I will no longer trim before hanging..for real try it...way better...

wow i would always see my buddys plants drying leaves n all. it always confused me, i thought it would take too long to dry this way, but now that you explain it i dont see why i was ever confused lol

***Update*** I just watched a youtube video of the handy trimmer. If I didn't have an auto trimmer I would trim dry...but with an auto trimmer I am going to trim wet. Trimming is a bitch any way you slice it...I think I'm going to hand pick the fat colas and trim by hand...but all the lesser, smaller stuff I'm going to put in the machine. The buds come out perfect. I'm just worried that the machine is going to chew up the buds. If that started to happen, I'd at least have kick ass trim/shake and I'd cut the plants, hang them to dry, and dry trim. Even if the auto trimmer wasn't perfect the fact that it can do in minutes what would normally take you hours seems like a good investment. Last grow I hand trimmed a few ounces and put the rest in my shake jars...I just couldn't handle the meticulous discipline it takes to trim...even stoned, I'd rather do something else!

i bought a trim pro,used it one harvest and sold it. time saved is not always best.

I whip off the large fans,maybe some mediums that are creeping amongst the buds,then hang it with all the sugar leaves for 10-14 days.I don't put scissors anywhere near whilst wet,because I found it gives it that horrible grassy/hay smell.
I have done a few harvest's now,and like a lot on here checked up on "how to harvest" before chopping.But none of the usual ways worked very good for me.but through trial and error,I came to the way I do it now.The buds smell great after 2 weeks drying,almost like the real deal smell.
Someone told me the reason for this is because everything takes longer to dry on the plant by leaving them on.

I got a questions can i still make hash if i use this method? or is that out the window

I have no idea what method you're talking about. Nouns ftw!


That being said you can make hash regardless of what method you use.

Just to add some validity to this topic. I have harvested 5 plants and and the one plant (the last one) where i used the op's suggestion came out much much smoother and tastier.

I'm a few weeks from my first harvest, and I think I'm gonna try this. Glad I saw it. The Og Purple Larry Is gonna get chopped first.

I wonder.. who was the idiot who originally started telling everybody to chop up their plants into tiny pieces and separate them, and expect better drying-conditions?
How did he/she pull that myth off? Hehe... It's an internet-thing, it's an internet-method.

so if the lower buds needed some more time to finish (i.e. if someone were doing scrog) could braches be cut and hung intact to slow dry or better to do the whole plant? From what i've gathered from this thread some people do branches

Either way works well, What really matters is the STRAIN, a weak shitty plant is gonna smell like hay, or fresh plants period, no matter how you trim it, just my opinion

sully said:

so if the lower buds needed some more time to finish (i.e. if someone were doing scrog) could braches be cut and hung intact to slow dry or better to do the whole plant? From what i've gathered from this thread some people do branches

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I would assume that branches could be done the same as the whole plant...I would think it is about the same.

autoflowa said:

Either way works well, What really matters is the STRAIN, a weak shitty plant is gonna smell like hay, or fresh plants period, no matter how you trim it, just my opinion

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Yeah, but sometimes you end up making a great smelling plant end up smelling like nothing but grass..this just helps to slow down the drying so your initial drying is actually a really slow cure...so it helps with flavor and smell. it just takes longer.

missnu said:

Yeah, but sometimes you end up making a great smelling plant end up smelling like nothing but grass..this just helps to slow down the drying so your initial drying is actually a really slow cure...so it helps with flavor and smell. it just takes longer.

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so your saying if I did half dry trim and half wet trim on the the same exact plant there will be a noticeable difference ?? Hmm sounds like a very interesting experiment to say the least anyone tried this yet? I mean I think this is the only way to actually tell, I'm stoned please excuse me if I'm rambling but you get what I'm trying to friggin say right? lol

i have a quistion if you can anser it please is it bad to cut bud right of the plant and then dry

Well in 6 weeks Im going to be hanging this girl up.. What did I get myself into ??

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so your saying if I did half dry trim and half wet trim on the the same exact plant there will be a noticeable difference ?? Hmm sounds like a very interesting experiment to say the least anyone tried this yet? I mean I think this is the only way to actually tell, I'm stoned please excuse me if I'm rambling but you get what I'm trying to friggin say right? lol

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I plan on doing the same thing, half this method and half cutting up the buds and trimming right after harvesting.

wow, wish i found this thread a couple days ago, just trimmed 3... would much rather try this technique

I might have to try this. Glad I found this thread.

I would love to master the art of harvest/cure. I had some smoke about a year ago, had that hay smell to it - nothing bad but still there. Anyways, had it in one of those little tupperwares and in a secret stash compartment in my truck. Well, life sometimes gets crazy and I forgot all about it. A month later I found it and when I opened it it smelled pretty sweet and dank - honestly, the best any of my stuff ever smelled. I hope this whole plant technique works as I am always envious of dank stuff I buy cause I usually never been able to match that smell of pure dankness