just go on.. 40 percent is good, they may dry faster, but thats no Problem, You find out the Right Point of bbeing dry in spapping a branch, if it snaps with a lous crack,,, Girls are fine to moce Tinto jars… and then go on curing them into the jars
it could be some kind of fungus that the plant already had. I always prefer to do the manicure when I pick them. playing it safe if you don't have ventilation put a fan pointed at them