so here I sit with my white widow at the 49th day. Published data says this is an 8 week flowering plant. I am watching my buds and see that the pistils are starting to turn and fully expect that somewhere in the next week or two I will reach the point where 50% of the pistils have turned to their classic reddish brown. 75% of the trichomes are now cloudy, the rest are clear with a few amber here and there. My question to all of you with the older plants is:
Why are you waiting??

I plan on harvesting when the buds appear to be ripe (50% or more of the pistils turned color) and fully expect that most of the trichomes will be cloudy by then with about 5% amber showing. Am I missing something here?

Emmie