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Wet Trim vs. Dry Trim

Wet Trim vs. Dry Trim

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Hit the wrong button! I agree with you, trimming when wet, just picked is easier!
Can I change my vote 🤩
 
I’m not seeing the ability to delete answers. You should have just said you were stoned.
 
I feel like dry trimming is better for me. I like to get as much of the leaf off as possible and it feels easier that way. I also like that it takes a little more time to dry. I got a bowl leaf trimmer that works pretty good on bigger buds, and a Cannabrush for everything else. Both cut off a lot of time on my meticulous trimming. And if I over dry it I just soak a stem (or a few) in water for a little while and it goes in the jar too until it's around 64-65%. That eliminates the Boveda packs that some say makes the weed taste different. I never noticed personally, but I stopped using them anyway.
 

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FWIW, Two thumbs up for CannaBrush! I bought one on a lark after watching their videos and was delighted to see how well it worked on "Properly Dried" bud. Emphasis on the drying part, no good until the bud pop off with no strings.
 
As a person making a living from growing dank buds and selling them at a high price just for the quality; I personally have found that wet trimming diminishes the bud quality and smell. It dries not just quickly but the wrong way. It dries up from all the open tissue connected by the plants circulatory system. Meaning the branch looses water way too quickly. You need that moisture reservoir to keep the buds from drying to quickly.
the same goes with trichomes. Leaves make a moisture cocoon that protects terpenes and trichomes from evaporating and drying the outer layer of the trichomes so quickly that it rips open and the trichome oxidizes and the terps fly out. Gotta mention I got full control of my drying room and keep at 60% rh 22-24C
 
I have never diminished my bud quality with a wet trimming compared to a dry trim. Nor the smell to be honest. As you say it must be your personal experience.
Actually think wet trimmed buds look way better than buds that have been dry trimmed with half of all the sugar leaf stems in the bud still.
If I’m losing my smell on the buds it’s not the trimming that is the problem, but the way you dry the buds.
 
I live in the desert super low rh and leaving the leaves on while drying helps hold some moisture in. The leaves form over the buds after a few hours like a cocoon and I lay them out on stackable sweater drying racks (old days we used window screens) with a cover over them to trap more moisture. I saw someone drying inside cardboard boxes and it would hold the moisture in the smaller space and I'll have to experiment with it, we'll see???
 
Dry trimmed 1st harvest and doing a little of both this time around. Trimmed fan and larger sugar leaves but left rest to extend dry time with 45-47 rH. I do worry about trichomes during dry trim though.
 
I’ve been removing the fan leaves incrementally for a month now. Recently doing two of them on two different days this past week. Tonight I plan to doing the third one. You can see the third one in the rear right of this photo. I think this will reduce the amount of trim time. Also included is my Govee settings which the sensor is hanging above the canopy. I’m probably going to do the initial dry time in the tent since it appears to be maintaining an environment good for a slow dry. My house with all the Cadet heaters really dries out the rh this time of year. If need be I just picked up a small humidifier for my bedroom (dry throat) that I could put in the tent.

You can always see when I water (3-4 days) because the rh spikes. The low rh follows our weather. This time of year seems to pour one day and sunny/gray the next, with temps jumping between 40s to 20s.. I’m amazed how well the equipment keeps up considering.
 

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Something that I’ve never seen anybody suggest is, i don’t know what to call it, but, “in between” trim. Hang everything to dry for only a couple of days...then trim...then continue drying. Maybe there is a happy spot in drying process that can found.
 
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