I am in the midwest as well, I just harvested my outdoor plants. I did use a scope to check the trichomes and they were all milky white with some being amber. From your pics I dont really think its going to matter, The one plant seems to have some bud, but the other I can only see one small popcorn bud........they look pretty scrawny
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, sorry. If you waiting for the buds to get bigger, STOP....I dont think they are. I would go ahead and cut, dry, cure what you have and enjoy. There's always next time
Stl matt