Who else chops and trims wet?

19-Sean-86 said:

What difference do you notice between wet and dry trimming? I've done both I just find wet easier and less time consuming plus it contributes to slightly quicker drying so I can get it jarred slightly sooner. You can always have a little dry trim after wet trimming if you want to polish up a few buds

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Terpenes are volatile organic compounds. They break down over time with exposure to the surrounding atmosphere. When I dry trim my buds smell better and the smell is more potent. Same applies to flavor. I've side by sided the process and the results were not close. If you have a drying space with absolute control over every variable you may be able to achieve great results wet trimming, but for me it isn't even a debate.

NanoGadget said:

Terpenes are volatile organic compounds. They break down over time with exposure to the surrounding atmosphere. When I dry trim my buds smell better and the smell is more potent. Same applies to flavor. I've side by sided the process and the results were not close. If you have a drying space with absolute control over every variable you may be able to achieve great results wet trimming, but for me it isn't even a debate.

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I've not done it side by side but I notice no difference. I mostly grow cheese type plants so they stink regardless. I use organic everything and flush so always smokes smoothes tastes good. I have a tent for drying and a 4 in 1 Aircon

Imagine if Cuban cigars were slammed dry in three days. Then it'd be a Cuban cigarillo. 3 pack. 99¢

Beehive said:

Imagine if Cuban cigars were slammed dry in three days. Then it'd be a Cuban cigarillo. 3 pack. 99¢

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Wet trimmed doesn't dry in 3 days lol

19-Sean-86 said:

Wet trimmed doesn't dry in 3 days lol

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It can and I'm sure someone here does it.

Beehive said:

It can and I'm sure someone here does it.

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Maybe they lowered humidity really low or dried in a warm environment like a boiler cupboard. I only do that with test buds.

I’d done both I dry trimmed 2x and won’t do it again I fucking hate that shit lol...I wet trim and dry them for 1 week at 68f and 50-41%rh and jar them up, doing that their always 62%rh to-64% rh in the jars

the first time I dried trimmed it was bone dry in less than 48hrs, talk about harsh lol...now I keep my dry area on point so that never ever happens again so ya it’s not hard to do when it’s 25%rh outside and 30% inside and 85f in the drying area

Winter time is tough to slow dry. I use my bathroom to dry so I can control the humidity of the air flow being drawn past my drying buds in their custom dry box where I control the air flow also. I can speed it up or slow down the drying with simple environment control.
Of course, I always dry slow....

19-Sean-86 said:

Maybe they lowered humidity really low or dried in a warm environment like a boiler cupboard. I only do that with test buds.

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Test bud? What are you testing?

I'll admit. I've smoked fresh bud dried in a microwave. But it wasn't my weed. Absolutely horrible. I find weed less then 1 month in cure tastes and smokes like lighting up a twig pulled off a tree. Or smoking a hay bail.

Not Trying to hijack, but what does everyone feel about darkness before harvest? I'm going to water here shortly and then possibly harvesting tomorrow or the next day. So the question is do I water and harvest, or should I stick her in the dark and then harvest, or darkness, water, harvest?

cirE said:

Not Trying to hijack, but what does everyone feel about darkness before harvest? I'm going to water here shortly and then possibly harvesting tomorrow or the next day. So the question is do I water and harvest, or should I stick her in the dark and then harvest, or darkness, water, harvest?

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I would water and chop after the dark cycle, no real need for extended dark period IMO.

Doug Dawson said:

I would water and chop after the dark cycle, no real need for extended dark period IMO.

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So just the normal dark cycle? My lights are off from noon-4pm, so I'm about to water now and then tomorrow right when the lights kick on harvest?

cirE said:

So just the normal dark cycle? My lights are off from noon-4pm, so I'm about to water now and then tomorrow right when the lights kick on harvest?

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Yes, that would work.

Doug Dawson said:

Yes, that would work.

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I used to do extended dark period before harvest but I don't think it did much, and I quit doing it after getting some bud rot, wasn't much but I figure while it was dark it had spread some, might as well just chop so no time to spread if it's there.

I used to be a wet trimmer, never going back. Now if I get lazy when drying i just turn my drying area into a giant humidor and begin curing and trim as I feel like it.

Creature1969 said:

I don't do it for faster drying, I try to slow that. I just hate dry trimming with a passion.

That said, imo you chopped early.

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Thats not an opinion. Its a fact.

That was chopped weeks early.

I want my weed to dry for as long as possible.

Fast doesn't sound good in any conversation about drying weed.

I stop watering, trim 4 days later and dry in the pot.
Organic soil auto grower.

I chop and quick dry plants in the oven, 350F for 4-5 hours. Then I cut the flowers off into a bucket of pH balanced H2O2 and store it in the the closet overnight. I’ll trim off the bigger leaves then lay the buds out on my picnic table to get that sun-dried flavor. After trimming the rest of the leaves I press the flowers between some heavy books to get that nice “dense nugget” look. It’s all organic and smokes like crushed velvet.

A couple of update pics, they've still alive, lol.