How long does the minimum cure take?

Hi. I’ve been reading through different opinions on curing. Some say it takes at least 3 months, others say 3 weeks. Since curing raises the quality of the flower I would like to know how long you guys leave the buds to cure until you start smoking from them?
 

go go kid

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some of these guys n gals are still burping buds in jars from years ago. as for the minimum, i dont know
 

ZeeeDoc

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tops of the plants minimum 3 months. I barely burp either once every few weeks. Buds go in jars when dry but sticky.
 

Oldreefer

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Perpetually harvesting my own for over 20 years, I start smoking mine when dry and holding at 60%.

Always have a few jars at different 'curing' stages...I can barely tell any difference.....I just believe a well grown healthy plant, harvested at a specific time will release its treasure when dried properly.
No one I gift ever asks anything about cure or not so it's just a bogus word for us stoners to rave about when we're stoned.
 

PopAndSonGrows

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My buds cure for as long as they last in the jar :lol: I'm just here to get stoned :bigjoint: My minimum is as soon as they are fully dry.
Basically this, 100%. But, if I'm lookin to smoke some people out and really impress them, minimum 2 weeks cure. Anything before that buds can still taste "planty", but for personal smoke that doesn't bother me too much
 

PJ Diaz

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It depends on the strain. The best genetics are ready to smoke as soon as the bud is dry and stable. A long cure might improve it a bit, but many smokers might never be able to discern the difference. Other strains need a good long cure to really let the flavors come through. I had one strains that just seemed like garbage to be after it was dry. I put it in a bag, and really kind of forgot about it until I was running low on weed, and the wife tells me that she the big bag of weed I had forgotten about. I decided to roll up a joint of it, and it was way better that it had been before the 3-months it sat in the bag for.
 

Star Dog

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Good weed is good from the day its dried, I'm smoking a piece 20 days old it's fucking great.
Aye curing improves it but it doesn't make or break it.
Slow drying is most important factor.
 
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