Trichomes

having trouble distinguishing clear from cloudy. Flowering for 51 days. Grand daddy purple and afghan kush special. Trichomes are hard to capture hope someone can help

I've struggled with this same thing two times. I watched and watched my trichs - studying the cloudiness. I read and seen pics, but it didn't make it clear. I harvested way too early once and a little too early the other. The last one, I saw a few amber trichs and thought "it's time". Wrong answer lol.

Idk how many grows you have done, and I'm sure more experienced people will help you more, but I can say (throught the experience that comes from failure) that the best thing to do is watch for problems and glance at trichs until you start seeing amber. Then fight that urge to harvest until you see amber on a large part of buds (not leaves) on the majority of the plant.

Happy growing to ya.

Trichome color is only one aspect you want to look at before deciding when to chop. The resin heads in these pics are still clear indicating your plant needs at least another few weeks of ripening to reach peak potency. Check again around day 65; you want most of the trichs to be cloudy indicating the beginning of your harvest window. I try to pick when I see at least a low percentage of amber heads.