In order to access the flower bud where the THC and CBD are found in the cannabis plant, growers must trim the buds. There are two primary ways of doing this. Wet trimming takes place before the plant has dried. Dry trimming is the opposite. Both options work, but dry trimming is rarer than wet trimming.
In the dry trimming process, few if any leaves are removed before the plant is hung up to dry. If a grower removes anything, it will be the large fan leaves only, and the smaller sugar leaves and buds will be left intact. These will be hung and dried slowly. The drawback here is the time required. While buds do need to be dried slowly to ensure the best possible quality, drying the majority of the plant takes longer than only drying buds.
However, the biggest benefit of using the dry trimming method is that a trimming machine can be used. With wet trimming, the bulk of the process must be done by hand. This makes it more labor intensive than dry trimming, which can drive up costs.
WHY MACHINE-TRIM?
The main advantage of using a machine trimmer is the speed with which you can process your cannabis. Some top-of-the-line commercial trimmers can process up to 19 pounds (~8.6kg) per hour, making them much more efficient than hand trimmers. For commercial growers, this difference in processing time makes the decision between hand or machine trimming an easy one.
The need to get large amounts of cannabis to market very quickly means that machine trimming will forever be a part of the marijuana industry. Thanks to the drastic improvement of trimming technology over the past decade, superb final buds are now being produced by machines. While trichome loss is still a concern, mangled or wasted product is rare nowadays. Most machine trimmers consistently produce high-quality results that most smokers can’t recognise as being machine-trimmed.
As growers know, there are many issues to watch out for near harvest time, including potentially losing your crop due to mold, mildew, or rain damage. It’s important to have an efficient process for bucking, drying, and processing your plants. This becomes even more vital when you’re growing in a light deprivation greenhouse and have continuous cycles of plant growth. Getting off track on one cycle can potentially throw the rest out of whack, too.
When you use a dry trim machine, you’re alleviating these problems in a couple of ways. First, because you’re hanging the crop to dry, you have the time to trim as you go. You don’t need to trim everything as soon as it comes off the plant, as you do when wet trimming. Second, it’s far easier to process large quantities of cannabis, so you’re less likely to fall behind and will find it easier to stay on schedule. A dry trimming machine can bring a whole new level of automation and efficiency to your harvest.
Ideal conditions for drying Cannabis plants:
For a good drying of your marijuana plants you have to take into account certain factors that will also determine the quality of the aroma, flavor, and effect of your marijuana:
Avoid light on the buds, because during drying, the plants have to be completely dark to continue activating Cannabinoids such as THC.
Try to maintain the relative humidity of the drying room between 60-65% for the first 7 days. If you have too high humidity and you can’t get it down, you can use a small air extractor with activated carbon filter to extract humid air and passively pass air with less humidity.
Try to maintain the temperature between 15 and 18ºC, since at higher temperatures the terpenes evaporate in greater quantity and speed. Avoid sudden changes in temperature, as it will cause them to lose and gain moisture quickly, which will negatively affect the quality of the buds.
The Eco Farm Leaf Bowl Trimmer is a 16-inch manual trimming machine. This trimming machine has a spherical shape. Unlike the SpinPro, though, this machine isn’t opaque but rather has a transparent acrylic cover and a stainless steel bowl. The machine uses a 4-piece rubber column and a 4-edged stainless steel blade to get the job done. A major advantage the Eco Farm Leaf Bowl Trimmer has is that it can be used for wet or dry trimming. When wet trimming, use the wire blade and if you want to dry trim, use the straight blade. This makes it an especially versatile choice. To use this bowl trimmer, you turn a hand crank at the top of the bowl. Eco Farm ensures that this still gets the job done quickly, noting that it has the power of 30 scissors at once.
Conclusion
Trimming your cannabis after you harvest can offer a variety of benefits. Not only can it give your harvest a more attractive, but it can improve the quality of your cannabis. Traditional hand trimming gets the job done but it can also take up a lot of time. Using a trimming machine can save you a lot of time after you harvest your cannabis.
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