I read a whole thread back when I first joined about a grower who chopped her plants and then suspended them in bubbling water to cure. This way she said she basically fed right up until the end and then flushed. In theory it is fine (and also good for hydro plants maybe), you put cut flowers into water all the time and they survive for days. If you want to get really freaky cut a plant and put it into water with food colouring, get weird coloured buds, lol. Anyway, I digress as usual, I feel that this is all well and good, and yes, you could shake the dirt off and put that in a bucket, but WHY THE FUK bother. Just feed your plants up until the last week, couple of water feeds to flush em a bit, and then dry and cure properly. Or you could do a little dance in front of your plant, then stand on your head inducing extreme pressure to your eyes and possible migranes, then get back up and dance a bit more, then pull you plant out of the ground and swing it round your head like you just don't care...okay, just leave you plant to do it's thing, it'll be right.