Typical "When Ready" Post, sorry, Indoor LST AutoFlower

[SouthernSnow]

Grew once before a, long time ago, trying my hands indoor with a legit setup and ordered autoflower seeds.
I chose autoflowering and tried my hand at LST, which I had never done before, and now I know why so many people swear by it.
Having never had a really good harvest like this I'm a super noob and could use a little help.

I was waiting for hairs to turn orange, but reading here many people say that's not a sure sign of if they are ready and to go by trichomes mainly. I have 5 plants total atm and one seems close to ready and another a month or more away.
In this image the plants are as follows: FR Barney Gorila Glue, FL Fog Dog (Atlus I think), BR 240FastBuds Zskittles Amnesia, BL 240FastBuds Strawberry Gorilla, middle left (small one) 240FastBuds Orange Sherbet.
(The one in the backs branches were lying down because they were too heavy so I had to stake them up)

The one I think is really close is the Fog Dog, it says 65 days till ready, but it's only been 45 or so and it has white hairs, some orange hairs, and the trichomes look to be mainly cloudy to my untrained eyes. (Pictures of buds, then trichomes from the buds, I tried to only take pics of the actual buds/hairs and not leaves.

I'm guessing wait maybe 2-3 weeks longer for this one right?

Also, any reason why my other plants don't look as good/frosty even though they are older, and any recommendations for nutes to increase potency? (Just using the 3 basic foxfarm ones atm)

 

[SouthernSnow]

Continued with more pics of second plant:


This one is Barneys Gorilla Glue, it's about 65 days old or so and it has white hairs, 30% orange hairs, and the trichomes look to be mainly clear but there are cloudy ones too to my untrained eyes. (Pictures of buds, then trichomes from the buds, I tried to only take pics of the actual buds/hairs and not leaves.

 

[TheTerpinator]

Also, any reason why my other plants don't look as good/frosty even though they are older...

Growing from seed is different than growing from clones. Clones are pretty much identical, whereas seeds will vary from one to the other. Not saying that this accounts for the difference's in yours, but it seems the most obvious explanation from your pic's.

 

[SouthernSnow]

Update again, was checking the tricomes and I'm seeing some with redish/amber heads, and most look to be cloudy, but still have some clear ones now and again. The bottom buds are for sure not ready yet, but any ideas on these main buds? I'm going out of town for a week or so and have someone watching my plants, just curious if they will be done sooner rather than later.

Thanks for any help!

 

[Newcangro]

You still have close to a month to go

 

[Newcangro]

Wait for all those hairs to turn red, then recede

Wait for buds to swell

You may even have more than a month based on those pics

 

[SouthernSnow]

You still have close to a month to go

Ok, I figured it was probably at least 2-4 weeks since there are so many white hairs, just not sure and don't wana mess up this first harvest.
Thanks!

 

[Newcangro]

Ok, I figured it was probably at least 2-4 weeks since there are so many white hairs, just not sure and don't wana mess up this first harvest.
Thanks!

Definitely wait it out, it would be better to go over by a day or two then cut it to early. The end result will be much better.

Plants look good by the way

 

[Nope_49595933949]

Plants look good, stop checking tricomes, you aren't even close yet.

 

[steve870]

at least a month left

 

[yummy fur]

...and don't wana mess up this first harvest.

The only thing that can go wrong from here is bud rot, so keep the climate dry and keep a close eye towards the end.