Gryzzly, I also did not mean to come off as trying to make fun of you. I was just trying to suggest a possible culprit so we can learn and better nail down the variables of this new technique.
Another question along those lines I have is; Did you grow under CFL, Floros or LEDs? Not to open the LED/HID can of worms, but from what I can see, those forms of light tend to produce airy buds while the HID grow larger denser buds. I have HIDs and don't know LEDs from personal use, but just viewing other journals, I get this impression. If what I said does hold merit, IMO, the airier buds will dry quicker than dense buds as the dense ones have a greater source of moisture at the core than the airy ones.
With that said, maybe we can take note of what kinds of lights were used, or at least the honest state of the buds at harvest, ie, dense or airy. Then new comers to this technique will have two possible approaches to take. Knowledge of both approaches will give the grower more information about what is desired from the dry and cure after the wash of course. This added knowledge will then empower the grower to deal with curve balls better when they find that the process is not going according to the description.