Generally, one would harvest based upon the color of the trichomes. They will be clear in the beginning, progress to a cloudy look, ending with amber coloring.

I actually just found a picture I got from cannabis.com, and it explains it all.
gainesvillegreen Reviewed by gainesvillegreen on . how long?? So my baby has been budding about a month now in a super secret safe spot in the woods. I was just wondering how long i should wait until i should be curing my buds? im really patient and i want my buds to be as fat as possible! you can really notice how dark purple the buds are getting if you look close, the flash on my camera is pretty intense so you have to look closely... leave me some feedback http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a128/NoGainNoLoss/100_2284.jpg Rating: 5