The leaves around the buds do those have to be trimmed off most of mine have white sticky sap on them, I was also wondering around what time in lower michigan people usually harvest I was guesing mid october, this is my first grow.
thanks
flushing the plant is when you use a clean usually distilled water when you water so the plant uses up any fertalizer it has stored just water it with distilled water for 1-2 weeks