st0wandgrow
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Beagle, what do you use the fan leaves for? I save all of the sugar leaves that are trichome-coated to make canna-butter and bubble hash from, but I've never bothered to save the fan leaves.
Trimming: Share your tips/tools/techniques
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Nukebisket
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I kick back and let my Rolling Thunder handle it all
Medical420MI
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Good thread! I've only got one harvest down but I remove all the big fan leaves I can by hand right after chopping. I use fiskers spring loaded scissors. I cut all the leaves that have a stem off and throw all that away. Then I trim as much sugar leaf off as I can and hang in a closet until crispy on the outside(3-5 days). Then I cut up the large buds and give it one final manicure before it goes in the jars for curing.
Beagle
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All Fan leaves, sugar leaves, and even small stems I run through the dry ice hash process. The spent plant material from the dry ice process goes through the iso hash process.
atidd11
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Im wondering how dry to touch these were after hangin for that many days?
ballin174
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Obviously you two have never used a SpinPro.
[video=youtube_share;ps64fDTZssA]http://youtu.be/ps64fDTZssA[/video]
HomeLessBeans
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Cant speak for sketchy, but I hav used several styles up to that powered fucker. Don't care for it.
Some things come down to personal prefference. For me they destroy what I have nurtured. Trichomes
I would not like my trimmers doing that to a bud..
No spin pro every helped someone feed their kids..
No spin pro is ever gonna top a topless trimmer,said This ole Top
Personal preference
ballin174
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As you can see in the video if you operate it correctly it does not destroy any of the trichomesCant speak for sketchy, but I hav used several styles up to that powered fucker. Don't care for it.
Some things come down to personal prefference. For me they destroy what I have nurtured. Trichomes
I would not like my trimmers doing that to a bud..
No spin pro every helped someone feed their kids..
No spin pro is ever gonna top a topless trimmer,said This ole Top
Personal preference
. What would normally take several hours to trim can be done in as little as 1 hour... To sum it up the SpinPro is a necessity for anyone who has a substantial amount of product to trim. If you only have a measly 3-4 oz harvest then I would not recommend it.
HomeLessBeans
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A necessity??? Really truly??? U kids n your shiny things. I think I know where u can get a couple for free.
My trimmers get paid by the pound and are worth every dime.
My trimmers get paid by the pound and are worth every dime.
SketchyGrower
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LIKE!
I don't use toys in my grows
I kid I kid.... It's more of a personal choice. take joints for example, I could use a roller and spare myself the time it takes to roll one but, I dislike how the roller..umm, rolls. As is true for the spinPro or (insert brand name here) trim style.The nugget he shows off in the video looks like it was trimmed by a newbie to be honest.... I would clean that mess up a little better before I presented that as coming from my garden..
As you can see in the video if you operate it correctly it does not destroy any of the trichomes
let's think about this. Your putting your buds into a steal contraption. they spin around and around... they rub against each other and the inside of the machine (as designed).... how would this "not" bust "any" of the trichomes?
probably about 3-4 OZ's there
Beagle
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If you let me borrow yours to try it out...As you can see in the video if you operate it correctly it does not destroy any of the trichomes
kindfarms420
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i trim 4k watt worth of buds everymonth
BY MYSELF maybe one other person for a 1/4 of the work and its all done by hand and i refuse to use a automatic trimmer after seeing some of my buddies buds that they trimmed with a trimmer it ripped up all sorts of trichomes the only trichomes there were was in the middle of the bud. everything on the outside the heads were ripped off... and it was the spinpro
BY MYSELF maybe one other person for a 1/4 of the work and its all done by hand and i refuse to use a automatic trimmer after seeing some of my buddies buds that they trimmed with a trimmer it ripped up all sorts of trichomes the only trichomes there were was in the middle of the bud. everything on the outside the heads were ripped off... and it was the spinpro
ballin174
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Really... They must have over filled it or spun it for to many revolutions. You do need to replace the blades from time to time also.
kindfarms420
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its possible i didnt see them do it just the end product (im extremely picky about the way i trim tho so it could just of been me) but it was definatly missing trich heads when i looked at it with the scope...also they used the "trim pro rotor" but its the same concept...
Pimpernickel
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All my trimmers prefer the slightly curved scissors are over than the straight ones.
Pimpernickel
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The Spinpro didn't look like it did a very good job, lots of leaf left there.
abe supercro
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For the really big harvests, we throw the plants in whole into the chipper, like in Fargo. I bloody love trimming.
bowlfullofbliss
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Geez with that thing those buds need to be dried out, and get a respectable manicure trimming.....I wouldn't buy those nugs like that, not a chance. I'd have to pay half the value since I still have to do all the trimming.
Also, if you don't dry and manicure, there is so much chlorophil (sp?) that has to removed during the curing process it seems like those nugs would taste like hay forever if you didn't get rid of all that excess.
Just sayin.
Also, if you don't dry and manicure, there is so much chlorophil (sp?) that has to removed during the curing process it seems like those nugs would taste like hay forever if you didn't get rid of all that excess.
Just sayin
.bob harris
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4 days of hanging, and the sugar leaves and outside of the bud is crispy. After trimming, and placing them in a paper bag, the moisten up again. The paper bag evens things out. About 1 day in the bag. Then onto my net till the stems snap. After that..into jars for a cure..open the jars an hour or so a day..and delicious..
bob harris
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A buddy of mine uses the spin pro. He gets decent results, but the only advantage I see is if you have a big harvest. Spin pro buds don't have that "conisuer" look.