[Spaventa]

I had moth larvae after one got in there last year. Caterpillars are as hungry as they say. I would find 4 or 5 whole fan leaves GONE, completely, after one dark period and id find 1 - 3 culprits. They never touched anything with trichomes. The stickiness and odour I guess. they just munched on fresh crunchy green fans, at a rate.
I suspect a good few of them sent to work on the dark 24 period before the chop, would do a nice job for you
Who dares me? If it worked as I imagine, it could be a game changer for big grows lol

hey, you could collect them up after, give them some time to digest and then make them into smoothie and pour them into the soil.

[Jellyfish]

Originally Posted by hazyfontazy

the op asked wet or dry i posted up wet and get slagged off for it ,,not me being arrogant is it ,,jog on

You're right, I'm an ass sometimes. jog on it is

[THC123]

Dry trimming for the win for me! Even with controlled environment!

Done side by sides many times, dry trimming always comes out best (or semi dry).

If you have your climate RH and temp under control, it will even be better with dry trimming.

If you have temp and RH under control wet trimming is an option but drying with the leaves on always gives me the most intense smells. Like the bud is still on the plant.

Also the best weed I smoked has always been dry trimmed. Many breeders and cup winners I know also do a semi dry or dry trim.

[Spaventa]

Dry trimmed isn't really fully trimmed. I used to do it because of that tbh. The bud leaf stick out of the cola at a right angle but as it dries, they curl and envelop the nearest calyx with only the tip protruding. When you wet trim close, you get the full hollywood. dry is more like a quick deforestation.

[Ringodoggie]

After reading this thread, I decided to take a little note of things during my harvest last week.

First off, I never had any "cut grass" or "hay smell" at all. Not during trimming anyway. I get some unpleasant smell during the first drying days but that's about it. After about the 3rd plant it started smelling like "harvest time" but that's more like lilacs than hay or grass.

I pluck, not cut as many leaves as I can by holding the branch by the head and popping down on the fan and second leaves. Not that I ever had anything against cutting. This has just always been easier for me to grab the leaves that stick out and pop them right off. I did cut plenty of leaves during harvest. Just the ones I couldn't "pop" off.

I did take about 1/4 of my harvest and "dry trimmed" it. I usually wet trim but this thread made me curious so I thought I would give it a try.

I dry and cure my harvest in a tent so I have total control over the temp and humidity. I like under 70F and about 55 -60%RH.

For the "dry trim" test, I took off the big fan leaves and any leaf that was mostly yellow or had necrosis. I left everything else and hung it next to the wet trimmed colas.

It has been 2 days and I am getting a little "hay" smell in the tent. OK, no big deal. However, I took the "dry trim" buds and smelled them up close and I was surprised that they definitely were not contributing to the smell. All the wet trim colas smelled pretty bad (although they always get better and better as the cure in the jars).

If things keep going like this, I may be a convert. LOL

I'm a little curious how difficult it's going to be to cut the larger leaves off after they are dry. They are wrapping around and clinging to the buds. I like that for curing but I don't know how easily it's going to trim. I guess trimming the bracs is not possible with dry trimming. They will all be folded over, I'm thinking.

I shall soon see. LOL

This is why I love this place. It's always encouraging me to try something new. Thanks ICM.

[Gr33nSanta]

Take it from someone that has done enough of both, if you do it right, regardless of wet or dry, it will smell absolutely wonderful in the jar. None of my friends would ever say, oh you must have wet trimmed ( or dry trimmed ) this cultivar because it was so good.

I think people are full of shit, when done right, you can t tell the difference between dry trimming or wet trimming. It's all about timing, and preference.

I stated earlier in the thread, I now prefer dry trimming because it gives me a little bit more lee way as far as when I do my trimming, but I think even the most pot snob could not tell the difference, herb that was grown greatly, and dried/cured greatly, will taste as good whether dry trimmed or wet trimmed.

I do not think I will have to post in this thread again. Enough said.

[THC123]

I have also done enough of both and I still totally disagree with you.

[Ringodoggie]

I must admit, I don't see a big difference in this last harvest that I split between wet and dry.

All of it is dry, now. And, I put it all in jars.

I still have not trimmed the dry trim stuff. I left the leaves on when I jarred it. Is that what I was supposed to do? Or, was I supposed to take off the leaves before curing?

I must say. it's looks pretty neat. Almost looks "hairy" compared to the wet trimmed buds.

Still, so far, I have not noticed a big difference between the 2 in terms of odor.

I'll pull some of each out in a couple weeks to smoke it and see if there's any real difference then.

[Jellyfish]

Yeah, I think you ARE supposed to knock off the leaves before putting it into jars, but it won't make much difference, except in terms of looks. I like a little leaf in my smoke, I think it makes smoking a tiny bit less harsh. Might be my imagination.

[Ringodoggie]

I took off all the giant fan leaves before drying. The leaves that are left shouldn't be too bad. Most of them were frosty.

I was going to trim off the larger leaves before I smoke it.

We'll see what it looks/smells like in a couple weeks.