Getaway,
I'm just curious, what was the cut off date when you were in Maine? What I mean is when was the frost strong enough to do damage. I remember on year when we were trimming and around 9 o'clock at night I went out to cut another basket full of colas and found ice forming on all my plants. I went into panic mode and cut them all down and brought 50 to 60 plants inside and then went round the clock in shifts trimming for days. It was a nightmare because they all started to wilt and got all stuck together making trimming a horror show.
I normally only cut what can be trimmed in a couple hours to prevent the "Wilt Factor" but that "Night of the Ice" was something I'll never forget nor will the poor bastards that had to deal with me through that episode. People don't realize how things can suddenly go wrong on you at the last minute. You can spent a whole season doing everything perfect and still screw it up during the harvest. I've witnessed people destroy their crops by making mistakes during the trimming, drying/curing process.
I use to hear people say that they "love" trimming weed, ya, a half pound can be a fun experience but when your trying to process pounds and pounds it can be darn right hellish.