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Trim once dry
Also use turkey bags
Better for whom? Not better for me, but better for Blaze. It's really an individual thing. I do the whole plant, or as close to the whole plant as possible. I find it's easier that way for several reasons. Slows down drying, keeps buds protected, makes for easier trimming (for me).This has probably been approached before many times.. sorry for "repeating".
OK folks.... need your knowledge & experience here.
Never harvested before.. Do I "Trim" all my girls 1st "as I harvest" them PRIOR to drying? It's better to hang individual cut branches VS the entire plant whole right?'
Plastic bins and brown paper grocery bags are your friend here. Once the plants are dried, use the paper bags and bins for curing. Be sure to monitor RH and temps, cooler temps, slightly higher RH (60%-65% for curing).Also... without having to buy 1000 or so glass mason jars for storage & curing, can anyone recommend a good way to accomplish this? What would you use to store & cure your herbs? No, I don't have a "vacuum" system. can't afford one just yet.
Attached pics to help ya judge.
do you get better results trimming once dry? i find it to be waaay harder work and i'm not sure if the level of variance in quality is worth it...
I know I have a bit to go yet until harvest, just need to learn the best way. Never thought that "storage" would be an issue.
First, thank you for mentioning the ARS scissors. We have used the Fiskars and removed the orange lock thing and sometime a hair tie "figure 8'd on the handles. I order a couple to try, but they look better.Pauly, let's see if your experience with wet vs dry trimming mirrors mine. Along with becoming very sticky (I use ARS grape scissors, the black carbon steel is my preferred), you have to actually *cut* the leaves when trimming fresh material. Whereas with dry, you simply put a blade under the area you want to trim away and lift, and if it's at the right point of dryness (not too dry!) then the material will break away.
Of course, if it's too dry you'll be breaking off trichomes that, when wet, would be becoming scissor hash I suppose. There's going to be some loss no matter what, so you have to pick which pain you're going to have in your ass because it's all a pain in the ass to me.
What's best for one person, may be a nightmare for someone else. I was taught to dry trim, and then I moved from NorCal to SoCal where I was taught to wet trim. I see benefits on either side. If I were taking down a pretty large sized outdoor without a mechanical trimmer, it would be dry trim all the way. If I were taking down a small room where me and my friends could get everything trimmed in a day.....I would go wet.
I actually use a trim pro rotor and hanging baskets. I know I could get a better end product with manual trimming, but I honestly don't want my place flooded with people come trim time. Not to mention how much I have paid out to trimmers
over the last few years. Once my buds are slightly crisp, about 6 days at 65 degrees and 55% humidity, they go into Black Magic bags for two weeks of burping. I have heard of some people using contractor bags for burping as well. I'm going to buy some airtight containers and boveda packs soon to give that a shot.
Like Seamaiden said....it's really an individual thing. Just like everything else....there are a million ways to skin a cat.
I can think of more than just ear wax to use kief/shake for....ime Patients love edibles made with canna butter and oils and kief is good by itself, imo. Can take the price out of it or you can provide a job for a human, two sides to the coin ;)Trimming is overrated. I use a Chinese copy of the Trimpro to take the big leaf off before hang branches. After drying, I cut the buds loose and throw into a hand cranked Spinpro. If my patients want it trimmed closer they can trim it at home. Why cut all that frosty stuff just to ending up with big jars full of kief that no one uses except for making ear wax(not a big fan). We smoke that stuff the way it comes out of the Spinpro or you can trim it when you smoke it. We do trim a lot of trophy bud but not for the patients. We need to eliminate as much labor as possible(I am old and retard) to lower the price. Take the price and crime out of it and we have no criminals.
True. We do make some really nice butter and my daughter has made some killer baked goods.I can think of more than just ear wax to use kief/shake for....ime Patients love edibles made with canna butter and oils and kief is good by itself, imo. Can take the price out of it or you can provide a job for a human, two sides to the coin ;)
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