If you're planning to do seasonal work in

Colorado, Oregon or California

for the first time you will want some basic knowledge for success.

This is the first in a series of blogs to help you

be a beginner like a pro.

First, let's trim some buds

then, I'll tell you how to find work,
how to be safe and great tips for success,
how to pack and prepare and finally
harvesting and deleafing basics
on my following blogs.

All of the photos are mine. I took them all.

Equipment:

1. A clean, one pint, wide mouth jar half way filled with isopropyl alcohol. This is used to clean and soak your trimming instruments.
2. Turkey bags. The farmer you are trimming for will supply these. They will each hold one pound of your trimmed buds.
3. Spring trimmer. Have at least two pairs.
4. Manuel trimmers. Have at least two pairs.
   
   
   Switching from manual to spring will save your hands.
   Having an extra pair soaking in alcohol will keep you moving fast.
   
   
   
   
   
5. A quart container to collect the buds as you finish them.
6. A clean cloth for wiping your blades on.
7. Soak your trimmers whenever you are not using them to keep them clean and sterile.
   
   
   When your hand is feeling tired just trade your trimmers out for a fresh pair.
   
   
   Some buds are just sticky and you will need to trade out trimmers more frequently.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Have yourself a pair of each of these trimmers.
   When you are waving down work
   holding these up shows you are ready to get started
   which will give you an edge over the next guy or woman.

   
   

   Everyone I work with covers their face with something.
   Not only is it cleaner for the medicine but it keeps you healthy.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   A clamp lamp is a must.
   Good lighting is essential to a gettting a clean trim.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Begin by

   
   

   going to the 50 gallon bin with your trim tray in hand

   
   

   then using both your hands pull out a bunch of buds.

   
   

   These are not juicy buds
   but the buds newbs usually get stuck with.

   
   This is how you will want to set up your trim tray.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Select a bud to trim.

   
   Don't put any thought into it because you are going to trim them all.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   "Break down the bud" at the stem nodules with the tip of your scissors.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Now you have several small buds and a stick.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Take one bud to trim.

   
   Notice the small curly leaves.
   This is what is trimmed off.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   It feels like you're giving it a shave.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   There she is!
   A beautifully trimmed bud.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   She shouldn't be any longer than two pinky finger nodules.

   
   

   Is she too big?

   
   

   Nope.

   
   

   She's perfect!

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Perfect little girls go in the perfect little girl bucket.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   When your little bucket is full pour it into your turkey bag lined brown paper bag.

   
   continue this process until your turkey bag weighs one pound.
   
   
   

   The following short video is a great demonstration of fast bud trimming.

   
   
   
   

Watching this crazy, fast trimmer is entrancing.

An extra tip: bring ear buds, downloaded music and audio books on.
Tune out the rest of the world, "Zone out" and go to "trim town".

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