Water or not water

Okay, this is 1 of those things that just can't be proven. You can stick 50 growers in a room and you'll get a split room, same goes for flushing. Really, I like to dry a plant whole and slow, so I water before harvest. but as for leaving the plant to dry in the soil, really, its down to your preference. I read some stuff about this before my 2nd round of harvesting and I bookmarked it as I thought I might try it on 1 plant. Hopefully this will help, its from a much more experienced grower that deals exactly with what you are talking about. He actually just uproots the plant from the soil, well DWC I think but he talks about many ways, I haven't read it fully as it's really long, but if you haven't been watering her for a few days, she's partly there, (dry wise) https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/bizies-best-way-to-harvest-dry-cannabis.1143213/ Before I would of said, always water before harvest to prolong the drying time but after looking up and researching I'm finding 90% of ppl are saying to let it dry out 1st and then harvest espically if you've flushed your plant. I'll try find a few extra links for u bro. https://www.growchat.com/how-to-prepare-marijuana-plants-for-harvest/ I feel you'll find better advice by doing research on forums and so on, and normally you'll c 1 or 2 experienced growers that have many harvests with many different drying methods tried, as of now I don't have that, so hopefully you'll find something on here. I scanned through them quickly and they seem to have everything you'll need or you can take bits out that suit your environment and find your middle ground as these growers give advice from their environments. Good luck pal.

If the trichs are all milky, you're certainly good to harvest... you'll get an energized high from it, not much relaxation - so it depends on what it is you want from your smoke. I would most urgently caution you that if you give over the care and feeding of your grow to someone else, it may go south on you... I had a friend - WHO IS A GROWER - tend my plants for me for a couple of weeks... she misdiagnosed an excess as a deficiency and the result was pretty bad... And as I said before - WATER IT! You don't want your grow to end up crispy which can happen overnight! Good luck!

Pistils are all milky by the way

High, She is not ready for harvest yet. If you know someone that can take care of her for another 2 weeks that would be perfect. But when you do not have a choice then you can harvest her early. I can see that your soil is not completely dryed out so there is no need to water. I never water 3-4 days before I harvest. And let them pre-dry before I cut the main stem at the bottom and hang them upside down. The top of your plant is burned from the heat or intesity from your lamp. HAPPY HARVEST!!!

I made the mistake of not watering one of my grows for a couple of days before harvest... a lot of it turned nice and crispy... WATER IT!! :-D Good luck - and enjoy your summer!