Judging rippening synchro ask time, too early and you get a weed without horsepower (no long lasting) and too late the cannabinoids are too degraded to restitute complex and potent highs. It’s a funky dance than we have all to face with our proper experience.
I known more individuals manners to judge this “golden synchro” than a single way really used by everyone. I never use the “amber alert” myself (understand than i don’t a fck about the trichome shades), i judge more by the whole shape of the plant and its reactions. And i use more my hands and my noise than a microscope in fact. I can resume that by “how she’s eating and use the nutes&light to grow”, then flush process, then blunt lol. I just need to grow a clone one time to discover it and it’s printed for good in a way. I’m feeling more versatile this way but i know good growers than will use theyr jewellery google each time. Question of approaches.
I never use the days count too, from one run to another I can fail something than increase the flowering time or put in late the maturation. Can be a bad synchro with the root boosters, a stress (stemp broken etc…), a light bulb to replace, a failed watering … list is unfortunately long and happend to all more than we dare to say lol But for sure you need new lights, it’s obvious. We have a lot of LED’s freaks here than i’m sure can help you to optimize your space if you launch a dedicated thread. Even additionnal domestic CFL will help a bit without increasing so much your bills (they never eat what is writed in the packaging, it’s more -30% to -40% the value).
On your last pic i will say than the “satin” is nice and than your leafs look clean, but i will not be able to compare the shape of GDP like with the first pic and be able to say on wich stage she’s. I will just state on the weird maturity, not a single calyx is ready. They all look like “born yesterday”, no oxydation and typicall mark of “aged bud” (colors included). And the chlorophyll is at its apogee, not really decreasing by a job fully done.
Looking more like this, with the flowers than are eating the space of the flowers on the stem. Not the reverse.