Here is a little experiment I think might be interesting. A small (underdeveloped / immature) flower was cut proximal to the primary growing shoot from an inferior branch (not an apical raceme). This selection was made due to the fact that the racemes closer to the bottom and nearer the main growing shoot usually never develop fully anyway, therefore there was no major concern pertaining to loss of yield.

The idea is to rapidly dehydrate and test the flower for potency. Since it is small, immature, and will not be properly cured, the expected result is that potency will be far less than would be desired. This is ok, however, in that the goal of the experiment is to determine whether there are any noticably active compounds at present time in the immature flowers. If there is a detectable presence of any psychoactive compounds in the immature and prematurely dehydrated flower, the fully mature and properly cared for flowers would be expected to be of much higher grade than the results this experiment will show (a good thing). If there is no detectable level of anything psychoactive in this specimen, then nothing will have been lost; the potential grade and potency of the plant will just remain unknown for awhile longer... Here is a picture of the specimen in question shortly after cropping and prior to dehydration...