Hey Zelda,

Maybe you could just prune off the dead part of it and see what happens to the plant. If you want to know if it's ready to harvest, get a pocket or hand held microscope (30x) and look at the trichomes (crystals). When they are all cloudy, it's time. They'll start out clear, turn cloudy, then turn amber. You don't want amber. If a few turn amber while you're waiting for all the rest to get cloudy thats OK. Think of it like fermenting grape juice. First it's grape juice. Eh, not bad, but it could be better. If you wait just the right amount of time, you get wine. But if you wait too long.....yuk, vinegar. Those flowers make mine look like midgets....lol

Later
E