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Another vote for several more weeks. Post some trichome pics a week or two after the rest of those white pistils have darkened up. Still looks to be close to 50/50.

Honestly the top buds just confirm that those plants were cut at least two weeks early and probably closer to a month. They calyxes have not swollen, 50% of the pistils are still white, and they're all standing on end. I hope you're happy with your havest though. I have no skin in your game...

She was very easy. I tucked some leaves for a few days around week two but that's it and ended up with the 5 mains basically even height. I did remove some large fans to get light to some lowers but I don't really defoliate. The burn is from the lights later into flower. I was pretty easy on the...

My first Mephistos but these genetics are legit. I'm quite excited to chop, even if I tried to burn them a bit. Northern Cheese Haze and Mango Smile

You have a few weeks to go, don't bother with the loupe just yet. There's still a fair amount of white pistils that haven't colored up yet and the ones that are haven't retracted much. Those buds will likely fatten up a bit too. Post more pictures in 2 weeks. Trichs only tell you when in the...

Those trich pics you posted earlier were of the sugar leaves. Those don't tell you when to harvest and trichs on the calyxes only guide you once your in the harvest window. I agree that the plant looks like it has several more weeks to go before I would even be checking the trichomes. It's...

That looks like it is revegging. 3 finger and rounding leaves up top are a pretty good indicator. That's what I'm seeing. Only options are to find a way to keep it dark for 12 hours and flower it out or wait and hope it flowers properly again once the days shorten.

It seems the smaller breeders who are focused on quality above speed and yield tend to be more accurate with their estimates. In general there is a tradeoff between the three. You can find some fast strains with great quality, but the yields tend to be a little lower. The fire strains with...

No offense taken at all. Unfortunately many will buy based on flowering time alone, so the breeders have an incentive to stretch the truth. I assume 2 weeks longer than their estimate, at minimum. There's differences between phenotypes and your environment plays a role as well.

I guess I did assume that when you described the state of the trichomes in the OP then said you were told to look at trichomes over pistils. Based on the looks of things you're still 4-6 weeks away from needing to start checking trichomes. They mean nothing in terms of ripeness at this point.

Whoever told you to ignore pistils in favor of trichs was incorrect. Trichs are great to optimize when to harvest, once that harvest window has opened. The signs of ripeness that precede this are pretty standard. First a few of the pistils begin turning color and receding. Your plant is just...

^They're right She's got a long way to go. Start checking trichomes on the calyxes, not leaves, a week or two after most of those pistils have changed color and pulled back.

More amber on the buds, not the leaves, will generally lead to more of a couch lock high. A very small percentage of the active cannabinoids we seek are on the sugar leaves, no matter how frosty they are, so that is another reason we completely disregard the trichomes on leaves.

It does look healthy so I'd be inclined to ride it out, and hope it flowers properly once the days get short enough. Other than figuring out some way to force it by enclosing it 12 hours a day, I don't know there's much you can do.

Maybe it's revegging. That growth looks very strange and the rest of the plant doesn't look like a plant in flower.

Are you sure that's a female? The pictures are blurry but I'm not seeing white pistils where leaf meets stem or on the buds themselves?

I could barely fit 4 autos in a 4'x3'. Depending on methods they can be monsters. This guy was topped and took up about 3x3 of the tent. Coco in 3 gal pots.

My autos go straight from a seedling plug to a pot about 3 feet away from a 315 within a few days of breaking ground. Let them grow to 2 feet away then adjust to keep it there through veg. I stop raising as much in flower and they usually end up about 18 inches zway at the end.

I have a hell of a time viewing trichomes as well so I defer to the other signs of ripeness. I've also noticed after those signs appear you can kind of see a whitish, and eventually amber, sheen come over the buds as the trichomes mature and go cloudy then to amber. No magnification necessary...