Should I refill water reservoir before chop, or chop rightaway?
Its a bruce banner at beginning of week 11 flower in a sip. I sensed a loss of the aroma I mostly enjoy, a sort of fresh sweetness thats also subtly musky/herbal/sweet very gentle that also resambles a bit of cookies. Last time this happened from a dryback, it took a 5 liter bottom watering to recover that after 3.5 to 4 days, and it always recovers that aroma a few days after a refill, not early during refill but literally by the time the reservoir empties again.
So, total flowering days is 71, the reservoir emptied 3 days ago now, since then. By the looks of the pistils that are still white (majority force browned by a couple of drybacks) are still pointing out, not very curled, and fairly white, others started turning orange but stopped after last refill. Most thrics are still mostly white, ~85 - 95%. And theres some very little amber ones showing up, but still very few amber.
So, would bottom watering now possibly help regain yet again that aroma I like which I just described?
Also, might the arome still be there, but got temporarily muted because flowers are drier than before and might come back after drying and jarring?
Reservoir has been empty for a few days now, but leaves still have turgor. Is it best to chop now and take advantage of a easier drying since buds are a bit "drier"? Would the drier flower at harvest be a better compromise and help not create off smells from mold/yeast and in the end compensate a little terp loss?
Or is it watering it again going to help more, and bring about max terp expression?