In my long experience, partial harvests are a failure.
Just chop the entire plant and be satisfied with what you get rather than dwelling on what might become.
Once you remove a large portion of the plant, it will go into shock and any "after ripening" is never as good as the first pick, even though the buds down low may seem a little under done.
In other words, second pick is never as good as first pick, even if slightly immature.