Don't know if I already mentioned it, but the way I did it was cut the buds off the plant in pieces (colas stay together, branches stay whole, but are separated from the main stem). Then, I trim the leaves off of the buds (as soon as they are pulled from the plant). This is because the leaves stay firm, and the plant is wet, so less trichs are lost during this step of the process.. Then I hung the buds on lines for about a week, 8-9 days. From there they went into bags for a day (or two). Paper bags, about 3-4 inches off the bottom, placed in a room with the tops open, and a ceiling fan going. From there into jars, where I open the jars and take the buds out into a huge oven bag, and put them back in (I call it 'flipping' the buds). There are a few reasons I do it this way. Mainly to fight mold, because when the buds are removed and placed back in the jar, I know they are going in differently than they came out, so there are no spots that remain stagnant, all the buds get rotated properly. It also allows the various gasses produced during curing to empty out of the jar and clean air to fill it back up, and, the little bit of extra time out in the open cant hurt the buds, when it comes to mold. It's been about 2 weeks now, and I haven't one spot of mold in 6 5 gallon jars. I think they are 5 gallon jars, they are about as big as the 5 gallon bags I use to pot my plants. And, I also wanted to mention that I live in California, not Oregon, so, I think the hunting is different around here. I know they can be found in Santa Cruz, which is only a few hours from where I am at, but I wouldn't know what to look for to be honest. Id probably have better luck growing them if I can get the spores to germinate...
