URL: https://postharvestreport.com/glossary/trimming
Removing fan and sugar leaves from the flower — the largest single source of recovery-rate variance in most facilities.
Glossary
Trimming is the removal of fan and sugar leaves from the flower. It is done by hand, by machine, or in a hybrid configuration.
Trimming is the largest single source of recovery-rate variance in most facilities. Aggressive machine settings turn good flower into trim; slow hand technique burns labor; the best configurations use machines for volume and humans for what the machines miss.