I'm a newbie. Last year I grew indoors under a single 400watt light, 8 plants in two gallon containers containing standard potting soil. Nothing fancy, I watered by hand and had what I considered great results for a beginner. This year I switched to a homemade ebb and flow system using General Hydroponics Flora Series. I'm now at day 52 of bloom ( Sannie's Seeds Herculies Fem), with fifty percent of the pistiles having turned amber. I'm checking the trichomes daily waiting for them to turn from clear to cloudy. I've read somewhere that if I wait until the trichomes turn amber, the effect is less psychotropic and better for pain. I suffer from arthritis and pain relief is what I'm working toward. Yesterday, I cut a small lower limb off and microwaved the cola then smoked some as a test. Considering that it hadn't been cured or even dried properly, the effect was heartening - smooth mellow pain relief. The question is, should I continue to wait for the full term of 63 day bloom or start harvesting? Thanks in advance for your help.