Spoken as if out of my own mouth… For many decades this has and will continue to be the benchmark test, white ash is always a true tell sign of a complete flush and thus a quality grow. I think what Olbrannon was speaking too was more so to do with trying “revive” crispy nugs and pushing them too far too fast I assume however describing such as unsmokeable does raise some other questions.
None the less this is a great thread coming along, too bad the OP still hasn’t let us know how they made out after a week away with some freshly axed bud - a little bit over 2 years ago 