My thinking on the recommendation is that it probably doesn't matter much either way and it is almost February. I like my plants to enter dormancy plump.
For what it is worth I just received an order from SVO and it appeared the leaves were cut prior to shipping (stalks still yellow and green at the top). It was probably to facilitate shipping but I can't imagine SVO would do that if it hurt the development of the plant in any way at this late stage.
Interested to hear what Fred has to say.
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