How long do you cure your buds?

Hmmm yes. I'd agree. But to fully grasp what it is you speak of you need to understand nitrogen in its different forms and how different forms of nitrogen decay very differently during the dry. Depending on what type of nitrogen you use will determine how well it oxidizes into gas. Thing about nitrates is it doesn't oxidize into the air so unless you purposely trigger nutrient recycling (flush) to force the plant into senescence and dump the nitrate into the soil/stems then the plant has no way of getting rid of nitrates left in the plant come harvest. Understanding this and how to deal with the majority of nitrogen is key. All nitrates gone with 10% ammoniacal at most. Most of that will burn off oxidizing during dry.

Yeah that's how I feel about curing processes, definitely after 3 month I feel like it smokes way nicer.