Please help me first grow - harvest

I include more pictures without the hps light in another tread. Thank you all

Hi, sorry to say, but your photos are not the best quality to be able to give you a 100% opinion. Photo #2 seems to look like a nearly ready to harvest stage, as only the newest pistils seem to be white. When you can judge that it is only the newest pistils are white and most of the older pistils have browned off, this would be my favourite time to harvest. Leaving the flowers until all the pistils have browned off will give you lees "high" and a more "sleepy" effect, as peak THC production has passed. Harvesting while there are more white pistils than brown pistils will result in a more clear headed effect and not the heavy effect of late harvest flowers. So it depends on which sort of stone you prefer. Also, judging a plants "ripeness" by looking at trichome colour only, can be misleading, as some strains have very few cloudy/amber trichomes, while some have golden/honey coloured trichomes very early in flower. I have found the pistil colour method much simpler, and with experience you will be able to find what works best for you. You could harvest progressively, harvesting some at approx. 75% brown, 80% brown, 85% brown and 90% brown, to find which you prefer and use those results as a guide for your next grow. Hope this helps.

Whats ice water flush @Shockolateman08 ?

Do some research on your strain. Some strains never amber from white and the longer you wait to see amber the more your thc levels are dropping. At 90% cloudy trichs your at your max thc level now. With ambering, it's just the effects that change not the level of thc. Cheers

You're in doubt because you're being impatient 🤣 you're very very close to being done Maybe another week and a half or 2 I'd think about flushing soon, and read into ice water flushing 👍👌👊

Hello there BRLGrow, Get a pocket microscope and check the trichomes. If 10-30% are amber wherever you look, you are ready to harvest. If everything is clear, it will contain too many cannabis precursors to really get you the high that you are looking for. If everything is milky, you will have almost no CBN in the plant and the high will mostly be just cerebral and light. If 10-30% is amber and the rest is milky, you have the optimal amount and ratio of THC/CBN and you will enjoy your high very much. If the majority is amber, you have waited too long, too much THC have turned into CBN and your high will be very less potent are more drowsy. Good luck with your project, I wish you all the best! 👽

Thichomes looks milky....dont know if it is genetics or the trichomes are getting ready. What should expect now for growth, bud fattening, trichomes??? Really difficult for me understand this plant, please help finish these beauty Cheers !