I see a fair few threads about harvesting and when to cut but normally its a picture put up and you do wrongly tend to look at pistils and if it looks ready, I know we all know to check trichs but how many people are trying their weed at different stages and how do you know what you want come end product and what that particular strain is like during its window of opportunity. There have been a few plants in the past I have let go to mostly all amber trichomes and they just weren't as good when I looked back, like black domina which is a far better smoke IMO at the cloudy stage. I grew Pineapple chunk recently and took a bud from the plant at week 6 true flower, at this point the stalked trichomes were erect and about half were cloudy, I would not normally take them at this point, but after trying this bud a week later it was a soaring high, and massively enjoyable. At week 7 the plant didnt seem to be any stronger, and I will be trying week 8 later but so far I would have been more than happy to take her at week 6 and reckon that week 8 might be different and maybe not better for me. I am not suggesting trying buds all the way through but as the plant nears its finish, it can be worth trying a bud for future reference if you are growing that strain again, and to see what type of high that you do like as it vastly different from half cloudy/clear to all amber.
An example of our judgment fighting with the facts, this bud is ready for me (all cloudy trichomes) but if you were shown this picture I reckon a fair few would say couple more weeks, and yeah it could have gone 2 more, I let it go another one from here myself but I could have took it a week or two earlier with no harm at all.
I dont want to give an excuse to cut too early (if the trichomes are all clear I wouldnt even think about it and you do have to go by the trichomes) but each person needs to know at what stage they prefer their weed and hanging onto a plant so it may yield a bit more is self defeating if the weed is not as good a smoke for you as I found out with; Black domina, wreck f8, marleys collie, and maybe pineapple chunk.
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