What enhances cannabis flavor more?

[Nizza]

look into wet trimming vs dry trimming. if you are wet trimming this is probably keeping chlorophyll in your buds if you live in a dry area.... try leaving the whole plant upside-down 2-3 days, then remove fan leaves/yellow leaves... 2-3 more days cut it up and hang close together; depending on humidity u might want em further apart for higher % humidity... then as days go on space them out more and if u want you can trim now, or before u put em in the jars... always at least 14 days of hang dry, always oscillating fan at 50% humid if possible... if u dry trim i hear it takes a while but the taste is much more improves and the curing is then done correctly because u got all the chlorophyll out

 

[mike91sr]

look into wet trimming vs dry trimming. if you are wet trimming this is probably keeping chlorophyll in your buds if you live in a dry area.... try leaving the whole plant upside-down 2-3 days, then remove fan leaves/yellow leaves... 2-3 more days cut it up and hang close together; depending on humidity u might want em further apart for higher % humidity... then as days go on space them out more and if u want you can trim now, or before u put em in the jars... always at least 14 days of hang dry, always oscillating fan at 50% humid if possible... if u dry trim i hear it takes a while but the taste is much more improves and the curing is then done correctly because u got all the chlorophyll out

two questions:
1. How does trimming trap chlorophyll compared to not trimming?
2. Have you ever actually done this, or just reposting something you heard?

 

[Da Almighty Jew]

letting them hang dry for 2 weeks without trimming does really make the bud nice

 

[cannabineer]

This raises another question for me ... how can one get a neatly-groomed bud when trimming dry? cn

 

[|B3RNY|]

two questions:
1. How does trimming trap chlorophyll compared to not trimming?
2. Have you ever actually done this, or just reposting something you heard?

Haha, you're just a troll. Screw you, ignored.

 

[mike91sr]

Says the guy trolling me around the forum. Feel better after announcing that you ignored me?

Bring it in for a hug buddy. Seems like you need it

 

[Da Almighty Jew]

This raises another question for me ... how can one get a neatly-groomed bud when trimming dry? cn

it can be done. it just requires extra patience. you still get a ton of finger hash probably more so.

 

[cannabineer]

it can be done. it just requires extra patience. you still get a ton of finger hash probably more so.

I have been completely unable to follow wilted or dried leaf stems into the bud. And with crispy sugar leaves, i can't get a neat trim. I tried it ... hated the result. cn

 

[Da Almighty Jew]

its personal preference. Once you do it enough it becomes second nature.

 

[cannabineer]

its personal preference. Once you do it enough it becomes second nature.

Can you suggest a tutorial for fully grooming dried bud? I'm interested in a connoisseur trim, not the half-assed commercial shagginess. cn

 

[Da Almighty Jew]

i dont know of any tutorials. Basically it just requires a good eye and good lighting.

 

[george xxx]

A slow dry

or a nice cure

or both affect cannabis equally?

Difficult question, I'd like to say both but then there are always going to be the strain dependent factors. If you have light airy bud you may need to humidify it to prevent ending up with crispy critters. If you have heavy sticky buds the slow dry is somewhat a built in feature that remains even with a fan running. Only way to really tell is repetitive growth of the same strain and experimentation. I believe it's a given that most prefer the sticky buds.

Thick sticky slow drying with a nice long cure for those who can wait.

 

[Nizza]

hang that whole thing upside down for two-three days, cut branches off and rehang close together, then slowly space apart as days go on. on days 5-7 you want to trim off all fan leaves, and sugar leaves that wont wrap around the buds... if the stems are already starting to snap you cut the buds off and put them into bags. you burp method them every day until they arent moist when u go to open em.. after this you can choose to trim and cure.. some people just cure and trim as they smoke
edit: if you leave these leaves around the buds to protect them, they will help prevent crystals from being knocked off when carrying it around

 

[Nizza]

by the way always get the yellow leaves off they might carry disease and bad taste

 

[mr. green thumb 01]

If you pull the plant as a whole it cannibalizes itself as it drys. Using up everything it has stored. Slightly curing during this process. The cells still live in the plant this way and redistribute the moisture to the outer cells to try to prolong the plants life. I have tried so many ways and every time I get the best results by hanging it as w whole for min 3-4 days. Now I hang as a whole for 1 week. Honestly you can just let it dry this way if you dont mind the hassle of a dry trim or you an do this to get the both of best worlds---

post i made long time ago--

The first few days of the drying process in the most crucial imo.What I like to do to get the best taste/dry is to stop watering a few days b4 harvest if in hydro or a week or 2 b4 if dirt. And this would be after flushing. After the leaves droop and the plant starts wilting I uproot it (very easy in a dwc). I hang it in a dark room with good ventilation (no direct air on flowers) and just make sure temps dont go over 88 once the fan leaves are a little dry I trim it and set it out for another day until the flowers feel dry on the outside then I finish drying in brown paper bags (never sealed) till the stem snaps. After this its ready to smoke and or put in to jars and cure, I do both. This whole drying process should take about a week and a half or two weeks. I dont know exactly why this works so good but I have tried a half dozen other ways and few have worked this well and consistently.. I use to always harvest chop and trim the day they were ready with very inconstant results. but this slow death of the plant is better imo. I think the plant kinda eats its self using up more stored nutes and stresses some thus producing a lil more trichs this way but not really sure. She really knows her life is over and will give you all she has. Try and then post your results. good luck!


also wanted to add--curing is over rated and will do nothing to improve already poor quality

 

[Rumple]

I like to chop it up into branch sized sections and pull the big leaves off before hanging it in a dark ventilated space.

 

[Da Almighty Jew]

harvest and cure any way that makes you feel comfortable

 

[yesum]

I hung the whole plants with their leaves on in the tent with extraction fan on lowest. I left them 8 days and they were a little too dry by then.

Next time will go 6 days or so. When I put the buds in the jars, there was no need to burp them. In fact the buds were a little too dry already.

No grass smell, just good sweet smell going into the jars. 4 weeks later the buds smell pretty much the same.

The drying phase is key imo. More than the cure phase.

 

[Da Almighty Jew]

drying phase is definetly key. if you stop the extraction fan a few days after you start drying. (but keep a inside fan). this will make the humidity climb and cause it to dry slower. But keep an eye on your humidity so you dont get mold.