Amber too early?

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

I have what I believe to be a Jack Herrer auto that is about 9.5 weeks above soil, 6.5 weeks flowering. I had not scoped it, assuming it would be at least 11 weeks before I had to worry about amber trichs. I checked the trichs this morning and, much to my dismay, found that about 25% of the trichs on the largest colas are amber.

Is this too early? Did something go wrong? Should I harvest? I was hoping to cut at 5% amber!

thanks very much

 

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

Just to update this thread, I did find the answer to my own question.

 

[go4snypr]

if you share what you found it may help someone else in the future...

 

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

In a number of locations I read that the trichomes on the leaves mature differently than on the buds themselves. Most of what I read seemed to agree that you need to look directly into the bud rather than on the leaves. When I looked on my buds, I saw about 90% cloudy, 10% clear, and little or no amber.
I decided to let them go an extra week or two. Glad I figured this out or I would have really shorted my harvest.

 

[Integrum Stultus]

I made the same mistake. Caught it before I sliced and ended up giving her 12 more days. She still went early but she's definitely a quality smoke....


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