I love growing and not having to pay for my bud, but as far as premature bud goes, i have tried my bud from wet to dry, and when the crystals started to form through the full mature bud. Now what I have noticed is that the premature bud when smoked, gives me a very heady high feeling. My prefered method for smoking the premature bud is either vaporizing it on a coal or using a gravity bong. Either way it is hard get wet bud to light, but after the crystals have formed, you can get high no matter if its wet or dry, premature or not, so long as there's crystals, your good.