Ripiening?

About 3 weeks or so. Think about flushing when there are about 95% brown pistils and think about harvesting when there are 98-99% brown pistils, this will put you in the "10-30% amber trichome" zone without having to look too closely.

Tomorrow marks the start of the sixth flowering week for the plant! Since Fat Banana typically has a flowering time of 9 weeks+, I don't understand the question. You probably just want to draw attention to your diary. Anyway, you shouldn't think about harvesting this plant for at least another 21 days. Good luck!

What Chow_13 said! - you're not even close! None of your pistils have turned color yet and your trichs aren't close either... You're going to be amazed at how much MORE bulk your buds will do! Good luck

Looking great but not even close to ready. I waould say 2-3 weeks left. You would have about 1 week left when 50% of the hairs have turned and they are around ready when 90% have turned. Best way to tell is using a digital microscope or a jewelers loupe to look at the trichomes. Clear = Low THC Cloudy = Highest THC Amber = Degrading THC Harvest window start when you have 90% cloudy and 10% clear and it ends when you have 30% amber with 70% cloudy.

Looks to me like you have lots of bud growth left. If yet a jewelers loupe or magnifying glass you can check the trichromes (I tend to harvest when at 10% amber and the rest milky). The pistils will also start turning brown or orange and growth will slow.