Blue brother
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The buds I dry in my fridge get a light trim while wet, mainly just larger easier to clip sugar leaves though, when I do this though there is an explosion of scent from the plant, hence why it’s only a quick light trim.I like the idea of drying the plant whole but leaving it upright like the OP was able to do to dry. When you hang a plant upside down the buds all become covered in the fresh limp leaves which then dry that way. As an outdoor grower though I couldn’t leave the plant in its caging outside in the elements. I did hang it upside down in a shed to dry though all in one piece. I couldn’t remove the tomato cage I first used for support as a young plant until after I had stripped all the bud.
As to which is best wet or dry, I think both can be done successfully. Folks who wet trim successfully are obviously compensating in other ways for the reduced amount of plant material that has to dry.
From personal experience I think doing a wet trim (either full or partial) is easier because of the way all the still living leaves stick out away from the buds. But trimming wet can lead to over drying or drying too fast. Waiting to do a dry trim makes the trimming process harder but it helps with the drying process by slowing it down somewhat. Take your pick both can work and likewise both methods can be screwed up.
for me it’s not so much about having the extra material there to slow down the dry as it is about not disrupting the plant too much while wet