Switch forums. Try IC mag, it has the most information. But you still have to read it. Folks don't generally read through all the grow logs looking for the odd question about grow problems here or there. If it is posted in the correct sub forum with it's own thread and title it is more likely to get answered.
It seems accurate that this site is visited more from new growers and non-members lately. Not a lot of people from the past with experience with growing and posting on the internet. I still visit here but most of the interesting reading I do is on a different forum. Lots of cash croppers and large scale medical marijuana providers with great photos and grow logs. But not here.

To try and answer the question, why do your plants look the way they do? When to harvest?
I have not experienced premature amber trichomes. High temps in the grow room could be at least partly to blame. The outdoor plants may also have nutrient 'challenges'.

It's not always easy to determine peak harvest time. Many strains keep on putting out new pistils forever, under certain conditions. Others will never show amber trichomes. It isn't always like it is 'in the book'. The knowledge you need will come from experience. No short cuts there.

See ya, and good luck.