from the many book that i have read and growing white widow,skunk1, afgani, and top 44 i hung my plants up for about 2 to 3 weeks, then i snipped all the buds of the them. and place them in a glass jar, opend it up for 6 hours a day for 2 weeks, they say that you can cure it up to 8 weeks, but the more time you have your plants hanging the more time you take off your canning