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I've been pulling 1 at a time lately and let it sit on a work bench while I get around to pulling the large leaves off. It may take a day or 3 to do 1 plant.....spending a total of about 20 minutes working on it 5 - 10 min a day.......I'm retired......Then hang whole and get to another....This isn't to find out what's best but get a general idea of where the majority of people stand on this. if you do not see what you do please comment it below.
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Sounds like my Dad's method lol... I'm constantly ragging on him to get a proper dry space set up and learn what I try to teach him about curing... but he's almost 70 and stubborn as hell. So when he asks why his final product doesn't measure up to mine as far as taste and smell, I give the usual "I told you so" response... then we have the same conversation about a year later.I've been pulling 1 at a time lately and let it sit on a work bench while I get around to pulling the large leaves off. It may take a day or 3 to do 1 plant.....spending a total of about 20 minutes working on it 5 - 10 min a day.......I'm retired......Then hang whole and get to another....
I read recently that I should hang and dry all plants together.......to keep the drying room humidity in check....that just sounds like too much work all at once
I used my 3x3 the last time but I hung 1 every 2-3 days with 5 plants. They seemed to dry okay I'm happy with the results but in reading something afterwards I learned that's not the best procedure. That advice was great for 1 -2-3 plants but say 8??? my next group?.......... fk that....that's work and it ain't happinin in 1 day around these parts.....I says with a cranky old voice!Sounds like my Dad's method lol... I'm constantly ragging on him to get a proper dry space set up and learn what I try to teach him about curing... but he's almost 70 and stubborn as hell. So when he asks why his final product doesn't measure up to mine as far as taste and smell, I give the usual "I told you so" response... then we have the same conversation about a year later.
The year I *accidentally* grew 10 pounds, I was trimming for a literal month lol. I think that may be why I have carpal tunnel starting.I used my 3x3 the last time but I hung 1 every 2-3 days with 5 plants. They seemed to dry okay I'm happy with the results but in reading something afterwards I learned that's not the best procedure. That advice was great for 1 -2-3 plants but say 8??? my next group?.......... fk that....that's work and it ain't happinin in 1 day around these parts.....I says with a cranky old voice!
I remove the fan leaves on my indoor because it’s easier in my opinion when they are fresh, then everything trimmed off into the trim bin after dry goes to butter. I also know my dry space is going to be optimal drying conditions. When I’m drying in a garage with minimal humidity then I like to leave fan leaves on to help keep moisture on and around plant too keep that drying process slow.For those of you who chop with fan leaves taken off - do you directly feel it makes the drying process faster this way?
Need one of these things for weight. We used one for everything but the big tops. Could do a 40-50 lb crop in about 4-5 days. With a crew of 3 or 4 people.The year I *accidentally* grew 10 pounds, I was trimming for a literal month lol. I think that may be why I have carpal tunnel starting.
A buddy of mine has a trim machine, I've thought about it, but it seems sacrilegious after all the work I put in to chuck em in a spinning shredder of death lol... I've scaled back since then anyway... only 5 pounds last harvest... doable. Plus I like them to look puuurdy.Need one of these things for weight. We used one for everything but the big tops. Could do a 40-50 lb crop in about 4-5 days. With a crew of 3 or 4 people.View attachment 1333482
Yeah they aren't for a personal crop. But generally, 10 LB isn't a personal crop lol... that's why you hand trim the tops haha.A buddy of mine has a trim machine, I've thought about it, but it seems sacrilegious after all the work I put in to chuck em in a spinning shredder of death lol... I've scaled back since then anyway... only 5 pounds last harvest... doable. Plus I like them to look puuurdy.
what method do you use to check it's dryness? Something i need to get better at in general.I give a rough trim, let it dry in the pot and when the bud moisture content is 10-15%, jar them up.
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I remember when those types of trimmers first came out. I was told that the machines were originally made to trim broccoli plants. They had a horizontal mesh cylinder that rotated and trimmed the leaves off of the flower running through it.Need one of these things for weight. We used one for everything but the big tops. Could do a 40-50 lb crop in about 4-5 days. With a crew of 3 or 4 people.View attachment 1333482
Those tumble trimmers are a bit better than these rubber finger deals, never heard about the broccoli thing but the weed kinda does look like broccoli as it's getting worked in themI remember when those types of trimmers first came out. I was told that the machines were originally made to trim broccoli plants. They had a horizontal mesh cylinder that rotated and trimmed the leaves off of the flower running through it.
I can't believe how cheap they are now. We paid like $1500 or something stupid. Can buy them for $350-400 now.A good grow store has trim machines for rent. 10 pounds or more I'd get a rental at least.
The long tube one they have can basically cut as fast as you can pour it in from buckets. But I think they're still like 2k or so to buy. And the amount of glands it leaves on the ground is absurd. But hand trimming is worse than anything. Won't do it again.I can't believe how cheap they are now. We paid like $1500 or something stupid. Can buy them for $350-400 now.
Probably still worth renting. They take up a fair bit of space for something you use kinda infrequently.
That's why I stopped trimming lol. My one grow per year crops were about 5 lb and all for personal use. Just trimmed as I used it.depends on plant size.
when i was micro growing, take all the big fan leafs and hang the plants whole.
now, i cut the branches to roughly the same size, and cut them into sections of roughly 18" a piece. something like: tops, mids, lowers. again, take all fan leafs.
i hate wet trimming worse than dry trimming, so this works for me as the plants will dry and initial cure with the smaller fan leafs and singles which a silicon bbq brush take care of reasonably well when going into jars for long term cure and storage.
anything more than five pounds i would get a trimming machine, though, tbh. fuck trimming that kind of weight by hand. two pounds at a time is already enough of a chore.
Yeah that's what most if not all of the big legal grows up here use.This machine is made to trim weed but it's a modified version of the broccoli trimmer. Same concept.
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