Harvest & Curing Dry or Wet Trim?

[4tokin]

I trim shade leaf when wet. Then hang plant or branch to dry.
I jar up with sugar leaf still attached.
Sugar leaf gets trimmed prior to consumption.
No more battered buds.

 

[Proph]

Ive done both.. I prefer dry now. It makes more sense for me. It also depends on your drying method of choice. I used the brown bag when I did wet trims. Now I hand dry the entire plant and then dry trim. I like slow dry process and how it helps retain the smell.

 

[Rev. Green Genes]

I like to see em wet and naked. Whether it's proven out by science or not, I feel like dry trimming would waste some crystals in the trim pile. I have only ever bag dryed too, and makes sense to get as much material off as possible as fast as possible to me.

 

[AutoRick]

Hey guys, ill chime in. I havent been groeing extremely long, but i have tried both ways and the Dry trimming worked better for me saving and retaining original smell/flavor. It could merely be my environment as well. I usually rid the plants of all the larger leaves and a few of the smaller, then complete when dry. Leaving the leaves on helps me extend the timeframe of my drying process as well. So, if your a closet grower with not much space to designate specifically for drying, i would recommend doing a 50/50 (wet/dry).. but clearly this is all preference. You gotta find your comfort zone AND OWN IT!!!

 

[fryge]

I do both. usually I prefer wet trim, but if I have a bigger batch at once I only do rough trimming wet(or somewhat dry, but I try to finish the rough trim, just shade leaves, asap to prevent too much moisture hanging around and risking mold). then final trim before curing. this applies to my guerilla this year, since I'll harvest multiple whole plants at once, and most buds are on the looser side so without leaves they dry out pretty quickly.

a plant on my balcony though I do wet trim, I don't harvest everything at once so I can take my time, and the buds are big and dense enough they don't dry out that quickly without leaves.

 

[Screwauger]

Having just today hung the last of my three outdoor plants it is safe to say for this first run, I did both.
I had two indoor scrog plants I harvested a month ago also.
Removed large fans at the grow site.
Then I take each branch as it comes off the plant and trim any remaining larger leaves (not sugar generally and I do not save).
I hang to dry until smaller stems snap or break off without strings.
I then do a close/final dry trim before jarring the product for curing.
I do this on a large electric dryer and I save/collect all this trim and the resin from my shears, fingers etc finally, scraping up any trichs on the dryer top.
I then cure my trim right along with the tops and once cured I have been making shaker hash with it. Might have my friend make some shatter with the outdoor trim, haven't decided.
So, I voted "Dry" but really I do both.
All my buddies think I am nuts and all do their final trim wet. I may give it a try but I don't like to handle the tops at all if possible and and trichs I "lose" I reclaim for the most part.