outwest
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This is the only real way to find out! I think you will be super hyped when this happens!OK,I've got some Tahoe Alien coming down in 2 weeks. I'll have enough to do a decent side by side. Half will get trimmed wet, half trimmed dry. I'll run some double blinds with some folks and report back to the farm. Stay tuned.
outwest
it will not convert into THC old timers wivestailI always hang the whole plant, or at least big branches if the plant is too big. It's all part of the CURING process. NOT the drying process. You will see much better quality if you let the large fan leaves dry up around the buds. I call this cocooning. Slowly drying the buds will convert harsh sugars in to more THC. That's what I was told by some old timers at least.
i like to take the plant while its still in the pot/container/cube/etc, clip/strip the big fan leaves off (anything showing stem.. no stem ill leave it) aka "buck it", then cut the plants at the base, and hang things up until the buds break/SNAP off of the branches - thats when things are all done drying and are ready to clean up with a quick haircut to knock off the sugar leaves that wrap around the flowers, and then hit the road.
ive done it other ways and to be honest, for me, those others way fucking suck.
but thats just for me. i was probably doing something wrong.
but whatever i am doing now is sure right. and if it aint broke dont fix it.
there are lots of ways to take the skin off the cat. you just need to find the one that suits you best.
Excellent thread, just wanted to bring up the role of Oxygen:
Oxygen is required to fuel the chemical process of breaking down chlorophyll (and cannabinoid precursors) into their peak, finished state. As long as the stomata on the underside continue to take in oxygen to the spongy palanchyma (i.e. as long as respiration continues), the energy produced inside the chloroplasts of the palisade palancyma (through photosynthesis) can be used up to create CO2. Without additional sunlight, the plant stops developing chlorophyll for its' photosynthesis (which is why we dry in the dark) and begins to depend almost entirely on Calvin Cycle or "Light Independent" reactions, which allow a fuller conversion of sugar molecules into the complex chains of hydrocarbons that give each strain a distinctive scent (and ideally flavor as well). The process of jarring/bagging cannabis before complete drynesss (what some call "curing") ensures that the chemical reaction is happening uniformly throughout the buds, allowing both outside and inside the maximum amount of time to go through Calvin Cycle photosynthesis before drying completely (otherwise the outside buds have too little time and the inside ones, too much!). Packaging cannabis in nitrogen-sealed pouches is THE ONLY WAY to preserve your buds at any precise level of cure.
i actually get less sticky gummed up scissors trimming dry either way your gonna lose trichs trimming , just imagine what u lose in a twister machine ..If you trim dry,I would think the trichs would start falling off.
Agreed. Leaves on, leaves off, as long as you are methodically slowing the drying process you will get great results.
outwest
I try to slow the process as much as I can. so the sugar leaves stay on.
I feel dry and wet trimming both have their place. If you have the team that can power through fresh wet trimming, then do it! I only cut plants at the pace they trim them, so nothing gets gooey, it's FRESH. whole plant trimmed in half hour or so...
But if you need the trim time to take much longer, dry trim as you won't be under the time gun that way. But if it takes 2 weeks to dry fresh trimmed weed imagine how long it would take on the whole plant and how much space it takes up. Many variables here, the point is, trim the way that is best for you.
Explain to me how hanging a full plant with leaves on it to dry Takes up less space then hanging branches that are fresh trimmed with no leaves on them. :confused:Dry trimming takes up MUCH less space than wet trimmed bud. Hanging the whole plant takes up a roughly 3'x3' area, whereas wet trimmed bud has to hang on lines taking up a shit ton of space.
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