@newgrowop: I dont mean to discourage some f the previous posters but if that is Nirvana White Widow (NWW) and you are at week 8 you still have between 2 weeks and a month to go.
I chopped 4 of 5 colas from a NWW because they were all sugary and 100% cloudy.
About 2 weeks ago I cut 2 of those 4 and during the hanging process these developed the nicer brown color but trics still cloudy. (Group A)
About 1 week ago (8 days precise) I cut the latter 2 colas and hung to dry half and other half I had to stab holes in 2 cardboard boxes and situate them 50 branches to a box. These started with 100% cloudy trics, but some had turned to amber, maybe a 0-5% weight.
I have since manicured the 4 colas and I have a total of 195.1g/6.8oz on its 2nd day curing in sealed glass jars.
The remaining cola is expected to yield a total dried weight of 50-75g. Finally, after like 11 weeks of flowering (have not been going by date/time AT ALL) it is showing signs of end of lifecycle. Of that cola, there are 7 large branches; 3 are the size of a large man's fist and forearm up to 3/4 from the elbow. (upside down.. hell im high and you can figure the visual out. Ill post a pic once everything is wrapped up.) Anyway, two of those three big ones are finally turning a brown color, with the trics a really bright cloudy/marble look under 100x magnification. They have definitely made a lot of change in the 2+ weeks since I have cut the rest of it. However, the rest is still lagging behind. I am actually thinking about juicing a 50mL/50mL shot of DMG A+B and Revive just to get a little extra food boost. It has consumed the remaining fan leaves and most of the fat leaves.
I guess what I am saying is that based on those pictures, that plant is amazing and will continue giving forth more. I mean, in the last two weeks, three popcorn buds have presented themselves at the very base of the trunk, at the level of hydroton. Quarter sized little buds. The only reason I cut the 4 colas when I did is because I had 2 major (personal perspective -- 8") floods because due to the apocalyptic rains and where the buds were softball sized at the top they started developing a mold. I noticed the spores with unaided eye but I also have hawk eyes. I then proceeded to inspect them at 60x and 100x and found them to be what appeared to be microscopic mold "corals" not unlike the actual [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Goniopora djiboutiensis [/FONT]coral. The difference was that the stalk was a crystallized fibre, and the tentacled part had the air-catching properties of a down feather. They were nearly impossible to wrangle with weed-impaired, heavy handed, primitive jabbing with tweezers. While investigating my huge bud knots, I spread them to notice to my horror some more sites cropping up.
The floods also came with about 10 power outages. The outages were not so bad in the fact they were each only a couple minutes, up to 30. However, it seems it was the maximum capacity my surge protectors could do, and I have 2x 6900 Joule Surge Protectors, and 4 1175J. My ballasts and lights and all the critical stuff remained intact but one surge protector was toast and it included my 900CFM Squirrel Cage fan.
On top of that, the humidity levels and temperature in the basement was around 80RH/86F so I got chickenshit and started test drying little branches at a time. I was really satisfied with what I was blessed with.
So ive gotten nearly 7oz so far, with I think 7g sacrificed to mold/fungus/coral and I can reliably expect to have 8.5-9oz?
Please, let it go as far as it desires. 2 weeks to a month is my advice, growing same stuff as you.
Nirvana White Widow - Deep Water Culture 20gal H2O, 120gal Airstone movement
2x 430w Phillips SonAgro + Digitek Electronic Ballasts
Dutch Masters Gold A+B Grow and Bloom set
Penetrator, Liquid Light, SuperThrive, Advanced Nutrients Revive, and the occasional hotbox for CO2 and good vibes
195.1g/6.88oz (est. 250g/8.81oz) Rootball = bigger than your momma's nappy head. Trunk = 5.25" circumference 4" from base.