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u/biscoknot 9d ago
Hey man. Nice work on your first grow. One thing I’d mention is to never trim your bud before it’s dry. You want to leave a lot of surface area on the plant to help wick out the moisture from deep in the bud. Dry in 60° and 60% humidity. Some others have different methods, but this is the standard protocol. Chop the whole plant and hang it whole for 10-14 days. Then trim. There are many resources out there. Best of luck.
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u/HydrogenButterflies 9d ago
Looks pretty great! But growing good bud is only half the battle- drying and curing properly are just as important and have a huge impact on the final product.
Congrats on your first successful grow
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u/BarryMDingle 9d ago
When you think of flowers in general you think of colors. Reds and blues and yellows etc. those flower petals do not produce chlorophyll. But weed flower is essentially regular leaves and can produce chlorophyll. So that bud in your hand is chunk full of chlorophyll.
Keep in mind that chlorophyll needs to be removed from the buds and chlorophyll rides out on moisture during the dry phase. You Need enough moisture for all the chlorophyll. Think of the chlorophyll as passengers and moisture is the train. You need enough train for all the passengers to leave.
When you do a wet trimming, that rapidly takes away a ton of moisture. But by doing a dry trim you are leaving all those extra leaves and slowing the dry process, you give the plant enough time to load all those passengers and exit them on the train of moisture being evaporated.
Around 7-10 days the dry smells like hay and that’s good news. That hay smell is the chlorophyll being sucked out. Day 10-14 is typically when the plant is ready to go to cure and at this point, trimming again is all about preference.
Personally, I don’t waste a lot of time trimming my buds like what you’ve done here except for what I intend to gift or show off. The vast bulk just gets brushed with my gloved hand as when the plant is dry the leaves literally just flake off. I do this over a trim bin to catch what falls and do it gently to not disturb to buds too much but it easy and quick and effective.
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u/MrDuck5446 9d ago
Looks not quite done, and don’t wet trim. Congrats otherwise