trim style?

[Xeblaro]

I know there are a few differnt methods of trimming, I prefer to manicure as I go, and dry the buds on screens. I've read a lot about people hang the plants, then manicuring after the fan leaves dry, etc.


How do you trim? and why do you do it that way?

 

[bubba902]

I always trim the leaves back the last cpl weeks then let her dry hangin up. I will manicure her up after she drys out

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I cut off manageable sized branches. I pull off the fan leaves and larger sugar leaves and discard. I trim off absolutely as much leaf material as I can (I think leaf smokes nasty). This is saved for bubble hash. I hang the plant until dry and then jar.

 

[Xeblaro]

I tried the hanging method one time, it felt like I did all the work twice. After trimming them lovely buds, I hung them up (which was sorta a pain in itself) only to break them apart and manicure more a week later.

What's the reason you prefer hanging over screen?

 

[Lemon Jack]

When you lay the buds down on the screen. The bud will leave some trichs on the screen. Plus on a screen you need to flip them over to dry evenly which entails more touching of the buds.


I trim every tiniest leaf I can see when I chop the plant the hang and jar.

 

[pcduck]

I trim as much as I can get and use this for bubble hash. I then hang upside down for a few days then jar them, then just burbs the jars every couple of days till they feel nice and dry

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I tried the hanging method one time, it felt like I did all the work twice. After trimming them lovely buds, I hung them up (which was sorta a pain in itself) only to break them apart and manicure more a week later.

What's the reason you prefer hanging over screen?

What exactly did you do? Hanging them is really quite easy--not sure how it could be a pain? The only work to do after they are dry is clip the buds from the branch--a fast quick job--not anything I would call a manicure. I also believe that you leave a lot of trichs on the screen.

 

[Hushpuppy]

I trim and manicure first and even remove most of the stems from the bud then lay it on screen. I haven't found a big loss of trichs but I can tell that some do get left behind. I suspect no more is lost than when the final de-stemming is done when they are hung to dry. I only have to turn them a couple times but handling them is going to remove trichs regardless of how you do it. IMO

 

[4u2sm0ke]

at harvest..I like to do most my trimming while the plant is still upright...after that I chop and hang the plant..till the stem snaps...then I trim the buds off into a brown bag and turn one or two times a day untill they feel a bit dry..then into jars and burped a few times a day for a couple weeks then back off the burping...then I grab me bong and :bong:

take care and be safe

 

[Xeblaro]

THG, I just found stringing up the room was a pain (maybe it's the room) and removing the buds from the stem seemed to require a lot of touch-up manicuring. I'll have to try hanging again sometime. I can't say I've ever noticed losing trichs with the screen method, not a whole lot anyway, but handling I can understand.

 

[kaotik]

I cut off manageable sized branches. I pull off the fan leaves and larger sugar leaves and discard. I trim off absolutely as much leaf material as I can (I think leaf smokes nasty). This is saved for bubble hash. I hang the plant until dry and then jar.

:yeahthat: :cool2:
hate having to manicure dry pot.. i trim off everything i don't want to smoke the first day.
though after about 3 days i cut them off the branches and put em on the screen to finish (not a fan of screening right away though.. then you get flat buds, and as they dry they stick to it )

 

[PuffinNugs]

i use a homemade screen thingy i built. its raised up so air flows all around the buds, i still flip some of the bigger ones. i also have a mirror that fits perfectly under the screen to collect any trichs that may fall through the screen. and its not very much. its mostly hairs that fall off.

 

[orangesunshine]

if there are no 30something year old chicks dancing around a bon fire on a harvest moon---my second choice to harvest/dry/cure is---trim all fan/sugar/shade leaves---cut and hang branches on a line for drying---rally the trimmers/co-op members for the final manicure, music, food, drink, and testing---toss the flowers in a bucket for curing and the trim in another bucket for different day---what do you all think about mylar bags and oxygen absorbers for storage

 

[nvthis]

I need that trim...

'Cause when all's said and done, this is what I find in the 'trash'

 

[Lemon Jack]

Wow NV that is beautiful.

 

[Bogart Mc Thunderdunk]

yeh looks great, any special method?

 

[orangesunshine]

I need that trim...

'Cause when all's said and done, this is what I find in the 'trash'

that would be a diamond in the rough---nicely done nv---