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Yeah in 4 weeks... maybe?
Under microscope she is all cloudy with some amber.. Looking at her she doesnt look ready but scoped she is..
That looks not even close to being ready to me TBH. I have had a few "sativa strains" that just keep on foxtailing forever if you didn't call it quits at some point though. But yours don't look like that. If your buds are still growing and getting fatter, then I'd let them grow. Yours don't look like they're foxtailing to me. Go for the win! Lol
Edit: Okay, all kidding aside. The issue here is that your bud is literally still covered in viable stigmas, and only a few which are turning brown now and still "unreatracted". Your flowers will swell further and ripen if you let them. Those plants in your photo look to be about 6 or 7 weeks in flower. I'd let them do their thing and reassess the situation in another 2 weeks.
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xtsho
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That plant isn't ready. It doesn't matter what you're seeing through a scope. Go by the look of the plant. Trichomes are not as accurate as some people make them out to be.
If you harvest now you'll be disappointed with the end result.
go go kid
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your the first person to say that that im aware of. very interesting to know thanx
And he's absolutely right. But especially in this case it's pretty obvious the OP's buds are still growing and yet a few weeks from ripening. I wouldn't have picked off all the leaves at that point though, because the extra surface area covered by leaves would have helped power the growth of those buds up top.
I don't know many experienced growers who go by color of trichome heads at some part of the plant. I tend to look in the middle half-way down the cola stem at the exposed calyxes down there to give me a hint of ripeness, after the colas have stopped growing in bulk and "hairs" are mostly receded.
xtsho
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I don't even look at the trichomes. Many others don't either. You can tell when it's done just by the looks. Just like you can tell when a tomato is ready to pick.
Trichomes can be deceiving and some plants never amber while others amber early. Just like the OP's plants that they say show some amber under the scope but the plant is obviously not ready. Nutrient issues, environment can all cause trichomes to change color.
Just think of what good bud looks like. Then think what it would look like before it's dried. That's what you look for when harvesting a plant that is finished.
Of course the dilemma with this is that weed doesn't ripen all at once. It tends to ripen top-down, and the lowers might be still just swelling while the tops have filled up and rip for picking, at least for a lot of strains. Harvest is always a point of compromise if you take the whole plant at once.