Trimming, like growing, is one of those things that seems to have as many techniques as growing itself. I remember when I chopped my very first plant about 20 years ago, I thought - NOW WTF do I do?
After my first trim job, I searched the old overgrow to see what others were doing. That’s actually how I found out about bubble hash. From that point on, I decided to trim in 2 stages. The first stage is to get everything off the plant that won’t make good concentrate, and stage 2 is to trim as close to the bud as possible, collecting the trim for future use.
Here’s what my set up looks like:
- Comfortable chair
- LED spotlight
- Large paper mat with a large piece of B/W poly
- Parchment paper (to catch the material)
- Fiskars pruning snips (regular and “non-stick”)
- Razor blade and sharp piece of plastic to clean the snips
- Plastic to collect the scissor hash
- Rubber gloves
Always have something close by to drink and some sort of entertainment going on in the background.
Freshly trimmed 
Once trimmed, I hang them to dry like this:
My results:
Cured:
My trimming technique gives me great material to make concentrates, and it keeps my trichomes in pristine condition after trimming and curing. HOWEVER…I feel like I’m missing something…
My buds look yummy, but they don’t look like this:
Don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t trade my buds for those buds, but I’m curious to know how you get the rounded, smooth look. Is it the drying technique? The curing process?
Let’s see your weapons of choice for combat in trim jail - and your results!
I just throw stuff in here straight off the branch about 5 days in and jar it after. It’s been magical guys, it makes me so happy.
doubt I’ll ever hand trim again at this point
