Dry and curing are two different things. When you cure buds you are basically just letting the buds age. All the green in the fresh buds is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is what give it it's grassy taste. Also, by the end of the cure, any remaining inactive THC will be converted to active THC (that increases potency). You can do an experiment... Try a couple of buds a week off the plant. Then wait 4 weeks and try it again. The cured buds will taste twice as good and the high will be much more developed, long-lasting and intense. When i grew my first couple grows i smoked alot of it early.. like 1 or 2 weeks after harvest. And its still good.. but once i started getting to the end of the stash it was sooooooo much better and it made me feel like an ass for slashing my own buds potential. I mean i spent a whole year taking care of this plant only to semi-waste it because i was impatient. Trust me... learn from my mistake. give it AT LEAST 3 weeks. I always buy like 2 ounces of mids and conserve on that... That way when i switch to smokin CURED dro i get completely wasted. And the taste..(sigh)