You shouldn't loose too much potency while waiting for the top to finish.

To quick dry, cut the buds into small pieces (like the size of your finger nail on your small finger), place them on top of a baking sheet or tin/aluminum foil, and put into an oven at a maximum of 70 degrees Celsius. Check on them periodically, could take a couple of hours depending on how wet they were before you put them into the oven.

But only do this when you have nothing else to smoke, and only one gram or two at one time! Slow dry and cure the rest of your harvest as the instructions on this site tell you: http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...your-buds.html, you'll be glad you did :thumbsup: