[Douglas.Curtis]

Originally Posted by Jellyfish

I like a little leaf in my smoke, I think it makes smoking a tiny bit less harsh. Might be my imagination.

My cannabis has a large distinction in quality between flower and leaf. Leaf, even amazingly frosty leaf, tastes like leaf and is harsher.

YMMV

[namydnac]

I've been trimming wet, but a few harvests ago I did some dry due to time constraints and they smelled better overall. My last wet trim dried to fast and had minimal smell after cure.

Next time I'll be cutting fan leaves, hanging the whole plant and dry trimming the next batch. Dry trimming does take me much longer so I hope its worth it!

[THC123]

eah, 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

I also did a side by side (simon's method) with trimmed and untrimmed herb at 62-64% RH and also in the jars the untrimmed herb was much tastier smoother and fragrant.

I must say it took the untrimmed ones longer to get to that point but the difference in texture, taste, smell and effect was very noticable, much more sticky icky and smelly, taste was more pronounced and above all much smoother and full on the cheeks and tongue. However when you open a jar you get a more green smell but once the leaves are removed after 2-6 months curing the smell was much more intense. You retain the initial loud aromas better this way, but it takes patience.

I must mention that i removed all leaves prior to vaping or smoking.

Also when they reach the wow point (after 2-6 months, depending on strain) I trim all the weed and vacuum seal it in mylar bags. When opening the jars a few times after being closed for months the quality takes a dive real quick(due to oxidation?). This can be avoided with vacuum sealing to keep them at the wow point.

[Stickybred420]

ilove this topic cause it seems theres no definitive answer other thean what works for you in your environment/circumstances. that being said, chalk one up for dry trim.


I like it because its less work initially during the harvest. but mainly because I think the slower the better. also I find the detail trimming is a lot easier after all the leaves are dry/shriveled. that way if you want, you can smoke a j of some tasty sugar trim or even do a little baby rosin smash haha. but as for quality I do feel my flowers are better to smoke when dry trimmed. but I basically turn all my bud into rosin and I find for that purpose it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. my buddy smashes his bud once its dry (wet trimmed) no cure at all. presses it all and it comes out as some fire fucking rosin. so its really hard to say cause I probly let my flower chill in a jar for a month or so and the result is honestly no different after pressing. its really weird. maybe im completely missing something?

[xet]

Splitting hairs.

Your curing technique should govern your trimming technique.

Wet trim is easier to control where the trimmings land and I find trimming is exponentially quicker. Overly dry trim loses trichs but it is easier to manipulate the end product to perfection.

[Jellyfish]

Originally Posted by Douglas.Curtis

My cannabis has a large distinction in quality between flower and leaf. Leaf, even amazingly frosty leaf, tastes like leaf and is harsher.

YMMV

I think you said a few pages back that you wet trim. So I'm assuming you are curing the flowers and the trim separately. Maybe that is why your cured leaf tastes harsh.

[Douglas.Curtis]

Originally Posted by Jellyfish

I think you said a few pages back that you wet trim. So I'm assuming you are curing the flowers and the trim separately. Maybe that is why your cured leaf tastes harsh.

My reference comes from the missed leaf during initial trimming. You are correct about improperly dried wet trimmings.

[MrBungle]

My method is simple...Lop branches off the main stem. Take each branch and cut off any leaf that I can see the stem exposed through the bud.. after that I hang dry branches for a 3-6 days depending on humidity.... Then close trim when the flowers are dry.... Cut flowers off branches, and toss into an open jar for a day or 2... Put a lid on the jar.... Allow jars to breath as needed