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The reason you burp is to remove excess humidity, and also allow excess gas buildup to escape. Humidity packs can only do so much. I suspect not burping will render the packs ineffective after a while.
I dry for 10 days (about) and cure for 4 weeks. Beyond that, the law of diminishing returns kicks in. If you want to kick it up a notch, after the 4th week (as long as you're at 62% RH), put your jar in a warm place (80-85F) and let it ferment/sweat. Although with a ferment, you need a little more RH and less O2. Look up Malawi Cobs for something on fermenting.
Actually, if you're old enough to have smoked Mexican Brick Weed, you probably smoked fermented weed. They would dry it without curing, then compress it into bricks. The ferment occurred during shipment and storage.
I dry for 10 days (about) and cure for 4 weeks. Beyond that, the law of diminishing returns kicks in. If you want to kick it up a notch, after the 4th week (as long as you're at 62% RH), put your jar in a warm place (80-85F) and let it ferment/sweat. Although with a ferment, you need a little more RH and less O2. Look up Malawi Cobs for something on fermenting.
Actually, if you're old enough to have smoked Mexican Brick Weed, you probably smoked fermented weed. They would dry it without curing, then compress it into bricks. The ferment occurred during shipment and storage.