Curing is an on going process once 75% of water weight is evap'd. My current orange bud x hash plant is so resinous that it can take up to 2 months before it is cured well enough to be able to roll a joint and smoke it.
That's not because of "improperly curing", that's just because that's the way it is.
Do you honestly think I am going to sit around for 2 months waiting for my weed to "properly cure" before I am going to smoke it???
I think not.
What I do is, smoke my brains out, and if I happen to have some left in 2 months that will smoke in a joint, I MIGHT roll one up. I tend to not like smoking joints since i quit smoking cigarettes though.
Generally, I trim all frayed material, i.e.: anything sticking out from the the bud and then put it in a wicker basket in a big pile in front of a fan on low.... Just want air movement, wait a few days, every day twice a day gently flipping the bottom buds for the top, until buds are crispy on the outside... then let them go for another day or two.. get them pretty dry but still flexible, then stick them in a freezer bag, with the top open, as wide as possible in front of the same fan, then keep checking them twice a day as usual, and keep flipping because moisture is going to build up at the bottom, but the top is open, helping to provide a slower dry and a slower cure. 7-10 days is time frame, just to get it dry enough to smoke it. give or take a day on either side of that because we live in a humid area. I then store it in a nice cool drawer that stays around 65-70 degrees. As I said earlier, 2 months for curing at the least, here.
