Need help guys.. Please. When to harvest?

I started out with clones. 1 purple headband 1 purple voodoo.
I vegged for 8 weeks .. At 8 weeks veg they were 2 ft tall .. Switched lights to 12/12.. They have only grown about a ft tall since I started flowering. Been in flowering for 5 weeks. There is resin and trichromes everywhere. But, the buds seem to be on the small side. According to grow info on strains they should be ready 8-9 weeks of flower. But, the pistiles are already turning red .. Also, about 30 percent of the sugar leaves have yellowed on one of the plants but only a few on the other. Both are getting same nutes and light etc
.Makes no sense to me. Should I follow the 8-9 week of flower before harvest and hope for the best , or harvest sooner?

Think you posted this thread twice but it's tough to tell with pink led light. Maybe repost with lights off.

Either way you need to be looking at the trichs. Get a magnifying glass and if you're mostly cloudy with some amber you're good to go.

Yield should be very good with Headband. Are these buds dense? And do turn the light off for anything close to an accurate guess.

like the other guys said, get a pic with the light off, you probably still a good few weeks away, you want all the pistils to turn color and start retracting back into the calyx, that's when the swelling of the buds will happen

About a pound

Alright, here are some pictures with lights off and close up of pistils and cytochrome.

freemancat said:

Think you posted this thread twice but it's tough to tell with pink led light. Maybe repost with lights off.

Either way you need to be looking at the trichs. Get a magnifying glass and if you're mostly cloudy with some amber you're good to go.

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Here are some pics with lights off

hotrodharley said:

Yield should be very good with Headband. Are these buds dense? And do turn the light off for anything close to an accurate guess.

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Here are pics with lights off

They look really good . Trichs could cloud up more on the one on the one shown.

leather lungs said:

About a pound

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Definitely!

If it says 8-9 weeks it's going to take that plus maybe more. Leave them alone and let them fatten up and fill out and you'll be much happier! ..good luck!