basic harvesting questions

i was hoping someone could help me with a few harvesting questions. i think i got it down but i wanna be sure
i know a week before harvest im soppose to flush, im usin a 5gal jug so ill use 10 gal of water, am i able to used distilled water for flushing? or should i use reg filtered watered for the minerals an shit?
also what should i look for to know im a week before harvest? i feel like ill know when its a week away but i just wanna be sure.
and then my last question was what exactly should i look for to know im at prime harvesting time? ive heard when about half the pistils turn an amber color its key time to harvest but what else should i look for?
ive never harvested but ive vegged a few plants so im educated in vegging just not a whole lot in flowering. lemme know!

lots of problems with what you said.

yes, hald red hairs, receding hairs at the majority....

But, I say it should look super dank before you cut it. Should look like dank, super dank. Just me 2c

lol i dont doubt it, but okay i got what your saying,

scratch what i said before for flushing /\/\

is flushing 2 weeks before with 3x the size of the container im using sound good?

As far as flushing goes ive never used a certin amount of water i jus watered as i normaly would for the 7 days but theres alot of ways to do it....as far as harvest time goes you should get a scope or a 60x magnafying glass the easiest way is to check the tricombs opinions vary but heres what i know... Tricombs start clear, turn milky then turn an amber color....amber means the thc is converting to a different canabinoid....a book i read said you should havest when you have a 50/50 mix of milky and amber....but if you check out the harvesting fourms (and there are some good ones check'em out) popular opinion says harvest when they are all milky cause thats when the THC is highest like i said amber means ur losing THC but the other canabinoids im told affects taste and can affect the buzz...as for what im gonna do this year is wait till i see some amber then cut her down....Hoped that helped ya good luck

you defently helped me out that all makes sense, i godda get a magnifying glass here soon its almost harvest time!