HELP! Does she looks ready for harvest?

[Alexanderz]

Hi I need help with figuring out if she is ready for harvest.

She is an (allegedly) sativa red point strain

I took these pictures today with handheld microscope and USB microscope. There is also pictures of buds

If you look at thricomes there are some amber ones already but at the same time, there are a lot of clear ones so I am confused

Looking at buds, they look kind of ready by the color of the pistils

Also, here is a video taken with USB microscope:

https://streamable.com/npz7rm

Thanks in advance!!

[Bluey]

My sativas will produce ambers 6 weeks in from flip so I go by growth rate as measured by water uptake and observing the buds develop, especially the pistol progression, looking for no new pistol growth and aging of existing pistols by the browning and curling.

I think at around the 6 week mark you can get a really good effect of the cannibinoids and most other active compounds but you're missing out on yield big time. You can actually get some pretty awesome effect from them at that point combined with good drying and curing and that shouldn't change a lot letting it go longer, just mostly yield in my experience.

As the buds get larger and you think you might be done, look inside the bud at the calyx on the stem or really close to it. There will be heaps of them. Have most of them opened? If not and you have been able to maintain healthy buds let them go longer till most open. You'll need really low RH though and lower room temps than normal and the buds blowing around in a strong breeze.

[Alexanderz]

So if my focus is yield I should let them grow for a little more time?

I cannot manage RH because she is outdoor. Same with temperature.

There appears to be like only 20 to 30 percent of white pistils

[SoOrbudgal]

Good job i don't see any bug damage and no i would not harvest yet

[Bluey]

If your humidity is too high, the higher it is, above 50%, the earlier I would harvest to avoid a mold attack.

Edit. Oh. Outdoors. M7st keep them dry and if you can blow air on them with a fan do so..watch them closely

[Alexanderz]

ok I will keep an eye out and post updates

thanks guys!

[Alexanderz]

Hi guys! Hope you are all doing good

I have updates!

- All colas look fuller, so waiting was the right call
- Yellowing of leaves is going up the main cola
- Almost no new white pistils
- There are more amber thricomes. There are crystalline, white and amber thicomes at the same time

I appended some thicomes images

What do you guys think?

[Bluey]

I think you have great looking buds in the harvest window. I don't see any straight or light coloured pistols so soon I'd think