Curing will change as you go along. Its a learning process that you have to pay attention to and acknowledge as a real factor in potency to get any better at. I am talking about weed t hat you've known since it was in the ground. Most good n ugget or dirt on the open market is already fairly aged by the time it gets to you. However, even purchased quality nuggets and your typical swag can benefit from curing.

In my experience, a newly harvested plant, about a month or two stored in glass jars, with minimal exposure to the atmosphere are abou t as good as they get. Do not read it wrong. I have kept buds from year old plants that still kicked my ass as good or better from the point wher e they were picked.

What I have noticed from harvesting and curing is that the trichomes will always turn cloudier as they age. This will often mean the difference between the pot that you can't get enough of, because, unripened, or, cured, it becomes like a narcotic that you want to ingest all day, everyday. Whereas properly aged and cured buds, even from an immature plant, can become that pot that fucks you sideways after 3 or 4 hits.

I will reiterate. When I cure plants, even the clear trichs go cloudy and eventually amber. I have smoked my grown in various stages of curing. What I find is that it becomes a heavier buzz from the plant as the months go. Whereas it is more like a stimulant when smoked a week or so after actually becoming 95% (smokeable) dry. That meaning that it is hard for the human brain to get enough or feel satisfied off of a stimulant. Therefore, it is a quality you really don't want if you want to get stoned and stay stoned. Smoking it too early is a clear danger, since, you won't get that adequete buzz you really want, and will probably end up smoking an eigth a day , harken back to buying shit weed on the streets.

Weed is weird like that, just like every other plant. The longer it has to ripen, and, the better you get at knowing when its just right to eat or otherwise consume, the better the effect.