Quote Originally Posted by cturner1984
if the hairs are around 85% and the trichomes are cloudy with a few ambers then its time to harvest...
Hairs (pistils) have nothing to do with overall maturity and should not be used as an indicator of time to harvest. Pistils (a tube that catches and carries the pollen to the embryo) get bent, broken, crushed, clogged, but this happens throughout the flowering process.

The trichomes will start-out looking like hairs on the leaves, then they'll form into little stalks with a clear globular head forming. As the plant matures, so do the trichomes. They'll go from clear to cloudy to a rusty or amber color. I try and harvest when cloudy and starting to turn to amber.