freddie747
Active Member
My 1st grow has about 2-4 weeks left and the buds seem to be getting bigger daily. I have been studying how to cut, dry and cure and plan to follow the steps documented by fdd2blk in his thread:
https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/28072-harvest-time-tutorial.html
Today, I cut one very small bud (about 2 inches long) with stem from one plant because I want to get experience at the cutting, trimming, drying, curing that he describes. I dont want to screw it up when all my stuff is ready. Basically, I need some practice.
I found that it is harder to trim than I thought which is consistent with what he describes.
How important is it to cut off all the little leaves embedded in the bud? From what I have read, it is the trichoms that get you high and these little leaves are covered with them. Seems like these leaves would be valuable smoke beyond just making hash. Even this early, mine have tons of trichoms, but of course they are all clear for now. I have pointy scissors just like he has, but it seems like I am doing more damage to the bud trying to get all those leaves off. It is hard not to cut other stuff and I wonder if I do more harm than good by trying to hard to get these off.
Should I just trim around and cut to the surface or is getting all the leaf out pretty critical? Does it outweigh the risk of cutting other stuff? What negatives occur if the bud has some of these hard to trim leaves?
https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/28072-harvest-time-tutorial.html
Today, I cut one very small bud (about 2 inches long) with stem from one plant because I want to get experience at the cutting, trimming, drying, curing that he describes. I dont want to screw it up when all my stuff is ready. Basically, I need some practice.
I found that it is harder to trim than I thought which is consistent with what he describes.
How important is it to cut off all the little leaves embedded in the bud? From what I have read, it is the trichoms that get you high and these little leaves are covered with them. Seems like these leaves would be valuable smoke beyond just making hash. Even this early, mine have tons of trichoms, but of course they are all clear for now. I have pointy scissors just like he has, but it seems like I am doing more damage to the bud trying to get all those leaves off. It is hard not to cut other stuff and I wonder if I do more harm than good by trying to hard to get these off.
Should I just trim around and cut to the surface or is getting all the leaf out pretty critical? Does it outweigh the risk of cutting other stuff? What negatives occur if the bud has some of these hard to trim leaves?
