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With dry trimming, you’ll cut down the plant and hang the whole thing to dry for several days first. Trichomes will get on your fingers, your trimming shears, your body, everything. Gloves are recommended rubbing alcohol or coconut oil is essential.

Many argue that because buds are stickier when being handled, trichomes remain intact, which preserves terpenes and flavors in the final product.

Trimming wet will also give you a tighter and more aesthetically pleasing final product.

If you’re tight on space, wet trimming removes a bulk of the plant in the beginning, so you don’t have to hang whole plants up to dry.

With less moisture-filled foliage attached to the flowers, drying will happen more quickly this can be helpful in humid climates where mold is a concern.

Removing sugar and fan leaves is easier-they get shriveled and dried up in dry trimming.

Wet trimming happens all in one sitting: You’ll cut down the plant, cut buds off branches-called “bucking”-trim the buds, and then place them on a drying rack, where they’ll sit for a few days. There are two ways to go about trimming weed, each with pros and cons. When wet trimming, removing all that unnecessary plant matter also reduces the moisture content of buds, allowing for a more even dry.Ĭannabis also takes on a tighter, more uniform appearance and has more bag appeal when trimmed.

All of these are harsh to smoke and don’t contain many trichomes, although they do have a little. Trimming removes buds from plants, cutting off branches, stems, and sugar and fan leaves. Be sure to have some good albums or podcasts queued up, and it always helps to have a friend or two helping out.

Whichever type you are, know that trimming even only a couple of plants will take hours, even days.