thanks for the good words everyone.

as for drying, i plan on keeping her hung up, but
like that cut and paste said cutting the seconaries
to avoid touching. hopefully it wont take three
weeks... but i assume for at least the top its gonna
take a while to get really dry enough for curing.

ill probably snag a bit of the weaker buds from the
lower part of the plant as they dry for some premature
smoking though, but the top i will cure properly for as
long as possible. ill try and set up a multiple canning
system so i can leave the best bud untouched through
the process...

this is a pretty cool accomplishment i must say. good
luck everyone with your upcoming harvests... my next
one is hopefully closer to 8 weeks from now than 12...