Ready for harvest?

[Iceman86]

I'm on my first grow and I'm finishing up my first plant but I'm not 100% sure if I should chop or wait a little longer. The strain is GSC by sunwest genetics and they specify the flowering period is 7-9 weeks. I'm at the end of week 7 and if I'm looking at the pistils on the very top buds they are all brown but as I look down the plant they are mostly white. Around the middle its around 50% brown and at the bottom they are completely white which is expected to take longer to mature.

If I'm looking at the trichomes on the top buds, they are about 75% cloudy and 25% clear. I'm planning on waiting till I see a few amber before I chop but I've also read that not every plant's trichomes turn amber.

I'm trying to chop it at the highest thc levels without too much amber. I'm just not sure if this plant's trichomes will eventually turn amber or if I'm just over maturing the plant.

Thank you.

 

[Dwight Monk]

Pictures would help folks give you more accurate advice, and those numbers from the breeders a "ballpark" at best and lots of variables to mess that up anyway.

 

[Tony Urban]

Sounds like you have another week or two but photos will help. I personally go by trichomes and check a few places on the plant. You want to avoid having too many clear trichomes as they haven’t reached full potency yet.

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Pics or it never happened

 

[Iceman86]

 

[Iceman86]

 

[Iceman86]

Hope that helps!

 

[Iceman86]

Also, do you guys usually just go off of the trichomes on the top buds for chopping or somewhere in the middle of the plant so you can get a better overall plant average since the bottoms aren't ready as quick as the top?