Quote Originally Posted by GodBud
...question to you OPE:

Would you care to indulge in your personal method from the time you cut your girls to the time you load a bowl. Drying and cure methods that you personally use. Thanks Bro you da man!

Peace
1) I untangle them from the screen. While I'm doing so I cut off most of the trim, separating the trim that has resin on it from the rest.
2) It can go one of two ways for me here, both seem to give me about the same results. Sometimes I'll hang them upside down on a string or wire shelf in a closet. Otherwise I lay them on some screen, or anything that will let air flow all around them. Some people say to hang them upside down so the resin/THC/CB flows into the buds better. Chyaa, yeah right. I've sure never noticed a difference either way. Little popcorn-style buds I spread over a screen. If I want to try some as soon as possible, I pinch a few little tiny pieces smaller than a dime, and set them somewhere drafty, and they're dry in 1 day. I also try to keep the buds cool and dark, since both heat and light are reported to be bad for THC.
3) They are dry when the stem cracks when bent, usually a little under a week. That's when I do the final manicuring.
4) If I have a good amount of weed around I'll cure my harvest, otherwise I toss it in some paper bags. Just incase they still have a little moisture it's best to keep them out of plastic bags, or anything that eliminates air flow. There's a bunch written about curing your harvest, so I'll let you look that up.
5) Ultimately I'll have so much weed that I feel it might be advantageous to store some in the freezer. You can keep weed for many years in the freezer, and almost indefinitely if you store it in a vacuum. Believe it or not, it comes out nearly as fresh as the day you put it in if you use a vacuum sealer. I love mine for other reasons too, but it has an attachment that hooks onto a wide-mouth mason jar, sucks out all the air, and seals the lid. If you don't have jars you could also just seal the weed in the normal plastic sealing stuff, but some people say that gives the weed a plasticy taste. Some people also say that about storing weed in Tupperware containers. I haven't really noticed it much, but I use jars just incase.
6) To get it into my bowl, I tear off a little chunk and stick it in. Sometimes I don't put it in my bowl however, and I grind up a handful in my coffee/herb grinder. Then I put little pinches in the "whip" and suck up the vapors instead of smoke.