curing defoliate

Hi GWE community, I read a piece somewhere about getting a perfect dry before curing. The person said that he weighed his buds before drying and again during the drying process. When the buds had lost X% of their weight they were ready to go in the jars. Can anybody tell me what the magic...

Up north i've many times planted seeds outside in the summer that never bloomed, but on a good year could rage 4-5feet, stretched and quite skinny. Still, when not having buildt up a THC tolerance there was for sure an effect of smoking the leaves, tho the smoke was harsh and the leaves smelled...