is this ready to harvest? 8 weeks into flowering

Plant is a sativa, grown natch

PS. Sorry for the size of the picture but i wanted it to be as detailed as possible.

http://web1.vircnet.com.au/~rcs/20070419/IMGP0638.JPG

Looks like it needs a little longer to me, it would really help if you knew the strain.

Well I'm in Oceania so I would guess it's a strain from south east asia...whatever they use

I got the seeds out of some natch I bought last year.. so i have nfi what strain it would be

looks like 1-2 weeks yet

hey... so when you look at the buds, what tells you its got another 1-2 weeks left?

you want more and darker orange hairs and all the trics on the leaves to have a little cloudy almost milky look to them

You need a $15.00 microscope from radio shack to see the trichs.

Hey Man, you are about in the MOST Important stage, be careful and be wise and be Patient.
Can you get a small microscope from Radio Shack to look at those trichs? If not, wait at least 8 and half weeks at soonest to harvest when there are no white hairs to be seen and theya re all reddish brownish looking.
I can not tell from the pic if those are Hydroponic of dirt . Either way, 2 weeks b4 Harvest, you want to flush them real good with pure water, NO nutes. AND AGAIN- BE PATIENT ! What you do now is so importnat to flavor, taste and strenth and THC content. Do not rush to HARVEST and do not try to quick cure. It is so tempting to want to smoke one, but if you let them dry naturally, the sugars will give them such a taste. You do not wANt to smoke you first J and it taste like Mexican or like dirt or like smoke AND THE HIGH NOT BE THERE LIKE YOU EXPECTED.
GOOD lUCK AND BE PATIENT.

hangon, so I should flush the buds with rainwater because it has no chemicals in it?

I think he's referring to flushing the plants not the buds. During the last week or 2 of flowering you want to remove any salt build up/chemicals/impurities from the growing medium. Instead of giving your plants any nutes, just give plain water. You can use tap water, just let it sit in an open container for about 2-3 days to let the chlorine and other impurities evaporate. Rain water also works, but would probably be hard to get enough "fresh rainwater" to complete this practice. Good luck...you'll be smoking soon enough!

I have a massive rain water tank here... we use it to water the garden and stuff, so the water isn't a problem.

So I should take the plant out of its pot and stick it in a big tub of water for a few days?

Also I don't want to kill the plant, I need it for next season to make clones...

No, I'm pretty sure he is referring to you flushing the pot and medium with water. Every time you water from here on out....do not use any nutrients. Just water, and I'm assuming you have drain holes in the bottom. I try to apply as much water as to let a decent amount come out of the buttom. Now the amount you let go through is totally up to you depending on how well your roots soak up water. Mine soaks up the container in about 2 days. Unless anyone else has a different way?

I'm using a small plastic pot and its got holes in the corners of the pot.. so water can drain out the bottom.

okay so I need to give it a really heavy water...

To flush the plants in dirt you just water them heavy every 2 days with plain water dont add anymore food or nutes to it.They will drink the water and essentially burn the last of the stored nutes making the buds cleaner to smoke.If you use rain water make sure your not near a large city as rain water can be acid rain and be very polluted so ph test it.As far as clone you should have taken them during the veg stage. Clone froma flowering plant arent really good and will be very hard to take root as the plant already knows its life cycle is over plus if they do root then you have an extra long time to try and convince it to stop flowering and go back into veg after its genetics told it for last 8-10 weeks to bud before dying.

Hey, Man, sorry I was not clear, but I assumed you had read up on HARVEST and preparing for harest. Man, go to GROW FAQ here and be studying up on HARVEST and getting ready to harvest AND ON CURING. Perhaps on TRIMMING and manicuring too.
You need to cut and save some now for Clones and yu need to be FLUSHING and making sure the light is getting to as many buds as possible.

Good Luck.