Well you can harvest the plants and cut all the leaf off straight away, saving the bud leaves if you like, so your fully manicured even before drying. Then hang up for at least 4 days. Putting the buds in a paper bag might speed it up to 3 days. Also have a fan blowing indirectly on the buds, just so it's moving the air around - and make sure the humitidy is low so the air is dry.

Bascially for the optimum smoke curing is the way to go as it breaks down chemicals such as chlorophyl which gives it a planty taste, and also more THC and other cannabinoids are activated which is turn means the herb is stronger - not massively but notably. You can easily tell when it's nearly perfect to smoke as the buds turn more greyish then green - as theres no chlorophl in the plant matter - so you get all the active cannabinoids and the taste of the skunk, and not the taste of the planty chlorophl.