This happened to me last year, and it’s maddening.
I’ve got 2 autos left to harvest. Gorilla Cookie and Ztrawberriz. He’s my dilemma. I’m into day 107!
I examine them every other day under my microscope and they’re loaded with trichomes. But they are a 50/50 mix of clear/cloudy, with a smattering of amber.
My tent is vented out a window, and I can smell these babies in the street!
My wife says CUT THEM.
thoughts?
Guess you’re not using filters @Beard-O
You gotta listen to the Misses, There probably real close.
No. I eliminated the filter. I have my exhaust fan pull the stale air from the tent and out the window.
Lets see a pic?
Get a filter . . . for the spousal unit or the tent; your choice. 
Cut 'em when they’re mostly cloudy.
Autos are notorious for this behavior. Also if the ladies are getting too much nitrogen in late flower it can make them want to keep chugging instead of leaning into Senescence.
Foxtailing is sometimes an indicator that too much nitrogen is present in late flower ( also heat stress and genetics will make foxtails) I try to wait for the calyxes to fatten and the hairs to wither before I even look at trichomes, it can be maddening lol
My FB Gorilla Cookies AF went 121 days and I love it.
Maybe sample a bud, see if it’s to your liking.
I do that when my autos are giving mixed signals of their maturity, etc.
Doing this is very helpful to me.
Those strains sound yummy! 
Start giving it a 16oz bottle of water straight out of the fridge the cold water will make the plant think winter is coming and focus on finishing up you can also try reducing the hours of light if its almost finished it wont stunt it and again will make it feel its running out of time basically try to trick the plant into thinking it needs to be done
If you’re seeing 50% clear and 50% cloudy you still got a good ways to go. Is it illegal to grow at your house?
Weed is going to stink. And I totally know what you mean about smelling it halfway up the street. It’s legal here but I get my neighbors from time to time say, “I smell that weed” I normally reply my wife’s in the bathroom taking a 
and just walk away.
I totally understand your concerns. But you know harvesting too early especially with only 50% cloudy is basically a waste of your entire grow
Ok, let me ask you. After 121 days did the trichomes turn amber and cloudy?
Every plant’s going to be different. I’ve had gorilla cookies go 7 weeks of flower and had 20% Amber and I’ve had them go 15 weeks of flower with 2% Amber it’s never the same and you really can’t compare it to other plants.
Some autos never show amber FYI.
Pictures would be helpful.
Appreciate your advice lostgirl.
I live in Massachusetts, perfectly legal. Actually the smell is not problem at all. My next door neighbor grows as well. And he’s always joking with me how he can smell my grow from inside his home.
But I’ve grown Gorilla Cookie before, and I always get nervous after 100 days.
I just grew some Banana Purple Punch, and she was done by day 75. Looked at the trichomes under my microscope, and it was like a textbook definition of mature trichs. 75% opaque, 25% amber.
I can’t tell you how many autoflowers I’ve grown. Probably more than half of them have been from fast buds purple punch, banana purple punch, purple lemonade, zstrawberries, gorilla cookie and the list goes on and on and on.
When it comes to comparing grow to grow plant to plant nothing’s ever the same.
Go back to basics. Don’t get nervous when you see 100 days don’t get nervous if you see 150 days do what the plant says don’t try to manipulate it, don’t try to rush it. It’s going to finish. 50% cloudy and 50% clear has weeks to go in my opinion. I thought you had legal issues and you were worried if you’re in a legal state sounds like you’re only problem is patience. (Not trying to be rude I just call it as I see it).
In all sincerity, the hardest part of growing cannabis that I’ve seen and learned from this forum is overwatering and patience. I checked my trichomes once a week if it’s not where I want I check it again the following week.
Everyone has their own reason and I believe most of it it’s just over anxious to harvest. However, Impatients comes with a very valuable lesson. You learn that lesson when it’s too late and your weed does nothing but give you a headache and you say man I wish I would have let it finish. Don’t be that guy hang in there bro
Don’t sweat not seeing a lot of Amber but you definitely don’t even want to consider harvesting at 50 clear 50 cloudy
By the way, gorilla cookies is hands down one of fast buds absolute best strains. It’s total fire. (In case you’ve never had it)
It was foxtailing. It was cloudy but new growth with clear. Amber on some sugar leaves, the plant stop drinking and was ready.
Thanks lostgirl.
I like Gorilla Cookie myself. This is the third time I’ve grown it.
I just finished curing the Banana Purple Punch. I gave my buddy a 1/2oz in a Grove bag the other day. It’s had been heat sealed for a few weeks.
He called me immediately that night after he cut open the bag. He said the fragrance was amazing! Really enjoyed smoking it.
Here some trichomes photos of the Banana Purple Punch the day we cut it.
Yeah that’s tremendous trichome production there. Perfectly the way I like it.
My son liked the banana purple punch. The purple lemonade was really good. If you’re a big fan of fast buds you should try Chemdawg.
Also, they’re blue dream was a flawless plant. It got slightly bigger than what I consider average autoflower. Even the larf buds were dense as rocks. This plant I gave a 10 out of 10 on every aspect of it. It smelled like blueberry pie. I’ve never smoked weed that made me feel like I was lost in my own backyard. This blue dream did it. Frosty beautiful nuggets.
