I opt for a slow dry and jar as opposed to the traditional long-term cure. Never had any complaints.
General rule of them is to jar the buds when the smaller stems are on the verge of snapping. Larger stems will bend without snapping still, indicating there is still moisture inside the bud.
After being in a jar over night, if the buds still feel too moist I would gently place them in a paper bag left in a warm/ventilated room until they felt more uniformly crispy on the outside. The thing about the paper bags is that the buds in the core of the bag are typically going to retain more moisture (if the bag is full), so you might have to move them around once or twice. Then back into jars overnight.
Mold shouldn't be so much a concern if you let them dry out enough before jarring. The considerations are that you should let larger buds dry in the open air longer, or put the really big ones each in their own bag at some point. Don't stuff your buds into the jar either, leave some air spaces.
