Your Schwag may sell in Colorado but it would sit on the shelf in Cali, obviously have never had a proper finish
Your not changing the make up of the flowers by using water only towards the end. The key is "grow in the absence of nutrients", allowing the plant to consume all of the stored nutrients from within it's own tissues and the goal is to have nice even fade right at the end if your timing is proper.
Test one plant against others that you did not flush and do a burn test yourself in a clean white joint paper. You will be like "WTF", this burns soo much better and tastes cleaner allowing the true flavor of the bud to shine through.
Obviously if your just using your material for extraction and not igniting the dry matter it won't make a difference