hey there stonedbuddy, basically "the pistil method" is not really a good indicator because after the chop anyway all the pistils turn brown. The only way to really tell is a 40x magnification minimum 60x is more comfortable, and look at the trichomes and base it off that. I had a really long gorilla glue, and at the chop it had mostly white pistils but fully cloudy trichomes and after over 3 months of flowering it was an "all up"weed... so check the trichomes, not the pistils.