time to harvest?

this white widow is about 8 or 9 weeks into flowering under a 100 W 12-12

worried about the right time to cut her down. the buds dont look as full as they should, will they swell when drying out? any advice appreciated!

They do not look to be in week 8 or 9, they look about half done in my opinion... They do not look very healthy either. Buds do not swell when they dry, the opposite actually. You will lose approximately 75% of your wet weight when drying.

those are not close to being done, at all..

use a microscope bro. usually when ppl say 8,9,10 week strain that means under good conditions.. slightly worse conditions could take 3 extra weeks

Is that the nirvana white widow? I have a nirvana white widow starting 8th week on Monday and it looks comparable to yours. Maybe mine has slightly less red hairs. Could be that we both either have growing conditions that cause long flowering periods or we have bad genes (if yours are nirvana)

I thought mine would be ready at the 8 week mark but they are just now beginning to swell up so I won't be cutting until at least next week

Im gonna say good genes bad grower plants have so many problems ur using cfl right