How much longer should I keep them going?

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Zigarillo

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Hi guys, new to the forum, but I have used other sites that I haven't liked as much. I have been growing three sweet seeds blackjack auto, which are now at approx 14weeksa from seed, I chopped one of them a couple of nights ago (possibly too early) as it seemed pretty swollen, with mainly milky trichomes and a few amber ones. i've taken a good look at the trichomes under a mic, and they're pretty much all cloudy from what I can tell, apart from a few which are amber, or are partly amber/partly cloudy, but there is a massive overall majority of cloudy trichomes. A lot of the pistils have receded or turned brown, however there are still a few white ones poking out. On paper it seems like I am close to being ready to chop, but the buds sites don't seem to have swollen as much as the plant I have already chopped, but there are quite a few more bud sites throughout the plant than there was on my recently chopped one. I would appreciate it if someone could take a look and give me an idea of when I should chop, I'm afraid my pics are a little crap.
sorry if my writing is poor, im pretty baked right now
thanks in advance
 

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Zigarillo

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just to add a couple more details, they are in 6.5l pots under 250w hps in a fairly small tent (60x60x140), biobizz light mix, biobizz - bloom, grow and topmax
thanks
 
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lospsi

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milky with little amber is good if you are going for thc, if you let em more thc will brake into cbd so it depends from you what kind of high you are aking for... Is there a nute burn i can see?
 
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ImDankest

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Wait for more of the pistils (hairs) to start browning, i don't see any brown pistils atm. I'd consider getting a jewellers loupe (magnifying lense) to have a look at the trichomes. As lopsi said you want mostly milky with some amber.
 
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Zigarillo

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Yeah, I think it's nute burn, not sure how it happened though as I was always pretty conservative with ferts. It happened around week 10, I'm hoping it shouldn't matter too much. The trichomes do seem pretty cloudy but I might just leave them another week and see what happens, I'm worried about hermeiosis occurring as a result of them being left in flower too long
 
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Zigarillo

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Also, should I still be giving them nutes? I stopped at week 11 cos of their age. The leaves are beginning to fade to yellow quite a bit now so they must be close, under a microscope they seem pretty cloudy, but the buds don't seem swollen yet so I'm not sure. They feel pretty firm, but there is a an even mix of white and brown pistils. The other thing is, I noticed on the plant that I cut , was that the bud leaved had gone reddish, that's not happened with my other two. They're all the same age and from the same seed bank so I'm a bit lost. Really want to chop them cos my other buds are drying in less than desirable conditions
 
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