DL Wholesale 16'' Open Top Hand Trimmer VS TrimPro Unplugged

When you only need to trim a few plants and have time on your side, handheld bud trimmers are ideal. A bud trimmer allows much more control than the hand-cranked bowl trimmers for bud or the more expensive fully automatic bud trimming machines.

When time is not on your side, an electric marijuana trimmer or hand crank bud trimmer is faster for trimming buds, but it may compromise quality buds in the end due to a lack of control that a handheld bud trimmer offers.

It’s really simple to choose the best bud trimmers that can get the job done and cultivating perfect buds for consumption.

You should be able to comfortably use the Trimmer.
It shouldn’t be too expensive, but it shouldn’t be cheaply made, either.
The plant remains intact and juicy after trimming. Trims the leaves of the buds accurately.

Why Trim Cannabis?

When cannabis plants grow, trimming is essential. Trimming cannabis will make the product more aesthetically pleasing, but there’s more to it. By bucking the cannabis plant bud and removing leaves, you’ll make parts of the nug with more trichomes more accessible. Additionally, by removing fan and sugar leaves, you’re getting rid of the parts that would cause harsh smoke. The foliage doesn’t wick away moisture too well. Furthermore, trimming cannabis is essential to the curing process. Curing–or slowly removing moisture from the bud–plays a part in enhancing the smoking experience. Lastly, trimmed bud tends to produce a stronger marijuana aroma, which may influence a purchase.

When is a Good Time to Trim Cannabis?

When it comes to trimming cannabis plants, you can either do it before or after drying. Growers use both methods, so there isn’t a right or wrong way. Cultivation specialists who prefer a wet trim are dealing with high humidity, are concerned about mold, and want the cannabis bud to dry at a quicker rate. Those who use a dry trim are dealing with low humidity, want the bud to dry slower, and are looking for the bud to be denser or tighter. So it depends on the grower’s preferences. As a cannabis trimmer, your job is to be comfortable with both wet and dry trims.

DL Wholesale 16'’ Open Top Hand Trimmer

Features:

Our metal top trimmers are 100% stainless steel. There is no plastic which makes them extremely durable. Available in a closed and open top version. The open top allows you to easily see your work and also fill it without having to remove the top. It uses slim leather fingers, which gently moves flowers across the grade which houses the razor-sharp stainless steel blades, which trim the buds. You control the speed by how hard you crank, but it doesn’t take very much! Some growers prefer less agitation of their flower. We know hand trimming is hated by many. The Trimpro Unplugged makes it much easier and less painful, though. It features the most ideal ergonomics possible, with the perfect size, weight, shape, and mechanics.

TrimPro Unplugged

Features:

This TrimPro trimmer makes it easy to crank out harvests efficiently, whether you are a hobby grower with 1–2 plants or 10! Unlike machine trimmers, it produces no noise, keeping your operation discreet while producing a quality end product. It gives you more control over the degree of trim, while saving your hands from painful cramps and blisters. It’s easy to use, maintain, and is a great addition to any grow room. The Trimpro unplugged is completely manual, as the name suggests. This means taking the trimmer to the field is easier than ever, with no concern for finding an outlet or bringing extension cords. It was designed to get you tight trim with minimal effort and flower agitation.

Wet Trimming vs Dry Trimming

Once you’ve done with harvesting, start the most critical phase that adds value to your harvested buds. Generally, value addition matters on the types of trimming., i.e., Dry trimming or wet trimming, and the procedure used while trimming Marijuana buds. Usually, a hand trim is a common practice if you’re growing one or two Marijuana Plants. A bowl trimmer is another option if you exceed the said number that could save your time that you spend with an individual bud.

The is no comparison of a bowl trimmer vs hand trim plants as it entirely your choice depending on the number of Marijuana Plants that you’re growing. Later in the article, we would like to add a bowl trimmer review along with hand trimmers and automatic trimmers. Either it is dry trimming or wet trimming, the purpose is improving the look of Marijuana buds, enhance smoking taste, increase potency, and avoid mold deposition if you’re growing in high humidity areas. Usually, the growers follow two methods to trim Marijuana buds by hand: dry and wet. An alternative is to use a machine or an automatic trimmer. The growers could prefer any prescribed method. But, they all could finish with what exactly they want.

Wet Trimming
Wet trimming involves separating sugar leaves from the flowers after they’ve harvested, immediately. The flowers still contain a lot of moisture, and their cutting with a scissor is easier. You could pick each branch and cut sugary leaves using a curved scissor. This trimming could result in pretty decent shaped buds that could be dried later by hanging them for 2–3 days.

Dry Trimming
The branches from the Marijuana plant are harvesting first, dried for 3–4 days, and sugar leaves cut from the Marijuana flower. Dry trimming is a bit difficult and trickiest assignment if you want to trim them with a scissor. However, bowl trimmers and electric trimmers are there to ease you out for the processing of dry Marijuana flowers.

Fan Leaves vs Sugar Leaves

When you harvest your cannabis, you’re going to encounter two kinds of leaves that you need to trim off.

Sugar leaves are the leaves that grow directly on the bud. They have a harsher flavor when smoked but may be used for edibles due to their decent levels of terpenes and cannabinoids.

Fan Leaves are the first to develop in the growth cycle and are used as indicators for plant health. They contain very few cannabinoids, but not enough to give you that high.

Some people use fan leaves for salads and may also be used for salves with their anti-inflammatory properties.

Getting Started with Trimming
Before you even start cutting away, you need the right tools to get the best results.

Having the right tools will help you do your trims efficiently while maintaining the quality of your buds.

Here’s what you need:

Pruning shears for trimming the sugar leaves.
Large pruning shears or any durable scissors for cutting the branches.
Disposable Gloves, such as surgical gloves
3 Trays to segregate the trims
For trimming the sugar leaves, you may also use automatic scissors, if your resources permit. You need to have a separate set of shears for trimming the buds and taking off the branches for your plant. Some branches are quite hard to cut and the shears may get damaged or destroyed in the process.

The gloves are needed to keep your hands off the resin and avoid contaminating your buds.

Your setup for trimming should also be easy to clean. That means, avoiding carpets which can be a problem when sugar leaves fall off during trimming. Trichomes are hard to clean on such surfaces.

Keep in mind that the scent of cannabis will stick to your room, especially when trimming fresh. You may want to have good ventilation or an exhaust fan to drive out the odor unless you want your place to smell like a cannabis farm.

Before you start the actual trimming, make sure to wash your hands and put on your gloves. If you can’t use gloves, be prepared to with a lot of rubbing alcohol to rid your hands of the resin from trimming.

When taking off branches for trimming, always start from the top of the plant. The upper portion of the plant is more likely to mature first due to its exposure to the sun or your grow lights.

The lower portions might not be ready yet, thus benefitting from the additional day of exposure once the top is clear.

Now only take what you can handle. Especially when you’re set to trim a lot of buds. Taking more than what you can handle might compromise your buds.

When you’re taking out a branch, hold it at the base and cut it off. Then transfer them to your tray.

At this point, the actual trimming begins.

Trimming the Buds
Begin trimming by clearing out the fan leaves. You can dispose of them, or you may turn them into edibles later, depending on your preference.

If you plan to use them later on, separate them from your tray for sugar leaves, as mixing them will only add to plant matter that needs processing.

When it comes to trimming the sugar leaves, you don’t need to take out the whole leaf, since it goes deep inside the buds. Trying to dig in and take it out may cause damage to the buds.

Just trim off the sugar leaves to the best that you can, while avoiding damaging the buds. Go over each bud, giving it a clean look. Then put the trimmed buds on the designated tray.

In case you accidentally damaged a bud while trimming, don’t throw it away. Just add it to your sugar leaves for processing.

Once you are done trimming your buds, you can begin drying and curing them if you trimmed wet or set them aside for extraction later if you trimmed dry.

Now it’s time for clean-up.

One thing you will notice when you are done is that your scissor and gloves will be full of hash. Don’t throw that away yet. Scrape and store them in silicon canisters for use later.

You can use your sugar leaves and fan leaves for concentrates and edibles, respectively.

For the branches and the remainder of the plant that you just harvested, cut them up and put in a double bag these plant materials for disposal later. Make sure that they are rendered to an unusable state. Then take them out for disposal on the day that your trash is picked up.

Conclusion

The concept of implementing the right cannabis bud trimmer for you no longer has to be a scary thought that keeps you up at night. Industry-born trimming technology has caught up with what cultivators demand and it’s time to take a serious look at options for your business.

Our advice? Find out who top industry professionals are turning to for their operations, then try out multiple brands and see which is the right fit for your business.

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