water cure for dirty outdoor buds?

A huge tree fell right in the middle of my grow spot where I have two Afghan girlfriends (it actually hit one of my plants, but she survived). It was in the middle of a rainstorm, and rotten bark bits and mud flew everywhere and all over my sticky girls. I tried picking it off them, but they were covered. I got as much as I could off, and that was the best I could do without ripping the buds to pieces.

The rain of the last couple weeks has washed them off a good bit, but there is still chucks of mud stuck in the buds, which have since grown around them and all that.

I imagine most outdoor bud has some dust or dirt involved, but this seems a bit extreme to me. Should I do anything differently? I know that water curing can reduce the aroma and flavor of bud (and perhaps the bag appeal and the weight as well), but other then that I've read that it can clean the bud really well at the same time and preserves or increases potency. I'm not growing to sell, so bag appeal is no problem.

Do you think water curing might be a good idea for me? If not, do you have any other suggestions? Thanks,

I would just try to gently was them after you harvest and then hang to dry. Buds don't wash real well because they are so sticky, so you'll probably end up with some stuff still stuck to the buds.

I'd smoke it the way it was, it sounds like the tricomes would be more damaged than preserved by you trying to get it all out. It's just for you so smoke it like that. Or what you can do once it dries it to make oil or hash with the plants so you get the THC and leave the bark behind in the filtering/screening process.