for me and how i now do it everytime. ,no cuts at all until totally dry. hang with rootball , all leaves and stems attatched. The ladies are still alive after the chop and in no nice way. instead of her slowly exhausting all of the nutes and goodness still left in her stems and sugar leaves , chopping and trimming are like cutting short her final gift to the buds she lovingly created and protected for her whole life in the form of converting available chlorophyll etc.. to thc,oils etc... I firmly believe if dried slowly this way , then curing becomes about storage rather than expecting hay smelling ( unripened) weed to become star quality potency and aroma from it. Read up on this for a more experienced and scientific explaination than i can give but it does work well. Have felt the sting of decent weed not being dried properly and ruining the flavour we pay so much to harvest. slow, slow and slow is my advice