Situation:"I have a small problem, I have 4 pots 3 plants in each. I know you should stop watering as soon as the petals drop but some of the plants that have pods still have buds that haven't flowered yet. How do I get around this? Can I water them VERY lightly so I still give the plant enough water to sustain life and flower those other buds but yet little enough so I won't dilute the final product?" -- APrime

Advice: "The later maturing pods will usually not produce very well, so it's better to stop the watering and milk the healthy ones. The later ones will rarely make it anyway, so milk the healthy ones. Stop watering when the petals fall off so that you get good production out of the first ones. BTW, the plant will try to produce until it dies." -- roadrunr