Machine vs Hand Trim — The Cost-Per-Pound Model
Turning the quality-vs-speed tradeoff into a real cost-per-pound decision: labor throughput, trichome-loss revenue, bag-appeal price premium, and where the break-even actually sits.
Trim is a math problem, not a taste preference
The existing lesson covered what wet/dry and hand/machine do to quality. This one puts a dollar on the decision. Trimming and harvest are the two largest labor sinks in the facility, so trim method isn't a craft opinion — it's one of the biggest controllable costs per finished pound. The right choice depends on four numbers: labor throughput, the price premium hand-trim earns, the trichome/kief you lose to a machine tumble, and where your flower sells on the shelf.
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