Just so u know, I’m on my first indoor grow….but I grew some multi-lb harvests outdoors years ago. So I am familiar with qualifying a bud for ripeness.
That said, I think she needs to go a bit longer. I see a fair number of fresh white pistils poppin and I’d never harvest when that’s happening. It looks like they have some fattening up to do yet…which is a good thing. I don’t bother w/trichomes unless the buds are ripe, then I may have a look. I don’t subscribe to the theory where you harvest based on the type of high you prefer. That choice is made when selecting a strain to grow.
Ripe is ripe and the color of trichs are what they are….once the bud is ripe.
One more thing….just like picking a tomato before it’s ripe, you can do the same with MJ. That tomato or bud will turn a little and appear ripe….but it won’t taste the same.
Once your buds stop producing new pistils and the old ones turn and recede back into the calyx that’s ripe for me.
But everyone has preferences…..some prefer green tomatoes….lol
Good luck and the plants look great.
