Die on the vine technique

Jimmy the vest uk said:

I have heard a lot of talk recently about this technique and then it hit me, when I first started growing I would cut the plant at the base and hang it to dry. Then I thought I was clever and learnt that taking off the fan leaves and then hanging the plant would save me a bit of time and obviously give a bit more airflow. Then next time I progressed to wet trimming (auto correct just corrected me to wet rimming ha ha) and hanging in individual little stems saving more time, and then done all of these things and used a drying rack, and then god forgive me I purchased a pro spinner machine and cut down the whole time of trimming massively.
Then here’s what hit me, them first few crops where I had no idea what I was doing just sticking to basics, gave me some of the most dank stinking buds, honestly you could not open a gram in a bag and not stink a whole house out, many times causing complaints without even smoking any.
So I have run the same strain a few times since(cuts from exact same mother)and even though my growing skills have improved I’m ending up with less quality in the end the only difference is I’m able to grow bigger buds now using less nutrients than before using better watering practise plus I’m able to keep the plant at a healthy colour and stature all though it’s cycle(I used to get yellowing very early in flower). I’m about to cut a plant down and I’m going back to basics, die on the vine style, if anyone has any tips for me regarding this please comment, and if you don’t like this technique please comment also, thanks in advance for help

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growingforfun said:

I haddent heard this called "die on the vine" before, but i agree you'll get the best quality cutting the plant at the base and hanging it to dry upside down, and doing a dry trim.
Theres a lot of passionate debate on this.. but that's my stance.

I wouldnt use that spinner for anything you really care about.. maybe for outdoor or something if your cropping several pounds and have no help sure go for it. I used to have one myself and I wouldnt use it now days for anything. I actually gave it away.

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Jimmy the vest uk said:

My partner in crime (the wife) prefers eating oil so she doesn’t care what happens to the buds and she’s the one who over time has allowed herself to become annoyed by the trimming which I think is very disrespectful to this precious plant we have been blessed with and has proceeded to cut down trimming time leaving me with less quality as I like the flowers. I put my foot down and said there’s no way we’re using it again you get to work putting them meds on the rack. But I haven’t let her know that I’m planning on using this die on the vine technique for next week when we harvest but again ima tell that bitc# stand down

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growingforfun said:

If she eats oil then just hang the plant, and when its dry cut the color for yourself and turn the rest to oil for her. Wont take long at all to trim and honestly theres no point trimming a plant that's going to oil anyways, as the leaf hold a TON of goodies that make the oil really good and much more of it.
That spin trimmer will def hurt the oil yields. No question about it at all.
When I would use it on a large crop it I'd be able to pull around a half oz of hash off the rubber flaps and blades if i took the time to collect it.. it's such a waste and it really beats the crap out of em imo

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Jimmy the vest uk said:

I have heard a lot of talk recently about this technique and then it hit me, when I first started growing I would cut the plant at the base and hang it to dry. Then I thought I was clever and learnt that taking off the fan leaves and then hanging the plant would save me a bit of time and obviously give a bit more airflow. Then next time I progressed to wet trimming (auto correct just corrected me to wet rimming ha ha) and hanging in individual little stems saving more time, and then done all of these things and used a drying rack, and then god forgive me I purchased a pro spinner machine and cut down the whole time of trimming massively.
Then here’s what hit me, them first few crops where I had no idea what I was doing just sticking to basics, gave me some of the most dank stinking buds, honestly you could not open a gram in a bag and not stink a whole house out, many times causing complaints without even smoking any.
So I have run the same strain a few times since(cuts from exact same mother)and even though my growing skills have improved I’m ending up with less quality in the end the only difference is I’m able to grow bigger buds now using less nutrients than before using better watering practise plus I’m able to keep the plant at a healthy colour and stature all though it’s cycle(I used to get yellowing very early in flower). I’m about to cut a plant down and I’m going back to basics, die on the vine style, if anyone has any tips for me regarding this please comment, and if you don’t like this technique please comment also, thanks in advance for help

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growingforfun said:

I haddent heard this called "die on the vine" before, but i agree you'll get the best quality cutting the plant at the base and hanging it to dry upside down, and doing a dry trim.
Theres a lot of passionate debate on this.. but that's my stance.

I wouldnt use that spinner for anything you really care about.. maybe for outdoor or something if your cropping several pounds and have no help sure go for it. I used to have one myself and I wouldnt use it now days for anything. I actually gave it away.

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Kingrow1 said:

Harvest on dry soil = quicker dry time, harvest after watering = longer dry time.

Hand trim for speed and finger hash.

Vine can add a little extra dry time same with environment. Forget the cure just focus on a two week dry where after two weeks they wont get much better. The cure will add that little extra but is overated and wont make bad bud good.

Just play with each small thing. Mines felling a little drier on the outside by day five, smokes at day seven and has flavour and smoothness by day fourteen.

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xtsho said:

I've had plants that I harvested most of and then didn't get back to all the smaller buds. The plant died and dried in the pot it was in. When I finally got around to yanking it and noticed that the small buds looked decent I tried smoking some. It was really tasty. That's what I call drying on the vine.

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clouds said:

i did that with a plant this year was super busy as well as not feeling good i got all my plants cut and hung but one i just could not get done and left it in the drying room planning to do it the next day, needless to say a week went by and it ended up dying from not being watered i just bagged it up dry no trimm or anything was just going to use it for extracts i took some out when i ran out and it was all that was left. it was so smooth and tasted so good. im testing it with her sister to see if it works again as well as drying one normal in the same room all the same cuts

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growingforfun said:

Why is your posting getting dumber and dumber week by week?
Trolling is weak

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