begin with.
i've never left on just the fans for this purpose, but in theory it sounds like a decent idea if you're trying to draw out drying. dry fan leaves are a lot easier to trim than dry sugar leaves.
i've never left on just the fans for this purpose, but in theory it sounds like a decent idea if you're trying to draw out drying. dry fan leaves are a lot easier to trim than dry sugar leaves.