I will no longer trim before hanging..for real try it...way better...

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missnu

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I have harvested numerous plants and have even tried doing it this way before, but I usually trim the buds up and then leave them hanging..but I got lazy last time and just hung the whole thing...it takes it a good little bit longer to dry, but once it is dry trimming is a snap literally, your scissors don't get so gummed up you have to keep cleaning them just to finish, and the finished product is already mostly cured...I mean you just can't beat that...and instead of that green weed smell you smell while trimming fresh stuff, when it is already dried with the buds inside it smells like the dried and cured finished product...I tried this once before, but didn't let it dry totally before I took it down to finish trimming and put it in the jar, and it was nearly impossible to get trimmed...But if you pull the whole plant and then just leave it alone for like a week and half- 2 weeks then when you do take the plant down it is ready for jars...and you won't have to keep opening and closing the jar either...I mean it is ready for the jar...lol. Not too dry, but as I said I think the leaves kind of start to cure the buds, as opposed to when they are hanging there naked just drying...the outside of the buds can't dry faster than the inside, because the whole bud becomes the inside...the leaves are perfectly designed to fall and wrap around each bud..coincidence? I think not....
And I can leave less trimmed off without affecting the taste of the end product too much as well....I really think this might be my new method from here on out...I mean it takes longer before I get to try some, but it won't kill me to wait...
I find that when dealing with plants you can never have too much patience...lol
Anyway just finished putting away a tobacco hung plant and wanted everyone to look into, because I like it way better...
 
superstoner1

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that is the only way i do it and after 2 days in jars it tastes and smells beautiful. i spent hundreds on a spinpro trimmer to only use it one time and got that nasty grass smell and then sold it. i chop my plants and then i will cut plant into some single large branches and some that are sections of the plant, and hang on lines stretched across drying room, this allows me to start trimming the smaller poeces when they are ready and let the larger pieces have a few days longer. plus i dont have to keep washing hands in alcohol every 10mins.
 
melungeonman

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When our ambient humidity is too arid I like this as well, I believe the longer you can stretch this process out the better the product. Or ambient humidity changes here so quick, its kinda difficult to judge the speed your plants will dry, If its humid, I will take off everything with a long stem , usally big fans. This sorta controls the amount "green" flavors that gets into your bud as well, I try to leave the rest. If our weather has been windy, it'll be arid, so I will leave it all alone and just hang it. Glad I'm not the only one harvesting and hanging this way. At first, it started out not having any trimming help for 30 ounce harvest, (well thats as my excuse.) Mostly just too tired and lazy. Then as It got big, and I realised how utterly a waste of time it was, it was the only way that made sense. Mold doesn't really factor in so far, I'm able to control the dry by what I remove. In the winter and spring, I find just taking those fans makes it dry fast enough, in the summer you can't slow it down, so I leave everything on it, I helps avoid that way too dry issue. If that does happen add a green fan leaf to the jar about half way down, to put a little moisture back and facilitate swetting, swetting removes the nasty green taste if any exist.
 
missnu

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yep...Nothing molds in my area...everything is too dry...but it like starts to cure the buds, and keeps them from getting light better than I do when they are in a jar, or just hanging there...so...I like it a lot better...I don't hang the roots, cuz I don't want dirt in my smoke...it takes longer to dry then when I just hang them there...but I can smoke some as soon as it is dry and it tastes great...I mean you can tell it needs more jar time, but it is better than trimmed, hung and dry...ya know what I mean... Anyway I won't trim before drying ever again...the buds end up looking better, and closer to being cured once they are dry...and I like how the leaves protect the smoke...it's awesome!
 
superstoner1

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i live in southern us where humidity is bad and never had a single issue with mold. air flow is key. a ceiling fan and a ossilating fan do it all.
 
melungeonman

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missnu

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Well when I was starting out I read a bunch of articles about the benefits of doing this, but I was too impatient to not have it dry in 4 days..so the first time I hung the whole intact plant without trimming I took it down before it was dry enough and it was awful...but you have to wait til the whole thing is totally dried out...like the fan leaves will be crispy..totally...then all you do is clip them off, then clip off the very tip of each bud..because all the sugar leaves have also folded down...so all their tips are there on the end...anyway it is so so so much easier, and the finished product looks and smells better...it lost very little color...perhaps even gained a little bit..instead of looking sort of washed out, they look great...brand new in fact, but dry...anyway it doesn't matter....it is awesome and I will never go back to trimming before hanging..never...
 
melungeonman

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I've never made it a practice of hanging roots, not just for the obviouse reasons you mentioned but this as well. Everything you feed your plant is stored there, until either the lights come on, or the sun comes up. Then, they make the conveyor ride up the stock. When you harvest at the end of photo period before lights, you can disincorporate the chem flavors from the soon to be cureing plant, I chop them about 4 inches from the soil level and always, just before lights come on indoors, sun up outdoors.
 
lokie

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missnu at what humidity and temp do you get these results?
I ask because my first harvest is coming up before too long.
 
BigBuddahCheese

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I am going to do this with my Sage N Sour that is going to be plucked in about 10-14 days. I have always wondered and would like my medicine to be the "best" it can be, so I am going to risk my beautiful SNS on this and report back.. only beacuse it smells so good now and I want it to retain that smell and if it works the MONSTER ChemDawg is coming in a few days later!!
 
oftheCosmos

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Already started a comparison with a plant i cut a week ago, some buds have been trimmed prior to drying and some haven't...so I guess we will see whether there is a difference at all.
 
colonuggs

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IMO....with most strains leaving the leaves on the plants during the drying process is the best for smell and taste.....Why??

Because the leaves rap around the bud trying too protect them.... this allows for a slower drying process...which improves the smell and taste

When the leaves are dry and the buds feel dry ...trim the leaves off... usually a week to 10 days...

then 33 gallon plastic bag the entire plant for 8 hours...this pulls any moisture from the sterms back into the buds... after 8 hours or so...remove the bag and let dry for a day or 2... until dry


 
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