9th week flower

Hello, my plants are in the 9th week, still throwing up white hairs. After looking with a loupe the trichomes appear to be milky with amber trichs as well. Should I wait it out and see if the hairs darken or chop based on the trichomes? (I know they look sad, its been a few days but today is Water day)

At least another week imo. Maybe 2 to be sure. Being a little more patient at this point could pay off.

I would cut a branch off...dry it for 5 days...smoke,,,then cut the rest based on how that 1st branch smoked...

I had a Ken's Kush That I left & even though the buds look super tight...the smoke was still buzzy an head high
I was expecting some heavy dank smoke...it was light weight mild buzzy type weed. focus. I like DEEP WEED. TRANCE.

Most flowers run atleast 12 weeks. If breeders say 9 weeks flower time. Know they aren't counting as soon as the lights go 12 12. Plants don't immediately go into flower it still takes around 2 wks to fully transition. Always add 2wks then start looking to prepare harvest, unless plant says otherwise. Also are you looking at sugar leaf trichomes or calyx trichomes. Sugar leaves will ripen sooner and be misleading. Trichomes look the same until they don't and it's harvest time. Calyxes will swell, and pistils will change color curl then appear to receed into swollen calyxes. Good luck bud

Also, Watch Your Feed...I have a hunch that some growers keep introducing a 'key nute" into their late flower FEED that causes pistil sites to keep growing..I havent proved it yet

3 more weeks

Don't let those leafs die and rot in your buds tho, try to keep her green for another 10 days at least

What's the strain? I always take mine when most of the trichomes are cloudy, a few amber and I might still have a clear one or two. But then I'm not a couch lock guy. Another thing I like to do is take them in stages, especially with a new stain so I can determine which stage from that strain I like best.

To put it simply, i find structure far more reliable than trichs. I've had plants go milky week five, and show ambers week seven yet are still stacking heavily and don't swell until week 10-12. On the other hand, swell and stigma retraction don't happen until it's ready full stop.

You wont find a plant with retracted stigma, swollen calyx and clear trichs, but i guarantee you will find many here with milky/amber trichs yet covered in fresh stacking calyx.