Have an outdoor grow in Virginia.It is now early November and my tricomes are milky, but I don’t see any amber. Able to take them inside An unheated garage for the cooler evenings.But just wondering if I should harvest or wait a little bit.
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Welcome to the community. If they have been out all summer growing know
mid November.Personally I would harvest. Good luck 
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I agree with Kelly. If cloudy and 90% hairs brown and receded you are in head stoned zone. Also some strains just refuse to amber. Welcome to the forum.
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For your input, it’s nice to be among friends.
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So should I cut the Fan leaves off when I first hang them or wait for them to dry out and then trim them off?
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Yes , take the big fan leafs on the wet trim and finish up with a dry trim. Shoot for a slow drying period 7 to 10 days if possible.
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@Tommyj WELCOME…
You know judging Trichomes and just growing in general is subjective…Theres so many variables and its not a one size fits all…The first so many years I too got milky Trichs and Amber came…Now these were different strains in the years,But this year I had two different Photos that seemed to not want to amber up…I waited and waited …The Blueberry Muffin did first but now Im thinking a few weeks prior at just milky I should have pulled them…They smelled stronger then when I waited…Same for my Romulan It actually felt stickier and smelled more 2 weeks while waiting for Amber Trichs…Your buds look good to harvest now…Id pull them…
congrats on your grow…
Thanks @Storm …You hit the nail on the head…Im a believer now…I think thats true these took forever like I said above…and I do remember reading about plants (Trichomes) being “over-ripe” .Im going to remember that for next season…Thanks!
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I just experienced that with my 100% sativa. I finally just took it down… best to pull before it freezes
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Really Huh…My Romulan was part Sativa so maybe thats why it took so long but when they did some of the buds looked very amber in fact with the naked eye it looked like the buds had a “brown-rusty” appearance I may have a case of mold or Botrytis…But I took a macro shot and the Trichs colors where so amber it made them look tan/light brown…also the black dots on the Trichs had me worried…Heres a look…
True…Its getting colder now…In fact I saw that in your neck of the woods you guys got tons of rain a few days ago…Flooding in some parts…wow!
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Not really around here. We have had about 4-5 inches but it’s been over the last 5-6 days so not really even any runoff to speak of. The news has to make everything sound so dramatic now.
Up north of I-80 they did get more than us but I haven’t seen much on the news.
Those trichs look over ripe to me… that’s what they look like when I scope a bud that has been drying for about a week.
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Everything looks great.If it were me I’d harvest all but one (weather permitting).And see what happens.By doing that you can make a expert decision on future grows.Cloudy Trichome give and uplifting heady buzz and a lot of amber will keep on the couch.
You definitely have plenty of patience,by waiting.
Congrats on a very nice grow,well done .
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Thank you all. They are drying nicely as we speak
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@Caligurl Yes thats what I was thinking it could be too…Like I said i was waiting for more Amber instead of relying on my nose and the stickyness of the buds…I dont have a scope or loupe but I was using a super magnifying glass and macro from phone camera …I think Im about 2 weeks give or take too late from when I first thought of pulling them… Those are Romulan and are currently curing from 11/08 …The strain info (this time) 
was more accurate this time IMHO Mid to late October. The curing buds dont have the smell I had with the Blueberry Muffin…Smoke report to come…
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