Hanging the entire plant to dry, is it good?

[letsgetalongbrd]

Instead of hanging individual buds, just hang the whole plant from the stock. Does anyone know if it's bad? Bennefical? Or does it make no differnence?

[killerweed420]

Know people who do it. I think it makes trimming harder if you wait till its dry to prune.

[greensticks]

It is harder and takes way too long to trim that way. It also takes longer to dry and takes up a lot of room if you have lots.

[disrupt86]

well i sually do half and half, every strain has differences.some times i use screens or dry individual buds, some times the whole plant when i dont have the time to trim everything in one day,just remeber one thing if you hang the whole plant,its still alive and using all of the resources it has left whal its upside down so you must cut off the majority of the leaves other wise your smoke is going to be verry harsh,your plant will try and use all the clorophill "sp?" and that my friend will make your crop verry gross. good luck either way.

[irydyum]

I think that was a wives tale started back in the day. Some old schooler please correct me if i'm wrong, but they used to believe that hanging the entire plant upside down would cause the THC to migrate into the buds. Science has proven however that it does not.

It does seem like it would be a royal pain in the ass to manicure an entire plant, let alone a harvest, after it had dried. Everything is sticking out nice and pretty showing you exactly where to cut at harvest day, the 2 just seem to go so well together. Plus I would think you would lose less resin glands while the plant is wet, vs handling all the dry nugs. All of the leaves that were sticking out would shrivel and stick to the buds, and if you get rid of em, I would imagine they would pull more crystals with them.

[DOUGAL25]

I've heard it also increases the chance of molding - that is, if you hang the entire plant?
Anyone know?
:stoned:

[Dutch Pimp]

:)....http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs/60954-drying-curing-your-buds.html

[VapedG13]

Thats how I do my plants the entire plant minus the rootball:hippy:

[irydyum]

Are we safe in assuming that was manicured fully pre-hang Vaped?? In that scenario, I don't see how it would be any different. If it's all manicured, does it matter at all how it's hung?