Your Best Drying and Curing Method ?????

Hey my people,
im just wondering what is your guys personal favorite way to Dry and Cure your buds.
i would like to see which methods most of you guys perfer to use.
also, if you have any tips or tricks on making your buds sweat during curing, please post them here also.

hope to hear from you all soon.

build a dry box, light tight tight. constant air flow but not blown directly on the buds. temps at 75 ish low humidity. kerr can jars when about 90-95% dry. they stay there till my lungs! open daily, let air out to prevent mold.

Ive bought these things you use in kids bedrooms.They are designed to hang from the ceiling to put stuffed toys in.They are made of material mesh stuff.1.5 meters high with five mesh shelves about 300mm in diameter.I hang them in my growroom with a light on for warmth and dehumidifier to combat the moisture.Been using for two years,work great.36 hours buds crispy on outside,time to seal them in plastic bag for day.Find this brings out moisture from inside.If still too moist i leave bag open for few hours.Repeat if necassary.Sorry about spelling,us New Zealanders doit a little different.

Paper grocery bags with just the bottom filled loosly. Place in a warm dry place. slow cure makes a better smoke. 2 weeks aprox..... Then into jars.

When I am ready to harvest I manicure the buds while still attached to the plant (save the trim of course). Then I cut the plant and hang upside down until almost dry. I then remove the buds and place in between 2 sheets of newspaper for 2 days and transfer to mason jars I don't air them daily.

any other ideas - im really intersted in ways to cure other than hanging up or water curing.

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any other ideas - im really intersted in ways to cure other than hanging up or water curing.

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stay away from the water

Cut off all leafs and stems, they contain moisutre. Put into paper bag. Depends on how much you have. But 3 days and should be dry. Put into air tight containor for 2 weeks, opening once a day for about 5 minutes.
enjoy

good stuff guys, im learning some new stuff here.
keep the posts coming.
i like alot of the new ideas im hearing, i never thought about trimming buds while there still on the plant.
thanks alot.
youR buddy,
OHIO gRoWn

1) Cut, manicure, hang your plants in a cool, dark place until totally crispy and smokable in a joint-- usually 5 to 8 days. Optimum conditions are 68-74 degrees F and between 50% and 60% RH.

2) Place gently into wide-mouth glass canning jars. Close the lid until buds sweat, usually 2 or 3 hours the first time. Open jars and let buds dry to crispy again. I only bother keeping large buds for personal stash but if you do this with shakier stuff, you have to get some air in there and turn the buds over. Larger colas usually have enough flow around them so you don't have to mess with them unless they are really touching each other inside the jar. I don't worry about "ooo damaging the ever so fragile buds" by turning them in the jar. Who cares if you lose 2% of the trichomes to the bottom of the jar, big deal... be gentle but if you have to move them around, so what.. just collect your skuff on the bottom of the jar and enjoy.

3) Repeat the sweating process-- open the jar until crisp, close until sweated. After about a week of this (depending on location), you get to that perfect point of curing where there is enough moisture to keep it smelling strong but as soon as you take it out of the jar to smoke, it crisps up and can be rolled.

thank you very very much mogie,
that is just what i needed to hear, sweating the buds makes sense to me now.
soo say i sweat the buds for about a full day, then that night, could i dump the buds out, onto a mesh screen....and let them air dry for a few mins, then add them back to the jar?? or should i just open the jar lid, and rearange the buddies?

by doing that you will be knock off and or damaging the trichs causing them to digrade into less potent cannabinoids, dont work them too much till you smoke it. leave them in the jars unless they start to mold, in which case you werent drying or curing right