What a treat to see someone so organized do what they do.. all are showing some nice color...
gotta love the sticky wet trimming huh? get off my scissors dang it.
I've got this old old grow book a friend gave me... reading thru chopping, drying, curing etc etc recently.. I read something that made total sense to me and, after trying it recently... AM SOLD.
I too used to wet trim my weed down to finished product. then set them onto screens to dry like you did..
walla. the article talked about protecting the buds and this is what they said...
Note: Remove the large/med fan leaf's.. but, leave the next size down, and closer to the buds ON.. Hang dry. What this does is makes this leaf material wrap around the bud and protect the trichome heads.. studies showed that even the slight breeze used to move air around can degrade the heads... by leaving these leaf's on these are covered, hugged if you will... ( okay, I added that) ..
Ok. so I did this and was amazed. Flavor was doubled easily and potency was pumped up to a noticeable difference.. and the more I thought about it, the more sense it made...
If your still cutting down, try this with just one branch of a plant.... see what you think..