Do You Need To Break Up The Bud To Expose More Surface Area To Allow The Inside Of The Nug To Be Decarbed As Well?

The Ardent Nova™ and Ardent FX design maintain a decarb zone with precise, even heat distribution that surrounds and penetrates the buds, so in the plant material, there’s no need to disturb the buds prior to decarbing. If it’s a particularly dense nug, you could break it down into a few smaller pieces but no need to crush and disturb trichomes by grinding.