Harvest 1 cola, leave the others?

[tigrower]

My Super Silver Haze plant is almost ready to harvest. Most of the colas are milky, with the exception of 1 stem. The 1 stem (pic) the trics are amber and drying out.
Can I cut off the 1 stem that seems to be ripe/ready and let the rest of the plant reach full bloom?
I'm worried that if I cut the 1 stem this late in the flowering stage, I may damage the rest of the plant.
I included pics of the dried stem, the cola of that I think is ripe and a pic of how the other colas look for reference.

 

[Natep]

Kind of splitting hairs. Just chop it all at once

 

[Oldchucky]

Yes, you can cut it off.

 

[Madbud]

No bueno, that looks like worms or mold inside, fusarium? The bottom bud pic looks ready if you start seeing more dead leaves.

 

[Oldchucky]

Yeah, something is up! I’d cut it off and give it a good inspection. Something looks like it’s killing it.

 

[tigrower]

Clipped it last night. Took a look with my loupe and don't see anything weird, other than it dries out. Thx for everyone's help

 

[Madbud]

Clipped it last night. Took a look with my loupe and don't see anything weird, other than it dries out. Thx for everyone's help

Hang it over a container to see if any caterpillars climb out

 

[Oldchucky]

Look at that little fucker, rapelling down! I have one plant with cats! I picked one off, and tickle its belly and put it back on! And said, y’all can have this plant! That’s why I grow 12 of them!

 

[Madbud]

I pick off eggs and still get some every year but just the bud dies plus you see their frass. Tigrowers plant looks more like a blight or a borer worm.

 

[tigrower]

Hmmm, didn't know MJ plants can get blight. Good chance it's blight, as a bunch of my tomato plants (planted nearby) got blight this year. Keeping my fingers crossed, the blight is limited to that 1 branch. I should prob toss that branch, instead of trying to dry it.

 

[Madbud]

Hmmm, didn't know MJ plants can get blight. Good chance it's blight, as a bunch of my tomato plants (planted nearby) got blight this year. Keeping my fingers crossed, the blight is limited to that 1 branch. I should prob toss that branch, instead of trying to dry it.

Blight is a symptom caused by a pathogen that can be carried by insect vectors like leafhoppers or present in the soil.