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Bowl trimmer- anyone used one?

I’m letting mine get ‘seasoned’ lol I’ve only went through four or five harvest and there’s already a nice dusting over all the rubber paddles that hang down. After I’m finished with a grow I put all the plant matter in the bottom into a paper bag for a few days to dry. Saving that up to make a big batch of hash with later. I let the spinner set out a few days to dry then box it up until next time. OJH’s spinner was crazy coated with tris when he cleaned it, I remember that post!
 
Sorry I couldn’t. Was here by myself and wasn’t able to hold the lid down, spin and film at the same time. A GoPro would’ve been super handy
 
Went and took some pics of the rack so you can zoom
in and see. I used to cut the big fan leaves off but that took too long so I don’t do that anymore. I cut the everything off at the stem and let it fall onto the rack except the top, I been hand trimming them. Once these dry before I jar them I’ll look them over and clean them up some or if I notice something was missed but it doesn’t do a bad job at all.
 

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Looks like it did a good job. How much trim did u end up with? Are you planing a dry trim after or just go with this?
 
There’s was probably enough plant batter in the bottom to fill a gallon sized freezer bag from these two plants. When I jar them I glance them over and anything I notice that needs trimmed I will. I don’t spin dry buds anymore, that will straight shred them into pieces.
 
bboy, I won a GoProHero5 a couple of years ago. Charged the batt, set the time/date, put in an SD card and only took one picture so far. If I had time it'd be nice to do time lapse pics. I bought an accessory pkg, wanted to mount it on the crazy pug for a pug birthday party here but being the hostess I didn't have time for that either. I wanted to be sure it worked OK before warranty expiration.
 
No matter which brand you get the blade should come with 3 spacers to vary the distance from the tray. I like using one spacer, seems to only get the leaves. No spacer with the blade right against the tray didn’t bother the big buds but it ate the little ones up
 
bboyfromwayback help me understand this system better. You chop and cut off all the nuggets and large fan leaves. Then run them through the bowl trimmer. From there you dry on a hanging rack and jar up for curing??? How long are you able to dry for? I find it best the longer the better in regards to drying.
 
I’ve always hung my plants untrimmed to dry because it takes longer (smoother smoke) and you can get a closer trim by hand so this definitely changed up how I harvest. It usually takes 3-4 days depending on how thick the buds are. With a rack it’s easy to overdry so I start weighing day 3. I’ve found once you’ve lost 70-75% of the wet weight they’re ready for jars. I still mix it up. I still take 3-4 nice colas and hang them untrimmed then spin the rest of the plant. This last harvest on all the manifolds I cut the stems at the base then started at the bottom cutting everything off onto the tray, even fan leaves. Once I got to the tops I hand trimmed them instead of spinning. It took a little longer but worth it. The lower stuff is where most of your pain in the ass trimming is so I gladly spin all of that. End up with a bunch of nicely trimmed round nugs. My last harvest would’ve taken me a week by myself. Did it in one night👍🏻
 
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Appreciate the feed back. I'm leary any type of mechanical trimming but you just might have me sold. I love the look of hand trimmed bud but I can't stand trimming the loose buds on the bottom of the plant.
 
I've used one the last 3-4 grows and find them invaluable. I don't smoke myself but i grow for the wife. Last grow i had 2.25lbs from 6 plants and it still took 2 nights even with the trimmer. Usually pulling 4-6 oz dried per plant and i couldn't see myself going back to hand trimming with that much bud.
 
Agreed! And she passed with 👍🏻👍🏻 First time trying GDP that I’m aware of. See what you mean with the ‘purple’ taste. Not fruity but there’s a hint of grape on the backend. Bit heavier than I like at 1pm but it’s Friday so…
 
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