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You got about a week. As far as the flushing goes. If anyone using bottle nutes , and providing a strong nutrition mix needs to flush it. I have personally done this experiment. It does make a difference.

trichome color pistil color density of buds Use all three to determine your preferred harvest point. The info out there is unsophisticated at moment. You got people assuming things without any lab equipment to prove what they are saying is true -- just like the whole "end of harvest flush" reasons that have been proven untrue, then they rush to make up new reasons that weren't important before but now are once the old reasons are proven wrong, lol. clear is not devoid of THC. Cloudy is not "optimal" THC. Some plants actuallay have a higher percentage of THC a week or so before the have ripened up fully (i.e. better yield, but slightly lower %). Some are reaching max potency right on time... this is what empircal evidence has shown using lab equipment testing samples of plant material for % of mass of the psychoactive molecule. So, i would suggest trying early, late whatever... until you find the high you enjoy, and know that some plants will vary a bit how they develop at the end. There are plants that simply won't turn amber very much... it will start to rot on the branch before you ever see "30%" amber. Second, this info is based on physical observances of the outer layer. I bet if you scoped and inner calyxese (?plural?) that was covered up long ago it's amber AF. That's a guess... But, if you only look at the surface and assume things about the entirety, that's a dangerous assumption that leads to easily avoided falsehoods... and if it is quite a bit amber in there, it tosses the previous reasoning on its head... not unlike the empircal evidence proving flushign to be a figment of grower's imagination (as far as end of life flushing before harvest... flushing is still a good tool for big toxicity problems). In the end some amount of clear/cloudy and amber is most likely the "optimal" point... but, i'd just suggest exploring the range of possibility before locking into one thing and assuming it. I don't think it'll be wildly different than anything you find on google or in these questions, but keep an open mind so you can find what you prefer and not just some badwagon of groupthink. Later harvest is supposedly more sedative in effect. Early harvest is more "speedy"... Maybe you only care about yield and a few lost % of THCa/THC is no big deal. There are lots of perspectives that lead to slightly different individual answers. Use this info as a ballpark only. Trial and error... in time it will be comfortable. Early on it's "greek"

Damm they look good. Again you should be proud, wish my 1st grow looked this good. Anyways heres what your looking for. See the clear looking mushroom thingys- The "cap" on the mushroom, that clear looking ball- thats what your looking at. They start off clear as glass, then go cloudy like milky color, then they go darker and turn amber then bronze/gold/brown. If you harvest when they all clear its a touch early, when they are mostly clouds with a few amber ones here and there, like 10%-30% of em are amber thats when its ideal for peak potency. But if your later than that you may just get a bit more stoned- thats it. it wont break it if your a bit later BUT if your too early it wont be as strong as it could have been. So in looking at this I do kindo sorta see a few amber ones, I think...Still looks pretty white and clear there but id say your very close, not quite there but close.

I honestly recommend getting a usb / wireless microscope to ppl who are growing now. Wayyyy better images of trichs with them than loupes. My planet of the grapes MH diary latest week has some pics from mine. Last couple pics. It looks pretty good, but really hard to tell

Hey your plant looks great. Be nice if you had a 30x micro bit hard to see up close. But by looking at her I'd throw her into the flush cycle, if it's soil 2 weeks, and coco 1-2 weeks. But if you decide to keep her on an extra week or 2 of flowering, which won't hurt either way...just lower your dose of nutes a week or 2 before flushing and it won't be too much of a shock allowing her to keep putting on some bud mass. To me, she looks ripe and ready pal. But another week on some nice sugars or whatever you have for flowering won't hurt. You'll be able to tell if it's cooking to long by bleaching of the bud or when the orange hairs starr to go a darker color more like a redish color. But it's far from that. It looks perfect. Start putting into flush and give a 36hr rest period in the dark before u harvest. Happy growing good luck.