Estimating wet bud weight from dry bud weight

75-80% loss is likely. The ratios given are sound. The ratios would apply whether you trimmed or not. the percentage lost will be the same. this can be helpful to monitor as you become more familiar with the drying process... then, you probably won't care to pay attention after that. Mark some tester buds or colas that you weigh each day and track how much it lost since chopping it down. it can help you be confident the buds aren't "too wet" when you start the cure. you'd have to look this up as i'm pulling numbers out of the ether, but 8-12% moisture content i beleive is what 'they' recommend and 58-62% RH will reach an equilibrium in that range. 2-way packs make this easy but they have limits of moisture absorbed/released, too. They aren't fool proof. You can weight those 2-way humidi packs to guage that too... there's a 'max' weight for any particular sie and at that point they don't absorb anymore moisture. This would be bad early on in curing process as you typically start that at tail end of drying. anyway.. can continue to weigh tester nugs as you cure.. when they are teh same weight each time, give or take a few hundredths, you know they are as dry as your ambient environment provided will allow. get some boveda 2-way packs. avoid integra boost brand as it sucks balls. After that it's just a matter of not curing before they dry enough.. when outside is crispy i wait 12-24 hours longer. Even then i occasionally have to take buds out of the curing buckets and put back on the mesh rack for 30mins to 2 hours. the moisture deeper in buds takes longer to gas off. it has has to matriculate from center to surface before that can happen, a slower process than gassing off by late stages.... therefore a lagging effect on it.