Overall Look vs Trichomes

Ace Yonder

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Ok I have a little dilemma. From what I can tell, and what some others have said, these buds don't look quite ready for harvest. But as far as I can see, the trichomes are at least 90% cloudy, i have to look hard to find any clear or amber ones. She has been on a water only diet for almost 2 weeks (But no flushing, was just letting her use up all the nutes in the soil since I went 95% organic and lots of stuff in there is slow release). Now I don't know what to do. She is an Agent Orange clone, 61 days into flower, and TGA lists the harvest time for Agent Orange at 55-65 days (I know those estimates aren't always accurate). Should I chop her in the next few days since the trichomes are the right color, or should I give her another dose of nutes and let her keep going for another 2 weeks to let the buds plump up in a more typical way? (I don't know if it changes anything but she got a bit seeded when she self pollinated due to my first timer stumbles)

I don't have a great way to get magnified pics of the trichomes but here are my best attempts
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And here are some pictures of the plant as a whole and a couple closeups of bud clusters, the cola, and middle branches.
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Just looking for some feedback from the harvest pros. If going through the plant's history would help, or if you're just intreagued, you can check out my newb-journal thread here https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/766090-first-time-grow-advice-feedback.html as it tracks the plant from when I got her as a clone until now (And sorry if this post violates the no multiple threads thing [don't THINK it does or I wouldn't have posted it] I just figured this was a good place to ask this particular question, my deepest apologies if it bothers anyone)
 
Plants look really great. Leaves look healthy and the plant doesnt look starved. I wouldnt feed it any more nutes if you want to give it just another week. U could always feed it some molasses. It's not a nutrient, but it may help the plant digest any nutes still in the soil and add a sweet flavor to the buds.
 

Ace Yonder

Well-Known Member
Thanks guys! So I should be fine if I harvest sometime between Wednesday and Sunday? I was worried I would have to put off the chop until early/mid march hahaha, I wouldn't be opposed to waiting a couple weeks if she would really put on a bunch of weight, I just don't wanna wait too long, have all the THC degrade, and wind up with a pile of nearly useless CBN ya know?
 
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