While trimming,

That's a tricky one ha ha.
For me it's strain pending. Gsc x cheese I leave more on then others.
Or if it's gonna be cured too. Off the line smoking I'll try to remove as much as possible.
But IMO I don't notice the lil sugar leaf after a proper dry n cure.
LH.

i do a 3 stage trim

1st cut all water/sugar leaves at harvest and discard to the compost--- hang plants/branches from a clothes line indoors cool dark with good air circulation to dry

2nd @ about 80% dry all flowers are cut from their branches and put into brown bags or 5 gal buckets depending on how dry/wet they really are

3rd trim trim trim all those remaining little leaves that remain---no shaving---just individual cut leaves to expose aroma and shape the flower for bag appeal---this remaining high end trim is saved for hash, edibles, bho. whatever

I kinda copy what :oss: does
Crept only trim water leaves and largest of sugar leaves that have stems...
Then dry then trim then tag it for the butchers....

Quote: surfinc wrote in post #4

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I kinda copy what :oss: does
Crept only trim water leaves and largest of sugar leaves that have stems...
Then dry then trim then tag it for the butchers....

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We cut the plant down to individual buds, trim everything, leave the leafs that are close to the bud covered in trichs. then they go to the dry rack for about 5-7 days, then jars for cure