iNFID3L- how much prep/work/money did you invest into this grow? Must not have been much...otherwise idk why you wouldn't have the patience/discipline to wait it out and harvest bigger, more tasteful, more potent buds. 3-5 weeks may seem like a long dry/cure period, but you goin for silver here or gold? patience pays in this field my friend
Personally I always harvest when there is a minimum of 85% dark orange hairs... every now and then I look at trics but trics have never been a deciding factor, though plants I decide to chop just for kicks I look at trics and all of them so far have been at minimum all cloudy.
Your hairs look very ripe in my opnion, you have some white hairs on top but thats just new flowers starting to develop the rest look good!
I got some advise for you, im in the same situation except my plant has spider mites and i have other plants aswell. So what im gonna do and i recomend for you if you dont wanna spend too much money on meds. Start chopping one branch every day or so. That way you will soon (2-3days) have dry weed to smoke. And you can see the different highs of the bud until you fully chop it and then let your other weed mature properly. Start flushing now my friend lol
lol is defenetly not ready to chop but you can go ahead and chop it it's your plant. Im chopping my smallest plant asap btw. Let me know if you want tips on quick drying!
im saying it based on the picture and based on my plants that have similar development. I have sample my plant and it got me high so im harvesting it on monday because im kinda broke so i cant buy meds anymore.
damn i haven't had to water my plants since mid-july LOL! i've only watered them every other week when i feed them (plants are in the ground)
Oh and I've got a great quick-dry tip for anyone who needs it: leave a small wet bud in the car...mine dried out enough to smoke very well in like 12 hours lol
ill not be doing any quick drying, ill just buy some , i vegged the mofo for 13 weeks , and im almost into week 7 of flower , few more weeks wont kill me, all things taken into consideration, i think ive been very patient.