First Grow Ready To Harvest?

[Leo1978]

Hello and thanks in advance for your help here.

I have done a lot of research on when to harvest. You know, cloudy trichomes etc. However I am using my phone's camera and even if I zoom in cannot get a really clear shot like those I see online to actually see the trichs. I am posting the closest I can get and maybe some of the experienced people can tell if it is ready?
I have a real short but I think thick micro grow of a Californian Snow from Fast Buds. This is fine because I don't smoke a lot but I do like to have my own. A mostly Sativa strain. In the website is says flowering 8 weeks after germination. However I think I am at 7 weeks since sprouting and I remember it took like 5 days for it to come out of the soil. I know I should have kept a journal but first time grower mistake. It is a small plant grown in a corner.

The lower fan leaves have started to turn yellow the past few days and the odor is quite strong. I am attaching a few pics so you can have a look and let me know your experienced thoughts to tell if it is ready since I cannot get a clear shot of the trichomes and I'm not sure if the milky color I see in the pics is due to light reflection or they are actually milky. In a few shots with the flash on I see a few in a kind of amber/brown color too and I don't know if it is the reflection of light. I don't want to let the trichomes go amber because I want the energetic high.

Thank you all for your time.

 

[Leo1978]

and a few more pics.

Thanks!

 

[Orlando Scout]

Can you get yourself a jewellers loupe or a bud scope? It's the only real way to know when a plants ready for harvest. The pics you see of the trichs really up close is from using a macro lens. Before scopes we judged by color of hairs, when 90% of hairs turned red or orange we would harvest, the hairs also start to shrivel up when their close to finished. Judging by pics alone I'd say 2-3 weeks left. Looking good though bro!!

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Ditto

I'd say a few more weeks ish

 

[Leo1978]

Hello and thanks for yo

Can you get yourself a jewellers loupe or a bud scope? It's the only real way to know when a plants ready for harvest. The pics you see of the trichs really up close is from using a macro lens. Before scopes we judged by color of hairs, when 90% of hairs turned red or orange we would harvest, the hairs also start to shrivel up when their close to finished. Judging by pics alone I'd say 2-3 weeks left. Looking good though bro!!

Hello and thanks for your reply Orlando. I think I should find one of those jewellers loupes. The yellow leaves? I read that when they are almost ready the leaves start to turn yellow. Other people say it is not natural. I have stopped giving nutes for the past 2 waterings.

 

[Orlando Scout]

The yellowing is normal the buds are sucking all the nutrients out of the fan leaves. Looks nice and healthy to me keep up the hard work bro!!

 

[Leo1978]

The yellowing is normal the buds are sucking all the nutrients out of the fan leaves. Looks nice and healthy to me keep up the hard work bro!!

Thank you very much! Good to know I'm on the right track. Still learning. Thanks!

 

[Orlando Scout]

We're all still learning when it comes to cannabis cultivation.