Trimming before or after drying?

Chrdymcdenis

Chrdymcdenis

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I'm about midway into flower in my first grow and started researching how best to dry/cure my buds. I'm wondering if I should do a wet trim after harvesting or wait till after drying before curing. Whats everyone's preference and what are the pros and cons to each method?
 
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spek9

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I trim at harvest, while it's wet. First, a round of all of the fan leaves, then on the second pass, I cut the remaining sugary sugar leaves and popcorn buds into a bowl that will be dried and used for edibles.

I then hang all of the stems onto hangers, and they go into my drying closet.

When I go to put it into the cure jars, I like the simplicity of already having trim done, and all I have to do is snip the buds from the stem into the jars.

Besides, I find trimming wet bud easier than dry for some reason. Years and years of habit maybe.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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I dry after trimming all shade leaves and hanging. I then just gently trim the sugar leaves and popcorn when my room hits 48% rh. Continue the main buds until 40% and jar with boveda. I only trim close when I have PM fears late in flower. These had some signs at 11 weeks in.001.jpg
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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spek9 said:
That's good advice. Maybe even I'll try a dry trim on a few branches.

I had a harvest last weekend, but one plant needed one more week so I'm going to take your advice aimed at the OP, and test it for myself on Saturday.

Who knows, maybe I'll convert.
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I fnd a better taste in buds not stripped before drying. Slows the process.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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spek9 said:
That's good advice. Maybe even I'll try a dry trim on a few branches.

I had a harvest last weekend, but one plant needed one more week so I'm going to take your advice aimed at the OP, and test it for myself on Saturday.

Who knows, maybe I'll convert.
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Ya, there's really no wrong way. There are advantages to both methods. It's really just about preference.

That's a great idea leaving a branch or two to try it out. No better way to learn than to try it yourself. Personally I don't think you can improve if you don't try new things and experiment a little. Keep me posted on what you like better.
 
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spek9

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PadawanWarrior said:
Ya, there's really no wrong way. There are advantages to both methods. It's really just about preference.

That's a great idea leaving a branch or two to try it out. No better way to learn than to try it yourself. Personally I don't think you can improve if you don't try new things and experiment a little. Keep me posted on what you like better.
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I will do! I'll bookmark the thread or else I'll forget ;)
 
Kyle540865

Kyle540865

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I prefer to do a pre trim right after cutting down the plant, taking off all the sucker leaves first then as it dries trimming off the rest of the augar leaves and using it to make concentrates. Cheers.
 
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spek9

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Chrdymcdenis said:
Can't seem to figure out how to like your guys comments though
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You'll have the Like (and other) privileges after you gain some experience on the site by posting, and receiving Likes. I'll give you a couple here. You're polite, non-confrontational and can actually communicate well. Three traits we don't see very often anymore with new users.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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spek9 said:
You'll have the Like (and other) privileges after you gain some experience on the site by posting, and receiving Likes. I'll give you a couple here. You're polite, non-confrontational and can actually communicate well. Three traits we don't see very often anymore with new users.
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It is me that has been screwed upon grammatic inquiry for progression and aggression. Welcome.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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We did 3 rounds of ~100 plants each grow, and did the first 3 wet trim. We just finished up round 4, and did it dry. I can already tell im liking dry trim better. It seems like you can slow your dry time with dry, and that's a good thing. Plus, its just faster, and less messy. The only thing we did before hanging was knock off the fans, and smaller leaf tips that did not have any trichs on them. These are on day 11, and still good for a couple more days before we buck them off. Room is 63 degrees/58-60 RH1510792C-171C-4B06-A6B1-8EB989D22F73.jpeg
 
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Wattzzup

Wattzzup

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
We did 3 rounds of ~100 plants each grow, and did the first 3 wet trim. We just finished up round 4, and did it dry. I can already tell im liking dry trim better. It seems like you can slow your dry time with dry, and that's a good thing. Plus, its just faster, and less messy. The only thing we did before hanging was knock off the fans, and smaller leaf tips that did not have any trichs on them. These are on day 11, and still good for a couple more days before we buck them off.View attachment 4542482
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There’s something wrong with those buds.....I can’t really tell by the pic you better send them to ME for better analysis :bigjoint::bigjoint::bigjoint::bigjoint:
 
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ComfortCreator

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Trimming wet bud is harder than you may think. Remove fan leaves, let hang dry as large branches, then final trim once dried properly.

Its far more important to keep the humidity in range and then cure it properly after than it is to trim it a certain way. Even "dry" trimming will gum up the scissors a lot.

A real key is very high quality scissors. Fiskars can GFY they are mediocre, Chicamasa on the other hand, unreal.
 
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