Fair remarks
@rayspike, we are moving in the right direction - but there's still a lot of 'chancers' trying to sell mid/poor-level bud for top-shelf prices. I mean that generally, no experience with Skullcap myself.
Terpenes are incredibly important, whether you agree with their being an entourage effect or a distinct synergy between terpenes and cannabinoids - or you don't - I think most patients would agree that more prevalent terpenes are often the best indicator of more effective flower overall.
Still to this day, the best cannabis I've ever smoked was a few days off the plant. One of only two times I can claim I've ever had anything overwhelmingly euphoric and somewhat 'hallucinatory' from cannabis. Tasted of chlorophyll to high hell, barely burnt, and was so sticky I could barely pull it apart or grind it (ended up resorting to scissors) - but it was something I'll never forget, AK-47 x White Rhino grown indoors in my home village under HPS.
The best chance we have of super fresh bud in the UK, is UK cultivators, whereby we should be able to eventually get to 3-4 weeks post drying.