DIY Cheap Noob Indoor Amnesia Haze grow

So, to begin this week I rotated the plant to better distribute light and air. I sprayed alcohol and water to all of the leaves, while looking under the leaves for mites. I even brushed my fingers with some force to the underside of the leaves in the hopes of crushing any spider mite around. I will be doing this a few times before harvest, to make sure that the mites stay under control. On the plus side, after all this defoliation to control pests, this girl is probably going to be easy to trim on harvest day. >>On the smell<< I should've saved the "strong" rating for this week. I mean before the whole room smelled like cannabis, but this couple of days the whole apartment smells delicious. Anyhow, I wouldn't recommend this strain to some closet grow due to long flowering time, a lot of stretching and super strong smell! >>On harvesting<< I know I am close to harvest, because I can see the trichomes become cloudier. However, white hairs are still pretty white and pretty elongated (about 60%+ of them are supposed to become orange and curl around the time of harvest)... I will keep an eye on the trichs anyhow... Maybe I will chop her next week, or in three more weeks, it all depends on how fast the trichs mature... as you can imagine, I am not a harvest expert either... but we will get there... >>>>After asking for opinion on this community, they advised me to wait a bit more probably about three weeks to chop. I will keep an eye on the trichomes and hairs, and will see how long I can grow her before I see some amber trichomes (because I want an euphoric high, not so much a heavy body high).... >>FLUSHING<< Ok, so here are my thoughts on flushing. On my first grow, I searched a lot online for this topic. Many people swear that it improves smoke and taste, while others point out that decreasing the amount of nutrients available to the plant during the last part of growing stresses the plant and ultimately decreases quality and quantity of yield. To tell you the truth, both arguments sound reasonable, specially as many experienced growers choose to flush over not flushing. So, I am not sure, and because I am not sure if flushing will improve anything for me, I will save myself the work, I mean it can even end up harming the plant! As a noob, I try to avoid any extra procedure, specially one that will stress the plant, unless that I am fairly confident that it is worth my effort (and my plant's stress). After I grow more plants in the future and become better at the basics, and then try my own experiments (side by side 2 non flushed vs 2 flushed clones), is that I will be confident to determine what is best for me and my strains.