How do I dry sugar leaves after wet trimming

Can i just put the trimmings in a jar and let it sit open? Will that still dry them eventually? Im planning on just putting it in my grinder to collect the kief

Paper bag for sugar leaf, fold over bag at the top....or leave open, not in direct light. Good luck! Once dried, freeze them before making kief for while making the kief easier to agitate and collect resin. Tumbler or bubble ice?

I just paper bag my good trim so it's dry in about 3 days. After the 1st day gently break up the mass so it doesn't go mouldy in the middle but that's about it.

I trim my bud right off the plant and dry it the same way in doubled paper bags down in my cool basement so it takes about 3 weeks before dry enough to can it and burp for a month. Still pretty moist when it goes in the can so dumping out daily to break up the clump and air for 15 min then back in the can. fussy but a nice slow dry and cure makes for such sweet smelling, smooth smoking buds like this.

Hindu Kush just done curing and ready for FIRE!



The same buds just trimmed and 30 min off the plant. Girl goes so dark purple she almost looks black at the end. Going to be growing lots more of her.



I'm getting into making most of my pot into either cocobudder or RSO and for the budder can toss it fresh into a pot, add oil and then grind it all up with a hand blender. Almost no trimming involved and all the terpenes are still there to be trapped in the oil. Best medicine ever! See the link in my sig if eating your medicine is what you want.

I just snip off all the junk and use it right away or put it all in a can, seal the seam with electrical tape and toss it in the freezer to process at my leisure. My arthritic hands are so much happier. The best colas at the top get the full monty so I have a nice jar of buds for smoking with my friends too.

I spread mine out thinly on a tray.

coreywebster said:

I spread mine out thinly on a tray.

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That works too!

OldMedUser said:

I trim my bud right off the plant and dry it the same way in doubled paper bags down in my cool basement so it takes about 3 weeks before dry enough to can it and burp for a month. Still pretty moist when it goes in the can so dumping out daily to break up the clump and air for 15 min then back in the can. fussy but a nice slow dry and cure makes for such sweet smelling, smooth smoking buds like this.

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That is a nice way to cure, takes a lot of time and skill actually.
I use a complex and way too convoluted process, just for my rolling weed.
I use the fan leaves to start the process, getting them to turn golden brown and leather like by constantly turning them and misting the paper bag if they are drying too fast. Takes 1-2 weeks to build the right bacterial culture in the bags.

Then put the sugar leaves and slightly dried buds in another bag inside and let the fermentation process begin.
The bacteria then jump starts the process and the sugar leaves should turn golden and look like fine rolling tobacco, nice and smooth after 7-10 days.
Then you can toss the fan leaves and use the sugar leaves as a humidity buffer for the buds.
The buds will turn a bit slower, but it's a fine line between golden brown and smelling funky. Temp/humidity spike can turn it to goo. That needs to constant.

Much easier ways to do that, but you just don't get that leathery texture and sweet smell, like barn cured tobacco.
You can do a Cavendish or malawi cob cure also, thats a full fermentation, really sweet and dark. Easier than slow air fermentation.

Secret is never wet trim

DCcan said:

That is a nice way to cure, takes a lot of time and skill actually.
I use a complex and way too convoluted process, just for my rolling weed.
I use the fan leaves to start the process, getting them to turn golden brown and leather like by constantly turning them and misting the paper bag if they are drying too fast. Takes 1-2 weeks to build the right bacterial culture in the bags.

Then put the sugar leaves and slightly dried buds in another bag inside and let the fermentation process begin.
The bacteria then jump starts the process and the sugar leaves should turn golden and look like fine rolling tobacco, nice and smooth after 7-10 days.
Then you can toss the fan leaves and use the sugar leaves as a humidity buffer for the buds.
The buds will turn a bit slower, but it's a fine line between golden brown and smelling funky. Temp/humidity spike can turn it to goo. That needs to constant.

Much easier ways to do that, but you just don't get that leathery texture and sweet smell, like barn cured tobacco.
You can do a Cavendish or malawi cob cure also, thats a full fermentation, really sweet and dark. Easier than slow air fermentation.

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This would actually work great to get that chlorophyll flavor out for edibles, too. I never thought to try this so thanks for the idea!

COtransplant said:

Paper bag for sugar leaf, fold over bag at the top....or leave open, not in direct light. Good luck! Once dried, freeze them before making kief for while making the kief easier to agitate and collect resin. Tumbler or bubble ice?

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I was just gonna grind it up to get the keif then use pollen press to make little pucks. Freezing them wont make them mushy would it

Not if it's dry.

Rubbermaid said:

I was just gonna grind it up to get the keif then use pollen press to make little pucks. Freezing them wont make them mushy would it

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The purpose of freezing is to make the trichomes brittle so they can be more easily separated from the plant matter. You can also use dry ice.

Okay so I would dry the trim first, then freeze it, and then grind it up frozen, not like thaw it out first

I also lay them out on flat trays. I usually end up with 2-3 oz (dry) of trim and popcorn bud after a harvest. I just lay it out on cookie sheets in my drying room and ignore it for a week or so.

Then it's all used for edibles, tinctures etc.

Rubbermaid said:

Okay so I would dry the trim first, then freeze it, and then grind it up frozen, not like thaw it out first

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That would take forever when you have a lot of trim. A lot of people, myself included, use filter bags (AKA Bubble Bags) to hold the trim, then mix in iced water or dry ice, and the trichomes just break off and fall through the filter bag onto some parchment paper. Then you just scrape it up and collect it. If you use ice water then you have to make sure you dry it properly, or it will mold. Dry ice is very affective and you don’t have to worry about drying like you do with ice water.

edit: sorry, I should have clarified that if you use ice water you catch the trichomes in one last filter. You don’t want all that pouring all over your table!

Stomatal lock open = dispensary grade trash

Grinder keif = smoking powered stems

What is the point of this question when you have zero concern for quality? Seriously, what are you asking?

Pot growing isn't a reliigon. You do what makes sense,not follow dogma blindly for no reason.



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