If plant was left to dry .....?

Was just thinking about this and if anyone had tried it .....
What would happen if you left you plant about 7 weeks into flower without watering it, would it die and the buds just dry out on the plant ready for harvest ?

The plant would "know" it was dying and likely generate seeds in an effort to pass on its genetics. The drying and curing process is very, very important in creating quality finished product. How and the rate at which the moisture is released from the stem and out through the flower can have a pretty big impact on what you finally end up with!

Yea was just a thought ...... If say you were to go away unexpectedly and instead of chopping early just water it well so it gets at least another week flowering before it dies .... I did think it might hermie ..... Was just seeing if it had happened to anyone ... Thanks for the reply

i'm going to disagree with that. If you let a plant that was nearly at harvest dry out, it would not have time to turn herm and seed the plant. So imo , yes the plant would probably survive a week or more and then eventually die , then dry out . There may be some issue with doing it that i havent thought of, but it seeding itself is not one of them

Hhhhmmmm see that was kinda my thought, I've searched for a answer on the net but couldn't find a positive answer .....
Hopefully we will get someone who has tried it !

I left my hydro setup on when I went on a 2 day trip, came back home to see that I forgot to turn the timer on, so my plants haven't been getting watered. They were about 5-6 weeks into flowering. They were dying, I'm sure if I wouldn't have cut and trimmed them they woulda just started to rot even more. If the roots start to die it might be something that messes the plant up too, but idk lol I know people that chop the bottom, trim the major leaves, and just hang the whole thing upside down until it dries a lil bit for a better trim. Nobody I know has tried drying a plant that was still attached to the root system

I have harvested when the soil was wet
and the plants were still vibrant.
Also when both were very dry.

Personally I think unless you pulled large fan leaves and had complete control
of temp and rh the process would be too slow/risky. I don't have enough balls to try it.

I was thinking it could Rot or mould ....... Just wondering if you would be better to bite the bullet and chop it when only say 6 weeks into flower or to water heavy before you go and try get a extra week and a half flowering the plant dies and the light drys out your weed ? Again thanks for the input

if you put them outdoors early, under supplemental lightsI started harvesting this haze plant in mid September last year

Outdoors is not a option I am afraid

It'll be interesting to see what happens, you could always chop some and leave the rest, but that in itself is going to stress her out. I guess I don't know how long it takes to pop out a beaner or two, but I thought it could happen in a matter of days.

Not sure how long it takes for a bean to pop .....

The plant cannot just spontaneously grow seeds. It would first have to sprout male flowers, mature the male flowers, open the male flowers and release the pollen, receive the pollen, THEN start growing seeds. This is a process that takes a significant amount of time. Also growing anything, including seeds, is something that takes nutrients, so if the plant was responding to a lack of nutrients (water being the MOST important nutrient), it would respond by stopping growth, not springing to life and rapid-fire churning out seeds. If anything it might grow a couple male flowers, but they would probably be sterile anyways, and almost definitely wouldn't have time to pollinate and grow seeds.

LMFAO I have done it twice. The first was a friends plant that he asked me to flower for him. Half way through we both knew it was shit.Harvest came, we chopped up all the other plants but that one. He said he would be right back, it got slid to a corner until about 2 weeks later & we made butter.
2nd time was couple weeks ago, the only 2 watermelon kush in the garden went to shit & pissed me off so they went in the corner to be given away. I got 3 ounces total dried. Again made to edibles. Both left in the pots & completely dried out at 8 weeks both of them. No seeds, nothing like that. Just shitty looking & smell wasnt there but the potency in the edibles was good. It's not something that happens often but I have a perpetual garden & if something isnt producing i'll clear a spot for a new one.

I guess its true.
if you can imagine it its on the internet already. Well now we know

Thanks for the input Lads ..... Interesting stuff ..... We have a answer
So you can just leave a plant to dry out in the pot but the finished product will be depleted bye the light and the smell isn't there ....but won't hermie in the amount of time it takes to die from lack of water..... Thanks Remi

No problem.