Does anyone have any tips on how to trim leaves off of buds fast and efficiently? I have seen those machines, but alot of them do not cut very close which was why I was hesitant with those.
Yes, dry trim vs wet.
Wet us a PITA IMO. I take all fan leaves before I dry then trim sugar after they are dry.
I also NEVER manicure my buds the way the dispo’s do. There is often so many trichomes on the sugar leaves I just cut flush with sides of flower and call it good.
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Wait, so I am a bit behind on your terminology. Wet us a PITA IMO, i do not understand. And fan leaves? What do you mean by that? And then dry trim sugar? And to manicure is what? Have you ever seen those automatic clippers? Are those pretty good in a sense you are kind of giving it a slight buzz cut?
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Exactly what I do as well. I have some Grandaddy Purple that had so much resin even on some fan leaves near the stem, so I just cut off the parts that had no resin. I dont care about looks. I want the resin.
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Pita pain in the as#. Imo…in my opinion. Fan leaves are the leaves with the 3, 5, 7, 9 leaves on them. Sugar leaves are ones with tricomes on them. Dry trim is drying the weed slow, then trimming to even the bud and make it look purdy.
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Lol…I been there too.
You wont take long to catch up .
The sugar leaves are the small leaves in the buds that have resin on them. Frosty sugary looking.
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When I cut a branch I hang it up and pull off the big fan leaves with long stems.
It can make quite a mess
I do a little more clean up on a trim tray. Either cut off or leave the small sugar leaves
What is left of the bud is mostly sugar leaves that are covered with trichomes
Hang them up to dry
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Others got me! Except for manicure. Manicure is just like ladies get at the salon, cleaned, trimmed and pretty.
Ive seen them, Im just not a fan of all the smooshing and rubbing, feel like my trichomes will end up all over the inside of the trimmer and none left on my buds. Trim jail sux to be sure but I grew to harvest the good stuff not leave it all over the bowl, the blades and the lid or of the auto trimmer.
Do they work, I bet. Im sure the dispos have some pretty highpowerd ones. I dont care for the quality of weed that comes from the dispos. (If that crap is actually weed and not sprayed hemp.)
Cannabrush. Or make one from a basting brush, cut the brush side down to like an inch. Wash and sanitize, of course.