# Do tricoms rippin while drying

**URL:** <https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-tricoms-rippin-while-drying/86473>\
**Category:** Harvesting\
**Created:** [May 1, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-tricoms-rippin-while-drying/86473 "2022-05-01T14:42:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-tricoms-rippin-while-drying/86473/5 "2022-05-01T16:35:18Z")

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Interestingly, we we just discussing this over in another thread. Rather than repost here, I’ll link my response:

> [@By the branch or the whole plant](https://ilgmforum.com/t/by-the-branch-or-the-whole-plant/86453/10):
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> I read an article about trichomes ripening after cut. I can’t find it now, but the general take-away was that trichomes continue to ripen after chop and in fact they seem to never stop ripening. This was evidenced by the fact that cured buds left for a very long time in an airproof and lightproof environment did in fact degrade most of the THC to CBN.

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