Quote Originally Posted by latewood
If you trimmed off the buds, wouldn't you lose the extra potentcy/thc you get from proper drying, curing...hanging the whole plant as opposed to chopping it up?
...good info ...I've also noticed that flushing(final phase) the plant seems to mature it(at the end of flower)...what do you think?
It more the timing that matures the plant not really the flushing process.

What I was talking about is the times when you have light only from the top, you then have a good cola and a few lower buds with nice flowers ready to harvest. You can trim those buds and then kick back up the nutrients to before the flush and go another few weeks. The lower parts will mature more with the extra light they are now getting. I thought that is what the poster was asking. I know several people who have flower rooms and veg rooms. They move the plants from on to the other and keep a cycle growing that way.

Hanging your plants to dry is just an easy way to store them. My self I have a cabinet lined with cedar to make it like a cigar humidor. I regulate the temperature and low air pressure too. I trim my plants and not hang them so only the buds are placed on screens to dry.

Curing is different then drying. The Curing process removes the Chlorophyll taste and hopefully the other chemicals that the flush did not clear out.