Trim before or after dried?

[Grapeman420]

So i have been doing a whole lot of research about trimming and when to do it. some sites including this one say it is best to trim once the bud is dried, others say you must trim before you dry the bud. .
I am looking for the advantages/disadvantages for both methods. I would think that trimming before drying would be more practical because i found that all the fan leaves just stick to the buds which makes them more difficult to trim.

P.S. Whats are your favorite scissors and where did you get em? i NEED me some spring loaders

 

[sweetsmoker]

i trim before drying m8 as wen dry its easy for all the trichs 2 fall off wen fcking about wit it. plus cutting it on the plant is so much easier. others will say as apositive for leaving it till drying that it leads to a better dry/cure as the fan leaves will hold moisture in buds for longer hence longer dry time ensuring the starches turn to sugars for that sweeet taste and avoiding the harsh grasssy tatse frm quick drying.

 

[z4qqqbs]

trim befoer dry its easier

 

[Prod1gy132]

i trim before drying m8 as wen dry its easy for all the trichs 2 fall off wen fcking about wit it. plus cutting it on the plant is so much easier. others will say as apositive for leaving it till drying that it leads to a better dry/cure as the fan leaves will hold moisture in buds for longer hence longer dry time ensuring the starches turn to sugars for that sweeet taste and avoiding the harsh grasssy tatse frm quick drying.

well that harsh grassy taste is chlorophyll, thats why when they dry they sap all the chlorophyll out of the buds, thats also why I say clip the leaves before drying

 

[sweetsmoker]

the grassy taste is from the starches m8 the chemical process takes 1 week to turn into sugars chlorophyll will also break down with the drying process .. and wat saps all the chlorophyll out of the buds again? do u mean the leaves do and if so then why is that a problem? surely thats a benifit? the prob i c wit trimmin wen dry is pullin the leaveds off the buds and taking trichs wit it!! not a prob if u gunna make hash wit the leftovers though

 

[monkeyinthemist]

i trim after drying. i like the flavor much better. its a preference thing.

 

[Grapeman420]

i trim after drying. i like the flavor much better. its a preference thing.

is it that much more noticable ? hmmmm maybe i should trim half before and half after. Lasy year i did the "Trim after" method and i remember all the fan leaves stickin annoyingly to the bud.

 

[maurice*del*taco]

any local crafting store should have some spring loaded snipps that or walmart for sure. and i recommend trimming when wet the leaves are easier to cut i find

 

[RichED]

i trim fans befor hang about 3 or 4 days then trim final trim to box or to bag a few days then to jar

 

[d.s.m.]

P.S. Whats are your favorite scissors and where did you get em? i NEED me some spring loaders

Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip. Accept nothing less.

http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-9921-Softouch-Micro-Tip-Pruning/dp/B00004SD76

You can get them at most any garden center that's worth it's salt.

 

[dankbudgrower]

you can trim before or after drying but it is 500x easier to trim before you dry plus it dosent take nearly as long to dry if you trim before keep on toking

 

[atrumblood]

I actually left some of my harvest un-trimmed The rest I trimmed before starting to dry. So we will see which one I like better.

 

[sweetsmoker]

cool m8 let us know and also diff in drying time nice 1

 

[BigBudBalls]

I cut off all the fan leaves and non trich covered and toss 'em when chopping down. Then I'll closely, very closely, trim off all the itty-bitty trich covered leaves. and keep for hash (I save a LOT before doing the hash thing, and the closly trimming makes that bag fill faster) Then dry & cure

I've found less leaves = less grass smell and taste.

 

[atrumblood]

I think it depends on the strain too. The strain (Black Berry) I just got done curing has had some of the leaves left on the buds, and other buds with out. With the leaves on, it has a very holiday almost piny flavor too it, and is still smooth. The buds with out the leaves had less of that pine flavor, but the smoke was smoother. So it is about preference and about the strain you have.

Some strains I would say, yes for sure take the leaves off before you cut, others leave them on. Kinda like how each bottle of wine ripens differently, never the exact same.

 

[Grapeman420]

yo wassssup everyone, i decided to trim brofre i dried it. this method worked great and my tree is already dry and being cured. I yielded a half pound (8.5 ounces off one plant! my widow is still drying tho..

 

[atrumblood]

yo wassssup everyone, i decided to trim brofre i dried it. this method worked great and my tree is already dry and being cured. I yielded a half pound (8.5 ounces off one plant! my widow is still drying tho..

nice, you did better than me. I got 6.2 O from my 1 plant. woot.

 

[i.NeeD.A.LiGhTeR]

I trim completely before I dry. I've never tried it any other way but it just seems harder to trim dry leaves and seems like you would lose a lot of trichomes.

 

[sweetsmoker]

nice job grape so u expecting 9 0z dry from one plant thats nice. how big was she when u flowered her off?

 

[Grapeman420]

decently big. not so much tall but really bushy. check out my grow journals if you can find em. the strain was Super Dawg (clone) from the club.