My first plant. Ever..

This was a big week! I ended up following some advice I got from the question I asked last week. I defoliated the dead/dying leaves, increased my humidity to balance out my VPD, and flushed her with 10 gallons of water and 10ml per gallon with FF Bush Doctor. I am at a crossroads now Do I feed her tomorrow morning with plain water, or do I feed her a light dose of nutes? Some growmies said I could flush and continue, others said it's probably time as it is to flush and finish. Do I start feeding plain PH'd water at this point and let her ride until the end, or should I give her a bit of food, and see if I can't take her further? Which leads to my second dilemma. I am going out of town between the 22nd of December and the 27th. I can have a buddy keep an eye on her if I haven't chopped her, but I do not want to leave the plant past the chop point if she is ready just before I take off for 5 days. (Don't want to leave the chop and dry to my buddy) So, growmies, I seek your wisdom. If I am going to chop, it has to be by the 20th of December, so at max 8 days from now. Do I proceed with that plan and only feed her water, or do I let her ride until the 27th when I return and chop her then? (And have my buddy keep an eye on her while we are gone, hoping she will hang on through that period) When I look at trichomes right now she is showing a fair amount of cloudy, with a few clear, and a couple amber. (No verified amber on anything but sugar leaves at this point) So my gut says I could push for 15+ days. But if someone with more experience can weigh in I would greatly appreciate it! Her most recent photos have captions "Bulking up, and Looking thicc!" So that may give you a fair assessment of how well she is plumping up The close-up trichome shots are only a couple of days old and not much has changed on that front (A bit more frostiness, but not much in the way of amber production) She looks close, but I feel like Reddit would be telling me "Two more weeks!" in a half meme fashion So I appreciate any help! I am so excited and appreciate everyone's contributions and kind words so far! PS I have a photo with my current selection of Auto's and I need to know who grows next! I intend to either run 2 or 3 depending upon if I choose to run 5 gal pots again or drop down to 3. So vote for your favorites and I will tally it up and give it a go at the start of 2024!