it’s hard to state a TRUE way to dry / cure ... as it is an experience kind of thing. My way is one of a thousand different ways.
But there are key things to do :
Drying slowly ( whether hanging or on a rack )
May take up to 10 days to get the dry where you need it.
Get some hygrometers ( digital ) - I tried those lizard analog ones but they swing too much in range.
Some growers wet trim , some dry trim ....
Some hang the whole plant ....
The brown bag method ( look online ) is not new but another way some growers do it.
Jars average about 32 oz. ( wide and small mouth ) ... Walfart sells them by the case $11.
Drying place you choose should avoid a lot of unnecessary light and be fairly RH / Temp stable.
( I used to use those large UHaul garment moving boxes ) with a rack to hang hangers of bud . )
Some air movement in area helps ( as long as it doesn’t hit them directly ).
Jars are the most recognized -
Fill about 3/4 or so ... checking on them and burping.
Time to burp varies ( but adding a hygrometer in jar helps a bunch ) as you can monitor what’s going on inside being sealed . Then you can spread out burping if necessary. Drying is the hard part.
Not dry enough - you get some funky odors . Sometimes pulling buds out and spreading on table to dry out helps then jar them back to check where it stabilizes after say a couple hours. I ALWAYS move buds around in jar while burping using a chopstick to mix them around.
Wet buds will mold and be a bust. Overdried buds ( under 55% ) usually causes cure to stop.
It is easier to STEP DOWN a jar’s RH instead of fucking up and trying to rehydrate buds.
Forget that tortilla , orange peel bullshit for hydration of overdried buds , if you overdried them out of the cure range then it’s on you.
I hope others will chime in too for you. I hope the chart below will guide you a bit.
