Best way to preserve trim

[marpez123]

How do I preserve sugar leaf trim, until I can collect enough to justify purchase of dry ice for extracting trichomes? Dry ice is expensive in Florida, so I don't want to spend big bucks for a small amount of kief. Been researching this question on Internet...some say freeze, others say don't freeze. some say dry first, others say freeze fresh. This 78 yr old needs answers - I'm so confused!

 

[Beach_Town_Brit]

I can't say what's the "best" way. I dry my trim with my bud then throw it in a baggie and store it in a dark cupboard. Once we've got a few ounces of trim we do a dry ice shake or make butter or something. I've never frozen before shaking but we do grind the trim up in an old coffee grinder before the dry ice treatment.

 

[Canuck147]

I used to do the baggie thing as well, until I found one a the back (forgotten) and it was a brown moldy mess..

 

[Canuck147]

Good question marpez - I usually dry mine like BTB - then store it in jars and cure it like the rest of my buds.

 

[Dagmar]

I put my fresh trim in the freezer in a zip lock bag until I have enough or until I decide what to do with it. After freezing and when I'm ready to use it, I put it on a drying rack for a couple of days until it's mostly dry then decarb it in the oven for 1 hour at 215 degrees to use it in cooking. If I make dry ice hash, I take it out of the freezer when I'm ready with the dry ice in hand - no thawing or drying necessary. I've made some very kickass butter, hash, etc. doing this. Best way? I don't think it could be any better than what I'm doing, but maybe.

 

[Weed Pharma]

I cure trim- the same way as bud and then freeze for later dry ice hash making.
I also, freeze fresh trim for later dry ice hash making.
I do not grind etc.. just add the frozen product to dry ice and follow GWE hash tutorial (video).
The last batch was from about 6 months collection and completed early September.
Currently looking to do another batch this month.

 

[marpez123]

Thank you for your input. Treating it like bud makes sense. So I'll dry it, then store it in mason jars until I've collected enough to do a dry ice extraction. This site is awesome...rapid responses, from knowledgeable people. I like!