That's what I was going for. I've read you can withhold water the final week. but with her being as dry as she is I will give her a few cups to keep the root ball moist at least. let her dry out again and chop chop 5/7 Thank you guys for your input!
the plant was fine. medium was bone dry for 36 hours. I gave her about 1/4 of a gallon of water. shouldn't need more. hoping for a dry medium when I chop her down. I don't have my camera but this is from 8 days ago.