Shannon - Great job. I cut at 8". Tired of picking up bracts -- then standing up and getting whacked in the head by the flower. Especially with all the bees and wasps all over the buds.
BTW what kind of naners are those? How many hands?
Not to forget the corn snake hiding in the dried up male flower cluster on an earlier Goldfinger bunch. He shot out of the flower 3 times trying to nip me.
This is what can happen if the flower is left to keep growing.
Dan