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      This is quoted from Exotic Genetics server on Discord. It explains how trimming can be a multi day task, as long as you’re binning. Allows you to spread the moisture throughout the bud while you get your chores done

      > 💰 **Step 5 – Reconstitution, De-bucking & Cure **
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      > Now that you have your plants broken down and fairly sealed inside the bins, your next step is to keep them in those bins for 24-48 hours. This is called the **reconstitution** or the reconstitution process. While your plants are in the bins, the wettest areas of the plants are going to slowly spread the moisture out to other parts of the plants that are dryer. You will notice that when you first put the plants in the bin after the break down that the leaves and the outsides of the plants will be somewhat crispy to the touch. However, after your 24–48-hour period not only will the outsides not be so crispy, but if left long enough, the moisture will be evenly distributed throughout everything that is inside the bins.
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      > Generally, I will check the bins after 24 hours and see where the process is at. If I feel that more moisture can be distributed more evenly, I will leave it in for another 24 hours. After a full 48 hours I will do what I call a fluff on the branches in each bin. This includes just a flipping here and there of some branches to bring the bottoms to the top, and the tops to the bottom for more of an even distribution of residual moisture. I also like to leave each bin open for about 15 minutes while I’m doing this process once daily, then seal them all up again and let them sit yet even longer.
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      > After 3 days or so of fluffing, you should have branches and flowers that share a very even level of moisture. The smells should begin to turn from the weird phase of drying foliage to a nice intrinsic aroma of whatever smells your plants naturally give off. You are now ready to begin the de-bucking process!
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      > **De-bucking** is the process of removing the actual flowers from the stalks of the plants so that they can finally be trimmed. I usually start by removing flowers from the stalks until I have bins that are about half full. This allows room in the bins to fluff for the next few days if I don’t get all the flowers trimmed in one setting, which I never do. After de-bucking a room, I end up with several sometimes dozens of bins. At this point it’s very important to keep the de-bucked flowers tightly sealed in that plastic inside the bin until its they’re day to be trimmed. The last thing you want is your flowers drying out too much after you have gotten them to this perfect moisture level.
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      > After the flowers get trimmed, they are then placed back into the bag and thoroughly sealed to keep all the air out. You will want to continue to move through your flowers, bin by bin, until you have trimmed everything. It usually takes my crew about 7-10 days to get though everything, but this time frame will be different for everyone depending on how much you grew and how much help you have during all these steps. At this point the flowers can either be packaged into individual portions for retail, turkey bags for the unit movers, or percy jars for the head. This part all depends on you baby!
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