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the trim bag works really really well. you have to play around with a few things like, how dry yur bud is when it goes in - too wet and the bag does little, too dry and you stand tha chance of rubbing your nugs past the point you want. next is how long to tumble for - less tumbling means slightly more work on the hand pass , more tumbling can produce really nice nugs. how much per tumble are you going for - 30g tumble works fine, but the more you put in the bag to tumble at a time makes the tumble process faster and generally has nicer trimmed buds. the end user wouldnt be able to tell the difference between a bad hand trim and a good tumble job.

Hey man. I have one of the branded Trim bags. To be honest, I have no clue wether the quality would be the same or not with the cheaper one. I could only imagine that it works just as well. It's actually quite a simple idea. Friction from the material of the bag rubs off the sugars and fans. If you are trimming more than 500g a time and often, I would recommend it. Also note that there is probably quite abit of trichome damage and if you look you would notice it. But to the general public, it makes a nug look reeeeaaaaaal good. Depending on the strain, size, how dry etc. It all plays a role in wether this bag works. I have found it to work well with harder nugs and even from as small as about 1cm nugs to the giants. It will trim them all. It gets about 90% of the work done. If you do not care too much about what the trichome damage would look like under a microscope, then go for it. I also think of you are going to do extractions with the left over trim, the friction might leave behind a bit more smaller particales of plant matter and most probably would show in your colour of your extract. Hope this helps a little

The Trim Bag works well, but there is a learning curve! As @CreX said, too wet and it does not do much. Too dry and it works, but you need to make sure you do not overtumble it when it is very dry. You actually want the bud to be pretty dry and then rehydrate it afterwards. I find this works the best. If there is too little bud in the trimbag, it does not work as well. If there is too much in, then also it does not work as well. The number of "tumbled" or "rotations" will also determine how your bud ends up looking. Tumble it a lot and you start to take away the outer of the bud and you get a more rounded looking bud - some pics on Instagram have this look to them. Generally this leads to les trimming and more just neatening up and getting rid of some crowfeet. Less tumbles can still remove A LOT of trim and leaf, however leave you with a bit more to trim by hand but will give you more of a hand trimmed look with a lot less effort. Trichomes do not take as much of a knock when done this way. So there is a learning curve, once you get the hang of it - it works well and can save you a lot of time. I doubt you will notice any difference in terps of potency when using the trimbag compared to a hand trim... unless you really go overboard and start tumbling your bud into a powder. lol

I will be giving the trim bag a go with my current harvest courtesy of @The Grass Baas The downside for me could be the total gram per plant that might be a little on the low side but will give it a go nevertheless as I hate trimming

I know of only one place that rents them and that's a place called Hydro Cult in Moreleta Park in Pretoria. This was before the pandemic though and I haven't been there since, but the point is that there are places that would rent them out.

Agree with the above and also contradicting my previous comment on these bagsUnless you're supplying to a dispensary or growing purely for bag appeal, knocking off a couple of trichomes to save loads of time and effort, probably wouldn't make such a huge difference in your end product. The purists way of thinking i guess. I'm willing to give it a try, but not at R2000/R4500 a pop. Come to think of it. Does anyone know where to rent one of these or those bowl trimmers?

It's definitely a solution for quantity in my opinion. If you're a one-man operation doing more than one big flower tent at a time and you don't have the hours in the day to do the big trim work, it's definitely a helper. I can imagine that the trim you get out of a Trim Bag will have more trichomes come out with it due to the method used. So you might lose some trichomes on your buds, which at the end of the day might be quite negligible in terms of its effect or high, but you'll gain somewhat with your trim I think.

The clones are Jet Fuel, whose lineage is some Kush, a bit of Haze and a whole lotta Diesel, so just up my street.

Received some clones in the mail... Thanks Canna Clone, we've certainly advanced from anxiously waiting for crazy expensive seeds to slowly ship in from overseas...

Hectic wind and the heatwave just after one another really battered the babies. But they will bounce back with a few scars. They handle the wind far better than the taller photos. These two got really beaten to shit. The tall one that was in the other corner got pulled last night and fed to the chickens. Every part of it looked broken or torn up and its still not in flower. If I started autos in that pot today I would still beat the one I pulled to the finish line. But I put 2 T1000 clones in her place. At the back everything is going ok. They didnt get the hectic wind. Trimmed then a few days ago.

Little sample nug of Beach Wedding that came in at 0.9g. Smell is sweet fruity biscuit with vanilla and butter. Dayum!

Planted my seeds just waiting for them to pop up

That is my plan, just need to get off my ass and find time to turn my trim into some hash. Got everything, just need the time to do it now. Haha Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I’m trying my hand at Hash (cold water and bags) later this week. I’ll hopefully be able to use the trim from the trim bag for hash.

Thanks for the info, that’s why this forum rocks. I think I’ll give it a go. I’ll probably be loading 150g per tumble, as I like to keep each plant in its own bottle. Some of the nugs are quite small, but most are fairly dense. It’s going to save me a shed load of time….

Just a quick note for the organic growers, you can do organic with autopots with great results, infact there's some debate weither or not organic in autopots grow faster and bigger than synthetics, from my previous grow comparing them both it definitely seemed to be the case but I won't go into much detail at this time (there's some articles on the net already covering this) So there's two main ways of using organic with autopots, 1. adding layers of ammendments throughout the soil and than top feeding when needed (I suggest turning the system off for a day so not to flood the trays) or 2. using liquid nutes in the tank with bigger valves (valve 5s). For op growth I would suggest investing in bigger valves regardless of what method you use and the new 20L fabric pots. The autopots have made my grows a "sit back and enjoy" vibe. Only going into the room once in awhile to check for any leaks or to top feed.

I saw that also. Not too many reviews around on the net that i've seen. Interesting concept. Just can't get to terms with shaking/twisting my fragile trichome loaded buds around in that thing and ending up with a damaged harvest after months of hard work.

Tip #1: If you plan on LST or any other process that required tethering to the pot, drill a series of holes along the outer rim of the pot. Do this before you fill the pot! I considered drilling right through to the inner pot but this would cause leaks if the water were to reach those points before subsiding. Tip #2: If you plan on using an air dome in the pot, fix a small cable tie in one of the corner holes to hold the air line nice and snug to the pot. This reduces the chances it getting accidentally caught and pulled out of the air dome, it can’t be reattached without emptying the whole pot which will surely cause the plant some super-stress.

Still having issues with the freakshows. Yellowing still a issue with the one in the back corner. Doing the math and thinking this might not work.

I started with some seeds I got from a bud that was gifted to me. I don't know what they are just know it's cannabis 3 out of the 4 have germinated and I have 3 more in water that I'll put in some cotton later today. I'll update as I go and your advice is welcome!

I’m hoping to get some feedback from anyone who has tried using a Trim Bag to trim their dry buds. I can’t find a minimum bud size that is recommended. I’ve also noticed when searching, that some vendors have an unbranded version for around 2k whereas others have the branded one at between 4.5 and 5k ex courier. Can anyone tell me if the bags are identical or is the cheaper one a poor quality knock-off?

So you have the original brand TrimBag? I am interested, I’ll send you a message.

I’m glad you brought up the bottom or top feed for the autopot. I see that as a solution to growing multiple strains on one reservoir. I’ve had it before where one strain goes into pre-flower faster than others… up to now I’ve had to decide on a compromise because it’s one reservoir for all. Now by top feeding the pre flower plants with a suitable nutrient ratio, the rest can catch up when ready…. Great idea.

I own one, and used it once Love it, but my plants are small, and not enough to use in the bag to get a good working, and therefore still hand trim. But a large amount, and your sorted out. It hardly does much more damage than anything else, but yeah you'll have some waste. Dry buds, properly dry, are best. I'm also selling mine, if you interested. The cheaper one, is made local, and not the same in my opinion.

Aaah the boys from Hydro Cult... Nice... Bought some of my very first growing supplies through them.

Thanks 420 for setting up a new forum category for this specific method of plant irrigation. For those who don’t know, the Autopot system uses gravity to get water or nutrient mix to the bottom-feed Autopot tray from a central reservoir. Through wicking, the water creeps up the expanded clay substrate and into the coco or soil. Each plant uses just what it needs, and the more a plant drinks, the more frequently the Aqua Valve allows new water in. If you want to learn more about the aqua valve, go to the Autopot website. The four main advantages of the system is that it is self-watering, the reservoir allows you to take a long weekend here and there, there is very little waste and finally there is no risk of overwatering, there is almost no wasted nutrients since there is no water till runoff. Not relying on water pumps is also a reassuring place to be. The system also comes with its own set of challenges of course, which hopefully we can discuss in this forum. Although this thread has been placed under “Indoor/Hydroponics” since I think this is the most popular application of the system, it can be used in greenhouses (the surface must be flat and level), with organics in soils and with both auto’s and photo’s. Please join the thread if you use Autopots in any way or form. My own combination is as such: Salt based nutes (TA trio); Autoflowers; Freedom Farms F1 (Amended Coco-perlite). I’ve just completed a run and have spent the day cleaning the grow room, and stripping the coco, clay pebbles etc out of the pots. I have learned a few tips over the last 18 months spent growing which I’d like to share as time goes on.

Howzit fellow growers! I am nearing harvesting time and need some urgent advise on drying my whole plant vs wet trimming then hanging separate branches vs wet trimming and removing buds and using a drying rack. My drying room's humidity is 60% - 75% and temps average about 23 degrees Celsius. Will use a fan on a timer for air circulation (electricity saving) but unfortunately a dehumidifier isn't an option at the moment. The plants are hybrids and the buds are diiiik so the dreaded mold is my biggest concern. Any input would be greatly appreciated

Consider a dehumidifier, it will work well in that environment.

You can even add taps to every line going into the trays so you can turn each tray off individually if needed without having to turn off the whole system

That runoff does appear to be very high. Do your plants appear to displaying any lockout / nute burn / stunting? If your concerned about it I would flush each pot with 3 x it’s capacity in TA flash clean then after a day or so feed at 70% of the recommended dosage plus add some Calcium or Cal Mag to keep the Coco happy. After that try to be conservative with nutes, I never run my plants past 80% strength, and my EC usually sits around 1400. (This is in flower, including any other supplements like Silica or whatever) (I run Auto’s, they require lower EC apparently) As far as calibrating the EC, you can’t calibrate as such, but you can compare to a know standard liquid to see if it’s in spec or not.

I am honestly considering this, but I am in Port Elizabeth

Quick update, been very busy. Total veg time 3 weeks today since transplant, flipping to flower on Wednesday, sherbet crasher doing much better, blumats are on, one application of bb so far

Problem using ac to drop the temps into a nice low range is that it then the humidity plummets. I had my ac at 20’C and that caused humidity to drop into high 30’s / low 40’s. So pushed it up to 22’C now humidity is sitting around 52% which is still a bit on the low side. So I added a humidifier to kick in at 50% which just tops it up if the ac is working hard.

I've got the same factors to take into account when drying. High temps and high humidity. Will try the diy salt bucket in a bucket dehumidification technique to bring my RH down. The temps is my biggest concern. With an avg of 23-25 celsius, i will use a oscilating fan to circulate air and hopefully bring down the temps a bit. Definitely wet trimming to not encourage mold. No need for extra leaf material in high humidity.

The ideal temp is 16c, it's very difficult to do that during the hot season without an aircon, 23c isn't bad at all and and RH is on point, I would still dry trim for that extra moisture. Without an aircon or someway of bringing down the temps, our best bet is to focuss on RH and dry trim.

1st week of flower done. The stretch is on.

No its looking good.

The KmintZ are looking powerful. Shouldn't be too long now before I put them into the flower tent. I am keeping the majority of the lower branches for now in preparation to take clones to line them up for the next one.

Hi folks. So the weather has been helping me out to get a very decent slow dry on the plants and keeping the temps nice and low. 6 of the 8 ladies came down on day 67 of flower. Those were the white bubblegum, white afghan skunk, purple dosidos, blunicorn, jelly breath, osg cheese. These have been drying for 7 days now.. The sunset sherbet came down on day 70 and SSH will come down tomorrow on day 75. I am already very excited for the next run which will feature a couple more OSG strains, I wil share the names a bit later. Here are some drying pics as well as a last shot of the SSH before she comes down. Hanging around Super Silver Haze 98

The deficiency on all the Gorilla Zkittlez seems to have resolved. The whole tent is looking pretty good at the moment. We are in week 3 of flowering. Gorilla Zkittlez Zkittlez x Purple Punch ..and now, some bud pics for @John Stonedwell these are from the previous ZxP harvest, cured now two weeks.

Not much to update here on week 10, been a slow 2 weeks, but cant blame the plants, its been hot and yucky lately. The Ginger tea is finishing up nicely, might get the chop sooner and SSC slower behind, but is a huge plant and is still maintaining good health, so I don't have a reason to cut her yet. Will probably let them go another week or 2

Some after thoughts, non entry PBB Slurricane JagerPunch

Plain water for a week or so, then I think it's chop time.

Update on the deficiency on the Gorilla Zkittlez. Three of them have bounced back well, two are still in the swing of bouncing back and one seems to be struggling just a bit, but yellowing has stopped progressing. I have given the three plants that are lagging another round of top feed. I think this will get the job done on the two, and I will just need to keep an eye on the one straggler.

Screw the focus on the scale... I want the focus on those big dense sugary coated fat ass nugs bro

I don’t know how effective it is, but why not try a home made salt dehumidifier? You can find out how on YouTube or this link https://www.amfam.com/resources/articles/at-home/how-to-dehumidify-your-home I built one cheaply using a round rubbish bin and a large round plastic perforated bowl which fits in the top. (The bowl is more like a large flour shaker / sieve). You then buy a 50kg Rock Salt from TWK (mine is sold as a cattle supplement, evidently they dig raw salt) even though you only need maybe 5-10kg at a time. Put the salt in the top and water will eventually drip down into the bucket. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had a similar situation a few weeks ago. Where I usually dry trim, here I wet trimmed a fair amount away. This I felt, helped, as the plant was in such a humid room, it didn't need more leaves to add to that. And I found that worked quite well. I also had 1-2 days where I left the heater on a bit and off a bit. It raised the temps a bit but shot the humidity down for a while + dried them a bit. We had tons of rain, so I was more worried about mould hence the more drastic measures.

A few leca pellets will do the same. Can add or remove marbles as necessary