naturally grown plants

i am wondering we do everything to control our plants from light to nutes and back again. and at the end of our flwering we harvest according to the microscope we use to see our trics. i am wondering when a plant is left to grow naturally throughout a season what happens to it? just say we flower untilll all the leaves fall off our plant. has anyone ever taken their plant this far?

If I am not mistaken the plants will really just continue to live/grow until something or someone physically stops it. Obviously the flowers will over-ripen; cannabinoids will simply degrade and possibly the plants will develop seeds. Eventually they would succumb to the elements of the outside world and the plant would deteriorate; be it from a frost, a drought, animals, general lack of nutrition, etc.

I would love to hear if anyone could provide a definitive answer.

I have did this beafore, on accident I Forgot about a plant In the back of my house and found it mid November. All the leaves fallen off and the buds were highly deterated. The plant was basically almost dead, I ended up smoking what buds they hade left, tasted like shit and the high was okay, made me mad sleepy wayy beyond it's peak though.

it has my wondering what a plant will do in its natural enviroment and it cycle there. we are always talking about the conditions we create for it. how about what nature creates