URL: https://postharvestreport.com/glossary/tight-trimming
Trimming close to the flower surface. Once considered the goal; now a common cause of downgraded A-grade.
Glossary
Tight trimming is the practice of trimming close to the flower surface to remove all visible leaf material. It was the aesthetic standard through the 2010s.
The market moved. Buyers today largely prefer flower that looks preserved, not overworked. Machines and hand techniques still tuned to the old standard now produce flower that gets flagged as scarred or downgraded on the same shelf.
The cost of tight trimming is paid twice: once in yield lost as trim, and again in grade lost when the buyer calls the flower overworked.