No wet grass smell please

By having a longer dry/cure time you eliminate some of the chlorophyll in the buds which contributes to the grassy taste in the buds. Even though you cut down the plant as long as the moisture levels are high enough biological activity continues for awhile and the flowers will use up stored carbohydrates and eventually start parasitizing chlorophyll. The longer you can draw out this process the cleaner your buds will burn. Depending on the volume and amount of time I have to process, I will strip the fan leaves and hang them whole to dry, although if I have a lot to trim or I am coming out of a wet fall I will break down the plant and put it on drying racks. Doing this will greatly speed up moisture loss and can impact the end product. Usually at the point where the stems have dried firm but not quite snap I will bag up the flower into paper bags rolled up on the top and open them a couple times of the day. This will greatly decrease the rate at which the flowers will lose moisture and effectively provide the results as a longer drying time. You have to make sure to check your flower every time you open the bag for fresh air because you can run the risk of mold if your moisture content is too high. One stems snap in the bags I will move them to 1/2 gallon mason jars with broveda pads and start the curing process. Your flower at this point should feel dry but should not be to the point where it is crumbly and if you see any moisture in the jars leave them open for a couple hours or possibly have to move them back to bags for a day if it is significant. Every day you want to open up the jars for few minutes to introduce fresh air and to drop the humidity in the jar. Eventually after a week or two (dependent on how dry from bag or some times in the case of very dense buds) you can start to open them every other day and eventually days between openings. This is the point in which the longer you can draw out the process the better your flower will smoke and express its terpines. It is something that the more you have done it the better you will get at determining when to transition to the next phase. Often the reason you end up with grassy weed is because someone wanted to speed up this process.