Holy crap…around 6-8 hrs of trimming EVEN w a bowl trimmer, I’m amazed how much it takes out of the body and how sore afterwards. I’ve had to coat my back in biofreeze, and I still feel the ache along the entire spine. It made me wonder, who else is sore and exhausted after a long harvest day ? Share your thoughts on how you feel after the last bud is trimmed and put where it’s all drying…
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Waaaaa… …I got too much smoke,… …waaaaa…
Just kidding. Sure is not easy, is it?
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Yeah. It sucks. But it must be done.
I find switching up different scissors helps a lot.
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LOL that’s why I got the bowl trimmer, I’d have no hands left. I have some kind of condition where all tendons seize up. Talk about the ‘tin man’…
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The last couple grows I’ve done I chopped the plants and cut all the fan leaves off and put them to dry once dry I put them in plastic 4 liter ice-cream containers to cure and during this step is when I trim them just a little but at a time whenever I have time I’ve actually found the end result better as far as taste and smell… Growing was suppose to be a hobby for me and it was getting stressful until I started doing this and now I’m enjoying it again.
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Nice idea. Might be easier to dry first and then use silicone brush to clean it up, then touch up bit by bit while curing. I think I’ll do that next crop.Thanks for sharing 
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As a for my own and family & friends grower, I will take the abuse of harvesting and trimming ( and growing ) over the shady shit I did for a number of years for weed. As an example from the old days: page the weed guy, “I’ll be at x-location in half an hour…me, paranoid as fuck there for two hours…WTF…sometimes dude was too high or too deep in P&ss&y to make it! How much time did I spend in sketchy situations back in the day! Finger hash will help my old hands feel better, and an ergonomically designed trimming area is a must!!!
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BTW, Biofreeze is awesome! So is @Sebring Comfort Cream (extra strength)!
“Yeah guy 15 more minutes.” Fuckers
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I will also strip all fan leaves a day or two beforehand to make the final process easier.
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I will trim a few branches then take a break, and repeat.
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I just don’t veg and flip all the plants at the same time, keeping days or a week from one plant to another makes things easier while harvesting … 
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If I get to where it looks like I’m gonna e overwhelmed, I just start take a few branches a day or I just cut and trim a branch at a time… instead of chopping whole plant and feeling like I HAVE to trim the whole thing
Take the tops and give the lowers a little more time. You’ll be surprised at how much extra they swell. I try to harvest in stages but like you I use a bowl trimmer. I grow indoors and average 6 - 8 Oz a plant. Using the bowl trimmer I average a plant every 90 minutes or so BUT they still require a manicure with some fiskars for bag appeal once they are dried.
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Thanks for mentioning this I am gonna try this with my current grow when it’s time harvest the tops and let the rest go someone sounds like it will possibly increase my yields as well.
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