After a few harvests, I found the most important thing to drying and curing was doing it slowly and being able to monitor it.
It took about 12 days or so for my last harvest to dry. Since you didnt cut off all the leaves, yours will take just a little longer than if you trimmed it all off. All personal preference.
However, being able to monitor it was just as crucial. The rel. humidity of the drying space is important. You want your crop to dry slowly till ~65% RH, then jar them. A hygrometer(s) is highly recommended. After jarred, slowly bring their Rh down to 58-60% by burping when necessary. The whole drying process takes about 7-14 days depending on bud size. It is safe to start to cure them and long term store them at about 60% RH.
I emplore you, do not overdry. The actual process of fermenting sugars occurs within a certain range. If this is brought too low, where RH is ~45%, it will stop. It cannot be restarted. It is a chemical process. Adding a piece of fruit to your jar may make your weed wet, but it will not restart the curing process.
It took me 3 harvests before I finally realized what I need to do to be abe to dry weed properly.
Keep it up, it looks good. You dont want all that hard work to go to waste now.
abide
