IMO, you can't address drying/curing without discussing wet/dry trim. It's all integral to the final product. If you wet trim, your stuff is going to dry much faster, and the plant tissue dies very fast.
I remove large fan leaves at harvest, the rest stays on the plant. Cut into 24" sections, sometimes I will hang whole plants, just depends whether it will allow air flow.
They dry for about 3 weeks, at 60 degrees, 60% rh, until stems snap. If the ambient air is too dry, I add a humidifier. From there it gets broken down to fit in food grade buckets with gamma seal lids. Those get burped daily, for another couple weeks. After that, it's ready, but continues curing for years. I'm currently finishing off a couple batches from almost 3 years ago, still absolute fire weed. The terps definitely change, in some strains anyway, over time.
If you dry your weed too fast, there's nothing you can do to save it. My stuff stays nice and spongy, until consumed. I can and do leave buds, branches etc laying out on my desk for weeks. They never turn crispy, or crumble to dust... because they were properly dried and cured.
I remove large fan leaves at harvest, the rest stays on the plant. Cut into 24" sections, sometimes I will hang whole plants, just depends whether it will allow air flow.
They dry for about 3 weeks, at 60 degrees, 60% rh, until stems snap. If the ambient air is too dry, I add a humidifier. From there it gets broken down to fit in food grade buckets with gamma seal lids. Those get burped daily, for another couple weeks. After that, it's ready, but continues curing for years. I'm currently finishing off a couple batches from almost 3 years ago, still absolute fire weed. The terps definitely change, in some strains anyway, over time.
If you dry your weed too fast, there's nothing you can do to save it. My stuff stays nice and spongy, until consumed. I can and do leave buds, branches etc laying out on my desk for weeks. They never turn crispy, or crumble to dust... because they were properly dried and cured.