St. Phatty
Active member
I use a Wiss aviation shears (like for cutting sheet metal) to cut the smaller stems.
I use a box cutter blade to do smaller trimming. So far I've dissected 2 moldy buds, and I must say, I really like the parts of that bud that are not moldy ! It's well cured and becoming a favorite smoke.
Those are now labelled my "near mold" buds.
I keep all that stuff in the freezer, except for what I'm smoking. I sort of treat the mold part as a "bio hazard". Only take as much non-moldy nuggets as I need to fill the bowl, and quickly toss all the moldy parts in the animal food bucket.
For doing the George Washington cutting down the cherry tree part of the operations,
I use a big or small lopper.
I also find it helps to go in and have a look around before the actual cut. Mark the stems with a magic marker where I might cut, cut away any tiny stems with popcorn buds that might make it hard to see.
I use a box cutter blade to do smaller trimming. So far I've dissected 2 moldy buds, and I must say, I really like the parts of that bud that are not moldy ! It's well cured and becoming a favorite smoke.
Those are now labelled my "near mold" buds.
I keep all that stuff in the freezer, except for what I'm smoking. I sort of treat the mold part as a "bio hazard". Only take as much non-moldy nuggets as I need to fill the bowl, and quickly toss all the moldy parts in the animal food bucket.
For doing the George Washington cutting down the cherry tree part of the operations,
I use a big or small lopper.
I also find it helps to go in and have a look around before the actual cut. Mark the stems with a magic marker where I might cut, cut away any tiny stems with popcorn buds that might make it hard to see.