[chuewy]

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

Trim in the dark? That's pointless.

not trim in the dark.. chop in the dark under a green light.. so that nothing leaves the roots and into the plants.. if ur going to leave them in the dark 24-48 hours n then turn the lights on the chop down.. thats a waste of time sorry but after the last 5 years of experimenting.. ive found the best way to dry and cure. and it works for me.. now im working on switching to vertical. barebulbs.

[Hammerhead]

If the plant is in senescence none of that matters...Read up on this subject..

[VenturaHwy]

I used to hang my branches to dry them for many years before trimming. When you trim the buds right after cutting a branch off the growing plant it is much faster, the scizzers don't get gummed up, the leaves are sticking straight out so I do a much better job, so it is all around faster, maybe twice as fast.

Now to what matters.... how the buds end up smelling. There is one step not one person has even mentioned on this thread....

[festerous]

Originally Posted by Biosynthesis

Dry trim, heres why. The leaves on the plant protect the buds when they are hung upside down and make the buds dry more slowly. Chlorophyl leaves a plant slowly. The slower the cure the smoother the smoke. Also wet trimming smears the trichomes because they havent hardened. I prefer a twenty day drying process with low temps and plenty of fresh air. I only do this on indoor. Outdoor doesnt get this treatment because quite frankly its not worth it. We have TONS of outdoor pot around here. I dont think some of these hillbillys know what chronic is. Went to the closest dispensary several times and thats all there is is outdoor schwagg.

Some of the best tasting pot I have ever smoked has been grown outdoors.

[prune]

Originally Posted by Biosynthesis

Also wet trimming smears the trichomes because they havent hardened.

lol, if you have the scissor skills of a monkey, maybe...

If you don't have a good handle on your environment, leaving all the leaves on (and all their contained moisture) provides a buffer and safety net for the unskilled.

In the final analysis, the overwhelming reason to wet trim is that, yes the trichomes haven't hardened, and are better able to resist the various shocks and blows of scissoring. Once the trichomes have dried even the slightest snap of a stem releases a flood of glandular heads falling to their doom. (please, no flat-earth responses!)

[dre8791]

I believe dry trim works better than wet trim. It allows the bud to dry slower.

[dre8791]

Good!

Originally Posted by prune

lol, if you have the scissor skills of a monkey, maybe...

If you don't have a good handle on your environment, leaving all the leaves on (and all their contained moisture) provides a buffer and safety net for the unskilled.

In the final analysis, the overwhelming reason to wet trim is that, yes the trichomes haven't hardened, and are better able to resist the various shocks and blows of scissoring. Once the trichomes have dried even the slightest snap of a stem releases a flood of glandular heads falling to their doom. (please, no flat-earth responses!)

unskilled? would be growing a shitty plant..

another thing.. post some pictures of ur shit if u think ur a good grower.. im sick of people that cant grow bud sitting here telling me how there methods work better then mine haha.

its all personal preference.. and like i said.. if u have an enviromental controller for ur drying room.. then ya trim wet go for it.. but my preference with alot of other GOOD GROWERS .. do dry bcause we tried both ways.. and found the one that works in the enviroment we have for it.