Curious what people's preference is here in determining when to harvest?

Most of what I've read on this forum seems to suggest amber trich's are an indication the plant is ready for harvest. MMJ Growers Handbook suggests amber trich's are a bit over ripe?

My brother bases his harvest on the brown hairs, said he's never looked at them under a scope or anything. His bud is always top shelf but they always buy expensive clones.

I have two plants with at least 50% brown hairs, one plant grew purple hairs and at this stage half of them have turned brown. Under the scope the trich's are milky and not amber, the other plant was a little over 50% brown hairs(I purpously let this one go a little longer) but only milky trich's, I harvested it last night.

I'm thinking of pulling the purple hair plant tonight, buds are rock hard and most of the large sun leaves have died off. We're supposed to have a storm moving in by Tuesday and I don't want to deal with it getting whipped around in bad weather hoping to squeeze another week of growth. The branches are sagging from the weight of the buds so it may not take much for a good burst of wind to break one off.

Does anyone have any anctedotal evidence that there is a significant difference between milky trich's and amber? I really want to get this one plant finshed perfectly, it's the largest, the buds are significant in size and the purple hairs have me really curious what this will be like.

The plants I harvested a few weeks ago had just a hint of amber on some trich's but the buds were starting to sprout new waves of white hairs, my brother told me to pull them right away as they may have gone too long.
Purple Daddy Reviewed by Purple Daddy on . Trich's vs Brown Hairs? Which is your preference? Curious what people's preference is here in determining when to harvest? Most of what I've read on this forum seems to suggest amber trich's are an indication the plant is ready for harvest. MMJ Growers Handbook suggests amber trich's are a bit over ripe? My brother bases his harvest on the brown hairs, said he's never looked at them under a scope or anything. His bud is always top shelf but they always buy expensive clones. I have two plants with at least 50% brown hairs, one Rating: 5