Chopped and Done! :D

Nope.

If you get anything, get patience. If you learn only one thing, learn this. The chop, is just one of many milestones in the development of the plant. Naturally, instinctively, we think that when the plant is chopped, it's done as soon as it's dry enough to burn. Not so, You first plant the seed, then you get a sprout, then a couple nodes, then vegetation explodes. Then you flower and it stretches, develops hairs then the calyxes start taking over as the predominant feature. Hairs brown, buds fatten, smells fill the room and you think you are almost done. The plant looks ready, it isn't, just wait you have a couple weeks to go. Once the trichs are ripe, you can chop. But you're not done. You have only reached one of the middle steps in the process. You have to dry and cure now. Think of the plant as though it's still alive, because parts of it are for a little while, changes are still taking place. Your plant is now getting stronger at a faster rate than at any time before it was cut down. The final step isn't the chop, or the trim, or the dry, it's the cure. It's everything.

Patience is the key for sure.

eh curing is nice but for some if the product is in demand i rarely keep enough around for a good cure. your not making it any stronger after the dry just bringing out more flavor and smell and retaining its potency.

I've seen it more than double the potency.

Weed grown and dried without a cure is where you get most of your "regs" from. When I first started growing, I didn't even want to smoke it, almost flushed a couple ounces. Someone told me to wait and let it cure. After 2 weeks it really started coming on hard, just about as good as the dispensary pot.