When to harvest with clear and amber trichomes?

Hey! If there's amber, there cloudy.. sometimes trichomes mature very fast, SOME much faster than other.. so it might look like you it's going from zero thc to full cbn.. Don't worry, be patient. Harvest window opens when you start getting amber pistils. The best way to check when to harvest is looking at the trichomes on buds. Clear trichomes haven't reached their full potency, cloudy ones are full of THC and amber are losing THC while gaining CBN. So depending on your preference whether you want more of a head high or body high. I normally start to look at trichomes when there are about 50/50% white and amber pistils. I harvest when after examining and finding 70% cloudy trichomes and 30% amber trichomes. For me that's a prefect combination, depending on the strain as well. With some strains I go with lower amount of amber trichomes but always atleast 10%. As for what they look like, clear trichomes look like glass, cloudy like plastic and amber like resin. It's easy to get the clear and cloudy mistaken sometimes. To look at the trichomes you need at least a 60X jewelers loupe, you can find it for 5-7€ anywhere.. Good luck and happy Growing!

Hi there HMNI, different genetics mature at different rates, some turn gradually, other will turn all milky overnight. Sometimes the trichomes even dont turn dark amber they turn like light beige instead . In your case your genetics mature some going amber few going milky, then in like 10 days or more will have mostly milky, some amber no clear. The big idea is be patient to panic and chop before there are no more clears left. When the last clears fill out that's your max potency. One last thing : dont stress out trying to get impossible pictures, it will drive you crazy and it's hardly worth it lol keep checking those trichomes ! Hope this helps ! 🚀