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In today's issue... - Learn how to trim your buds so they look outstanding, smell amazing, and taste smooth!
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- You can't trim cannabis plants with your hands! Make sure you start out with everything you need to make the trimming process as smooth and painless as possible. Note: If you trim a plant using only your hands, please send pictures.
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How to Trim Your Cannabis Plants! by Nebula Haze |
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This trimming tutorial is part of our “how to harvest cannabis” series:
Why do growers trim cannabis buds in the first place?
Harvest day has come! You are cutting down your homegrown cannabis buds to trim before you dry and cure them. But do growers even need to trim their cannabis buds? In fact, why do growers trim buds in the first place? - Appearance – In magazines, at the dispensary and in pictures online nearly all the buds you’ll see are completely manicured, or at least somewhat trimmed. This is the appearance we’ve come to associate with “good weed” and so untrimmed buds tend to look
less appealing to many people.
- Harshness – leaves are more “harsh” on your throat/lungs than flowers when smoking cannabis, so trimming off extra leaf matter improves the “smoothness” of your buds when smoking.
- THC Concentration – the sugar leaves on your buds inherently have a lower
concentration of THC than bud (even trichome-encrusted ones!), which means that you’re getting less THC gram-for-gram than with bud. Many growers want trimmed buds but don’t want to waste any THC, so they process their trim to extract the THC in the leaves separately. You have endless options for getting the good stuff out of your leaves and other trim, but my favorite ways are making dry ice hash, butter or canna caps. I sprinkle dry ice hash on top of bowls to skyrocket their
potency, I use butter for edibles, and I love canna caps for the ability to easily dose edibles on the go!
An example of well-trimmed cannabis buds Trim before or after drying? (“Wet Trim” vs “Dry Trim”)
There are two schools of thought when it comes to trimming cannabis. Many (most) growers trim their cannabis buds before drying
them, though some growers wait until after the buds have already dried to trim their cannabis.
Trimming your cannabis before drying is known as a “wet trim” because the leaves are still wet during the trimming process. Trimming after the buds have already dried is known as a “dry trim” since your buds will already be dried before you trim off the sugar leaves.
Most growers who choose to
dry first will still usually remove all or most of the big fan leaves with their fingers. However, there are some growers who won’t even remove those before drying, though that is much less common.
Wet Trim Example – all leaves are removed before buds are allowed to dry
Dry Trim Example – very little trimming is done before drying (only fan leaves are removed) Dry Trim Example – not even fan leaves were removed (this is less common) Do a “wet trim” because… - Easier
- Buds usually look better in the end
Do a “dry trim” because… - If the leaves haven’t been trimmed it slows down the drying process which can be helpful in a low humidity environment since you want buds to dry slowly after harvest.
In practice, most growers trim their marijuana before drying their plants (wet trim) because trimming marijuana buds when wet usually produces “tidier” looking buds When I first started growing I didn’t know anything about trimming. I knew you could do it before or after, but I didn’t know the pros and cons of each. From reading online, I could see that growers successfully use both methods, so
there’s not “right” or “wrong” way to do it.
However, although it seemed like people tended to trim right after harvest, I didn’t trim my first plant before drying. Honestly, it was mostly because I was just too lazy at the time, but it was also because I figured it wouldn’t make much difference.
After that experience, I knew I could never do it again! It was so hard to trim buds when the
leaves are all curled up and dry instead of sticking straight out. I never was happy with how my “dry trim” buds came out even after spending hours trying to trim them. I’ve learned that most of the time buds just look better and more “neat” when trimmed before drying!
This is an example of what untrimmed buds look like after they’ve finished drying. This is still superb bud, but I hope it helps you see how
difficult it would be to remove all the dried green sugar leaves at this stage since they are all curled in instead of sticking straight out!
If sugar leaves are healthy and covered in trichomes, it’s more common for growers to leave them on. This is what that might look like after the buds have been dried: Although these cannabis buds are beautiful and the sugar leaves are absolutely covered in trichomes (so you know they have significant amounts of THC), the buds may possibly be slightly more “harsh” than if all the sugar leaves had been
trimmed away.
On the flip side, there are many people who prefer seeing trichome-encrusted sugar leaves on their buds, so in the end, it’s a matter of personal preference. There’s no right or wrong way about it!
Now we're getting to the juicy stuff!
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Trimming your plants can actually be quite the hassle depending on how much you grow at once. If you want to make trimming as easy as possible and rewarding as heck, make sure you follow these 3 steps!
- Set up your trimming area and get comfortable.
- Make sure you have the right tools!
- Remember to have fun! When trimming, it's easy to forget that you're about to haul in free homegrown weed!
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