Heres my intake on drying and curing process:
Chop down the plants once the trichomes have turned amberish/mysty in color and most of the hairs are brown. Dry until the stems of the buds are just able to "crack" and you can feel them and be sure there is no moisture. There is no definite dry and cure method, but air sealed jars (glass or plastic as long as there clean and dry) are needed and reccomended time for flavor and potency is 2weeks + for curing. Ive smoked nug that cured for 10 moths and it was unbelieveably stinky and good tasting