Editor's note: This article has been reviewed and updated for accuracy in 2026. Your buds are finally ready for harvest after tending to your plants for the last eight to twelve weeks. Most growers step back for a minute to admire their handy work before they start cutting. While you're standing there taking in the sea of green, you'll begin to realize that the task is far from over. Before you can enjoy the fruits of your labor, you'll need to harvest, trim, dry, and cure your buds. The proper drying and curing of your crop can take as much time as drying it. It's tempting to give in and try a sample before the crop reaches full cure. However, doing this is a disservice to your work and your plants. Properly dried and cured weed offers you the best smoking or vaping experience. Curing is a process where you pack dry buds into jars, leaving them for a few months to develop their characteristic flavor and aroma. During the curing phase, the trichomes mature, increasing the potency of the buds. If you're wondering what type of jars work best for curing and storing cannabis safely so that it won't degrade check out our best stash jars roundup, which yes, includes large volume jars for bulk curing as well! Before you dry and cure your crop, you'll notice that it smells green. This smell improves with curing, eliminating the chlorophyll from the plant that causes this green smell effect. Chlorophyll also causes that hangover headache and tired feeling you get when smoking or v