Am i trimming this right?
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farmerfischer
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Looks fine for your first bro..
I like to try and clip out every leaf i can.. but thats just me, some people leave some of the smaller crystal covered leaves on.. for a couple of reason..
I like to try and clip out every leaf i can.. but thats just me, some people leave some of the smaller crystal covered leaves on.. for a couple of reason..
DoubleAtotheRON
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Just re-read that... "lowers"... was gonna say that it looks a bit larfy..normal for lowers. You're doing great!. You want some of those sugar leafs to lay down and protect your terps as you dry. Just do the same thing to your mid and upper colas!... hang at 65 degrees and 58-60%rh for the first week, then lower RH to 55 for another 5-7 days....then your golden.
farmerfischer
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Let me corrrect myself.. i dry trim..
Star Dog
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Looks fine to me, bear in mind you're going to grind it lol.
Some buds i trim neat, anything poking out beyond the calyxes get cut off, others I'll leave anything that's resin coated.
I do both wet/dry it depends on the best approach at the time, both have pros and cons.
Some buds i trim neat, anything poking out beyond the calyxes get cut off, others I'll leave anything that's resin coated.
I do both wet/dry it depends on the best approach at the time, both have pros and cons.
1dude1seed
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First grow seems to have been a success from looking at those lowers! Good job!
Trimming is a love/hate relationship. I personally love trimming, but I also only grow for myself and not several #s at a time.
Good advice has already been given. All I can add is maybe give dry trimming a go. So much easier in my opinion.
Trimming is a love/hate relationship. I personally love trimming, but I also only grow for myself and not several #s at a time.
Good advice has already been given. All I can add is maybe give dry trimming a go. So much easier in my opinion.
DoubleAtotheRON
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I leave it a bit hairy myself (for personal use) because there are a lot of trichs on those sugar leafs. Now, Commercially, we pretty much have to shave it to the bone for bag appeal, which I never understood. Most trim is loaded full of trichs.
DrDukePHD
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My uppers have dying leaves that's why I'm chopping & trimming now to prevent bud rot
Star Dog
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My thoughts exactly and the reason behind leaving it on, I'd rather smoke it in that form than make hash or oil with it, other than dry sift anything other is lower grade of smoking imo.
@DoubleAtotheRON I've seen your grow, i don't envy your trimming job lol.
DoubleAtotheRON
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That’s why I hire that shit out!.. even my personal tent grow, I’ll have my normal trim crew come do it. I hate trimming. But!, I don’t mind bucking. We pretty much leave our personal like this. … nothing fancy.
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FirstCavApache64
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Congratulations on your harvest! Great job getting them to the finish line and you learned a lot. Trimming advice is pretty much covered above, so enjoy your buds!!
DoubleAtotheRON
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Frosty!
OldMedUser
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Dying leaves doesn't mean bud rot unless it's the tiny bud leaves right tight in the buds. Bud rot starts inside the buds and finally breaks thru showing as a brown patch on the bud at first. Push a toothpick in and if it goes in easy leave it there then bag the cola tight and cut the stem below to remove it. You don't want to disturb it and spread spores all over the place.
I wet trim for any pot I plan to cure for smoking and cut all the little leaves flush to the bud but that takes a lot of extra time. I'd leave them like yours now. Most just gets anything without sugar trimmed off and gets made into oil so bag appeal doesn't matter for that.
lusidghost
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The sugar leaves are easy to flick off once dried. I like having pretty buds, but I really remove them because they make the smoke harsher. They get turned into shatter anyway, so it's not like they are being wasted.
DrDukePHD
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Yea it was the tiny leaves right tight on the buds that were dying, they were soon to reach the bud. About 35%+ of trichomes were Amber, however most were still clear. I didn't see a lot of milky ones. So I hope it'll work as medicine, we'll see. Learning experience!Dying leaves doesn't mean bud rot unless it's the tiny bud leaves right tight in the buds. Bud rot starts inside the buds and finally breaks thru showing as a brown patch on the bud at first. Push a toothpick in and if it goes in easy leave it there then bag the cola tight and cut the stem below to remove it. You don't want to disturb it and spread spores all over the place.
I wet trim for any pot I plan to cure for smoking and cut all the little leaves flush to the bud but that takes a lot of extra time. I'd leave them like yours now. Most just gets anything without sugar trimmed off and gets made into oil so bag appeal doesn't matter for that.
