I have done both, and I wet trim. I am in a very humid area. Just now One of my rooms was 73%, and that is with the A/C helping keep it down. Dry trimming did not help out at all. I don't have problems with the hay smell, and you can smell me coming a mile a way when I have a nug in my pocket.

[HellaFella420]

Originally Posted by DHF

Many ways ta skin a mule....and for the record once again as stated above , I never removed the small sugar leaves wrapped around colas for a "dry trim" finish up down here in Hell....wasn`t required in a non-med state with no market competition other than mexican brick weed.......

gah, that made my soul hurt for you!

I wish that was my market (chuckle) but your description as "hell" is sad....

I just dragged my buddy outta Mississippi and his mind has blown being out here!

Originally Posted by HellaFella420

gah, that made my soul hurt for you!

I wish that was my market (chuckle) but your description as "hell" is sad....

I just dragged my buddy outta Mississippi and his mind has blown being out here!

The only thing bad about growin dope down here is the attitude we`re criminals , and punishment is severe if you get caught....

The way around that is to insulate yourself from the market and wholesale product to 1 person and let him assume the risk.....and....I wholesaled all my shit out @ 2K per lb every few weeks , and he was told I had family on the left coast that brought me the shit and nobody knew I grew...ever.....that said....

The sugar leaves left on all the colas were most likely removed by my sell guy , but again...not my cross to bear givin the shit away at crazy ass deflated prices , but insulating me from the street sales end of things.....and....

I`ve been to Med-ville many times over the yrs helpin old growbro`s from SoCal all the way up the coast into B.C , and I wouldn`t trade what I have for a legal med scrip of 99 plants cuz this is home and I`m retired from croppin , so....

You guys with all the OD plants HAVETA be bucked and readied for the trimming machines so yas won`t rot a buncha nuggage , so you can relate to my earlier posts of gettin rid of as much foliage before drying begins so "dehumidification" can begin in a timely orderly fashion...now....

These "standard of the industry" dry trimming posts I read have to be coming from "low RH environment" setups with low plant counts and still aren`t reading the above posts about how to "slowly" remove moisture either in a low rh place OR a high rh place.....

Wet trim/Dry trim is at best relative to where you live.....bet on it......Ran my OD plants in the 70`s-mid 80`s for 12 solid yrs in the same Hell and only knew how to dry trim cuz I was ignorant , and .....

It was immortal Hell to keep airborn pathogens from proliferating while trying to dehumidify a whole 50 x150' room above our barn full of "Sativa-zilla`s" back in the day.....aight....

WT215......What you witnessed with leavin the sugar leaves on the plants and in bins that were actually "curing" for that 3 week process before you got em to the trimming crew , was exactly what I did for yrs and yrs by putting em in buckets once @ 62% and letting em sit for a month and more for that mellow taste , excellent flavor , and smell profile .....I just never dry trimmed the residuals...so Bro......

Don`t set up no "dryin facility" based on not knowin what actually occurred , even though it produced a superior product that all us old heads have always known.....that said....

Just tryin ta help guys......No haters....Please.....

Peace....DHF.........

[HellaFella420]

....nailed it!

[dansbuds]

I have done both, and I wet trim. I am in a very humid area. Just now One of my rooms was 73%, and that is with the A/C helping keep it down. Dry trimming did not help out at all. I don't have problems with the hay smell, and you can smell me coming a mile a way when I have a nug in my pocket.

same here .... to humid most of the time to dry trim . if i wet trim it still takes over a week to dry the buds . with AC & a small dehuey & a circulation fan ..... my temps are 70 & 50% RH & usually take a week or more with 0 leaf left on the buds . only once during the winter when the humidity is considerably lower did they dry to fast & the buds suffered from it .

[RadiationSnow]

Originally Posted by dansbuds

How much leaf matter are you leaving on the plants when dry trimming ? are ya all just taking off fans ? or leaving everything ?

Well this wouldn't be called "Trimming" then would it? lol




My understanding is the reason why it doesn't have a smell if you trim first is because there is no where for the chlorophyll to escape.


When you keep the leaves on the chlorophyll goes from the bud to the leaves, I assume because the plant is still alive and wants to put the chlorophyll into the leaves over the bud.

At least that's my idea of it.

[Mochalope_Oat]

Originally Posted by Aeroguerilla

i prefer wet trim because i can really clean the buds up nicely giving them A+ bag appeal

I agree with him^^^. I'm pretty anal when it comes to trimming and depending on what strain it is I like to get every damn leaf or close to it. I never have a problem with my buds not smelling right due to trimming wet. I have tried drying with leaves on as well and found that there is initially a bit more of a pungent/skunky smell, but after a week in the jar you can't tell the difference between the two. Trimming wet works wells for me because I live in a high humidity climate taking anywhere from 5-10 days for my buds to dry, depending on what strain it is and the current weather. I would also worry about Mold and PM on certain strains if I dried with the leaf on.

Trimming wet results in a more pristine end product while trimming after hanging with leaf on causes some sugar leaves to stick to the bud and wrap around calyxes hiding them. If you want to get these flattened leaves off its not so hard but it would require digging into the bud a bit and potentially scraping of some trichs especially because they are dry and brittle. Furthermore trimming dry knocks trichs into the air which is irritating to some people with plant allergies or asthma.

Personally, once the buds are dry and curing I handle them as little as possible keeping them as perfect as I can. No shake no beat up buds no bullshit.


MY 2 cents

~Oat

[killermoats]

This seems to really be based on preference, environmental control, and plant characteristics.

My primary strain (Ripped Bubba, TGA) sits for a day in the dark after flush, then straight to the auto trimmer. I know a lot of people say take your time with the trimming process but I have had situations where by myself It would have taken literally hundreds of hours to trim. My auto trimmer gave great results and did all that work in a day.

Now I continue to use the trimmer and rack dry my final product. Even with a 3-4 day dry and less than a week in the jar I have gotten flying colors from my buddy who works at a local shop. He is not the type to say "it's good" when it's not. lol hell he will make a point to say it sucks or does not compare to other strains in the shop if it did.

I am changing my drying racks to reduce air flow so I can get closer to a 7-10 day dry time. I believe it will make the final results even better.

[Jbomber79]

You most likely live in a humid climate.

Originally Posted by killermoats

This seems to really be based on preference, environmental control, and plant characteristics.

My primary strain (Ripped Bubba, TGA) sits for a day in the dark after flush, then straight to the auto trimmer. I know a lot of people say take your time with the trimming process but I have had situations where by myself It would have taken literally hundreds of hours to trim. My auto trimmer gave great results and did all that work in a day.

Now I continue to use the trimmer and rack dry my final product. Even with a 3-4 day dry and less than a week in the jar I have gotten flying colors from my buddy who works at a local shop. He is not the type to say "it's good" when it's not. lol hell he will make a point to say it sucks or does not compare to other strains in the shop if it did.

I am changing my drying racks to reduce air flow so I can get closer to a 7-10 day dry time. I believe it will make the final results even better.

[killermoats]

Northwest Washington, so a bit.