Benzelsanswered grow question 3 years ago You could chop now, shes is just just ready now. If it was me id wait til week 9 but thats personal pref. Any time from now til week 10 and your good ok. You can even take the largest most mature buds now, and leave the rest another week and then chop them then. Same idea as if you top a plant the lower branches beef up- If you take off the mature buds and leave the rest for another week they will fill out more too. Because my plants are larger than average I harvest this way to give the popcorn buds some time to fill out and put on any weight they can. There is no single right way to harvest-if you want more of a clean high and less stoned, then now is the time, if you want a bit more balanced then wait til start of week 9. if you want the most weight and the most buds you can harvest and want to get really stoned then wait til week 10 to chop the whole lot at once.
Hope that helps.