In a blind taste test, researchers have found that many prefer cannabis that has not been flushed before harvest.
hightimes.com
will be interesting to see if more studies turn out the same way
More nitrogen = less flavor.
I've seen how people pucker up to grapes, oranges etc in the southwest US, where most these quality killers reside and spread their bad info from, something wrong with those people. They call smell flavor, flavor "harsh" and water cured hay "smooth" Those taste test judges likely aren't experts on flavor just pros at growing/selling dispensary mersh.
Vine ripening is a myth to these legal industry types, lung expansion is considered a bad thing, they pretend flavor comes from terpene molecules not sugar alcohol and acid molecules. Cottonmouth doesn't even exist in these regions, Colorado, Arizona, Socal, which is the side effect associated with high levels of flavor molecules, exclusively. Vaping quality bud without a gallon of drink on hand is impossible.
These same people claim to cure their bud in 2 weeks and that by 1-2 month it's "old" and "lost its terpenes",while the rest of the country is aging bud up to a year for increased flavor. Want to know if a grower is full of shit? Ask him how his bud improves over time. If he can't get excited about the positive changes in his bud over a multi month period, he's an NPC, or growing trash, probably both. Most people check both boxes these days.