Skywalker OG — Harvest / Trim / Cure
Part 3 — Trimming The First Giant
First of all, once again, apologies for dividing this Skywalker OG harvest series into multiple parts.
But honestly…
there was simply no way to properly document this run without giving each phase and each plant the attention they deserve.
These girls became something special.
And with:
* multiple giant plants
* hundreds of photos
* trimming timelapses
* resin collection
* curing experiments
* and smoke reviews still coming later
we wanted to slow down and properly catalogue everything instead of rushing through it.
So now…
we return:
10 days later.
And the first Skywalker OG giant was finally ready.
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The Click
After hanging whole-plant drying for roughly:
* 7–10 days
* at around 18–20°C
* with humidity stabilized near 60%
* and the first days closer to 45% RH to safely remove excess surface moisture
the moment finally arrived.
That special branch click.
Not bending anymore.
Not soft anymore.
That sound and feeling growers slowly learn over time:
the perfect dry point before curing.
And honestly?
This girl dried beautifully.
The flowers tightened perfectly.
The aromas became deeper.
The resin stayed everywhere.
Exactly what we hoped for.
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Trimming Begins
So…
gloves on.
Medicine nearby.
Scissors ready.
Cleaning alcohol beside us.
And branch by branch…
we started.
Slowly breaking down the plant.
Separating branches.
Taking individual flowers out carefully.
Hand trimming every nug one by one.
No machine trimming.
No shortcuts.
Just patience.
And immediately one thing became obvious again:
sticky.
Very sticky.
The dry trichomes instantly started gluing themselves onto the gloves.
Every few minutes:
* fingers sticking together
* scissors becoming greasy
* resin buildup everywhere
The kind of trimming session where your gloves slowly stop looking black and start looking glossy.
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Finger Hash & Resin Balls
Naturally, as trimming continued…
finger hash started forming again.
But this time differently from the fresh charas we collected during harvest.
This resin came from:
dry trichomes
broken loose during trimming and handling.
Still incredibly aromatic.
Still greasy.
Still beautiful.
But drier, more compact, and more stable than fresh charas.
And honestly?
Watching the little resin balls slowly form from pure trimming sessions never stops being satisfying.
A grower’s reward during the work itself.
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Moroccan Drums — Trim Bin Sessions
As the trim accumulated, we also continued one of our favorite little rituals.
Lightly working the trim material by hand almost like traditional Moroccan drum techniques.
Nothing aggressive.
Nothing industrial.
Just gently helping the loose trichome heads separate naturally from the material.
And honestly?
This Skywalker OG was loaded.
The Trim Bin kept collecting beautiful resin underneath the screen while we worked.
And eventually…
we pressed some of that loose resin together purely by hand pressure.
No heat.
No tools.
No pressing equipment.
Just hand pressure alone.
And it immediately transformed into:
a beautiful little temple ball.
Soft.
Greasy.
Dark golden-brown.
Beautiful texture.
The kind of resin that instantly tells you:
“This plant had serious trichome production.”
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The Numbers
Then came the moment everybody waits for.
The final dry weight.
And honestly…
we’re still smiling looking at the scale.
369.9 grams
from a single plant
under 12/12 from seed.
Absolutely insane.
Especially considering:
* minimal training
* natural structure
* relatively compact height
* and mostly letting the plant guide herself naturally
This girl became a true production monster.
Dense flowers.
Heavy branches.
Massive yield.
Excellent resin production.
One of those harvests where you step back afterward and just stare at the pile for a few seconds.
Because it honestly feels surreal.
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Rock-Solid Medicine
And the flower quality itself?
Beautiful.
These buds dried into:
* dense
* compact
* greasy
* heavy flowers
Exactly the kind of structure we expected after seeing how swollen the plant became during late flower.
The kind of buds that feel substantial immediately when picked up.
No fluff.
No air.
Just proper medicine.
And visually?
Still gorgeous after drying.
The calyx swelling remained.
The trichomes stayed visible everywhere.
And the flowers kept that heavy OG structure beautifully.
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Storage & Cure
At this point, preserving the cure properly became extremely important.
So we divided the flower between multiple storage methods.
Traditional Glass Jars
The classic method.
Simple. Reliable. Proven.
Perfect for:
* manual burping
* visual inspection
* humidity monitoring
* and traditional curing control
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Vacuum Glass Jar
We also started testing one of the vacuum-style glass jars from Zamnesia.
The idea here is reducing oxygen exposure during cure and long-term storage.
Now we’re extremely curious to later compare:
* terpene preservation
* moisture behavior
* aroma retention
* and overall cure evolution
between vacuum curing and traditional curing.
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Grove Bags
And honestly…
there was simply too much flower not to use Grove Bags too.
So part of the harvest also went into Grove Bags for longer-term curing and storage testing.
Again, we’ll revisit all of this deeper later during the smoke review reports once the cure evolves further.
Because right now the mission is simple:
preserve the terpenes.
Preserve the resin.
Preserve the soul of the plant.
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The Skeleton
One thing we always love after trimming massive plants is looking at the final skeleton left behind.
And honestly?
This one was beautiful.
Not an absurdly giant trunk…
yet somehow it carried an absurd amount of medicine.
Which honestly says a lot about how efficient these 12/12-from-seed plants can become.
Compact structure.
Extreme productivity.
Minimal wasted growth.
The Legends of the 12/12 Galaxy continue proving themselves.
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Timelapses & Documentation
We also included trimming timelapses in this report so people can actually see:
* the workflow
* the process
* the resin buildup
* the trimming rhythm
* and what goes into preparing flowers like this properly
Because behind every beautiful jar photo…
there are hours of work.
Hours of patience.
And honestly?
We love documenting that part too.
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What Comes Next
The next reports will continue with:
trimming the remaining two Skywalker OG giants
And honestly…
there is still so much left to show.
Which means yes:
this series may realistically reach:
Part 4
or even
Part 5.
And honestly?
These girls deserve every slide.
Every photo.
Every detail.
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Gratitude
Huge thanks once again to everybody following this journey.
To the growers.
To the silent viewers.
To the curious minds.
To the supporters.
To the old followers.
To the new people arriving now.
To the skeptics.
To the lovers.
To the haters too.
To Zamnesia for these incredible genetics.
To Plagron for helping feed this jungle.
To Future Of Grow and Lumiflora for the LEDs powering this room every single day.
To the entire growing community constantly sharing knowledge, mistakes, ideas, techniques, and passion openly.
And honestly…
being able to witness plants like this grow from seed into this level of abundance still feels surreal sometimes.
These truly became:
Legends of the 12/12 Galaxy.
And their story still continues.
From grower to growers.