Manicure

[Shack]

Hi guys,

what's your method for manicuring your buds.

[keepleft]

prefer to cut them off the main stem and hang each stem then after 3 to 4 days when its dry clean leaves off and manicure with spring loaded scissors wearing latex gloves. after its bagged up, leave the bag open a day or so as stems may sweat and re-wet it.

 

used to clean leaves off wet then hang and dry, now like to dry first. allows the head leaf to curl over the buds,

[Shithappens]

Oh whilst i am the near opposite

 

I cut all fan style leaves wet whilst hanging as near full plant (or divided to aid this pruning) to free the buds to the open air and leave to hang whilst drying till they appear outside bud dry

 

Then i remove most stems leaving handles as best i can and dry till stem snaps

 

Once dry the smaller bud leaves can be cleaned easily as then they can be saved for some nice hash this IMO cuts down on handling the precious stuff when its real sticky

 

I love the sticky fingers and some eucalyptus oil cleans your hands fast scissors i use are not spring loaded gunna look for them man!!

[Shack]

sweet as guys, i'm about 6 weeks from that stage yet but need the info. i've heard some people roll the buds in their hands before curing them, any sense in it?

[Luke Skywalker]

Nah, that would just remove some of the trichomes and help you make hand hash, (if you wanted it) but it's got no benefit really aside from perhaps cosmetic. It would end up actually making the weed (very) slightly less potent....

[WantDaChronic]

i clip off the shade leaves and bin them, then i clip off the smaller non-resinous leaf and put that aside for when i run out of smoko....i make sure to get as much stem off with those leaves too as it reduces drying time then i just run the scissors up and down clipping away the resinous leaf as i go and leave the buds with a very minimal amount of leaf on them so it doesnt reduce the weight so much, but once dried i usually cant help myself and manicure the shit out of them untill a 1g bud weighs 0.5g, but has absolutely no leaf on it what so ever

[keepleft]

the spring loaded scissors you used to able to get them from bunnings in the $2 bin they were great. now they sell them on ebay for bloody $25. hard to find. if anyone finds a source let us know, as mine are worn out!

[Shithappens]

Hmmm i might have to visit my local granny sewing shop...

 

Find these Scissors a bit cheaper beats going through cheap brand scissors and chucking them

[loylty gets u nothing]

i dont

the wifer is in charge

nothing bores me more than manicuring

i find it easier in the p[ast to remove most leafs

whilst the plant sill is fresh

with some life in it

once its wilted and dryed some its harder to be so accurate imho

all the best

bil

[Al B. Fuct]

billo, I'm with you. I trim buds while plants are fresh, right out of the op. It's much easier to snip bud leaves before they have wilted- leaves tend to stick to the shears once floppy.