Hello Fellow Growers,
I still consider myself a newbie although this is my third grow. This time, I am growing Purple Haze Auto. It’s 9 weeks now and the buds have turned out great. It smells heavenly and the trichomes have become cloudy. I feel it’s time to harvest. But the leaves are still green. I read somewhere that the leaves turn yellow when it’s time to harvest. Should I wait for a week more? Do I risk losing THC percentage and increasing CBD if I wait?
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Welcome to OG @THC_Asia !
Beautiful plant you’ve got there, are you using some sort of magnification to look at the trichomes? I personally go for a higher ratio of amber on them but that’s personal preference. The leaves aren’t necessarily a good indicator for finish time because some plants fade (start yellowing at the end of flower) more than others.
I would certainly decide based on the trichomes, that is the way of knowing when it is truly done.
Here’s some good reading for it, When is the Best Time to Harvest Marijuana Buds? | Grow Weed Easy
And here’s an image from that same page -
Good luck and again, Welcome 
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More details please, where did you get that purple haze auto? Looks good go ahead and harvest it you generally wanna take hazes before the go amber. Or just wait a week then youll have more body to the effect.
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Welcome to OG! Happy to have you here and very happy to have seen that plant, it’s gorgeous! My understanding is haze should be harvested while most of the trichomes are cloudy. I don’t know that specific strain so I don’t know breeders recommendation for weeks in flower, but I would think most hazes should run 10 to 12 weeks. Now I’m certain that the breeder probably says 8 to 10 is something so definitely I would check there and then go off of trichomes anyway because breeders count weeks differently some from light switch and some from first pistils, luckily for you and auto is probably always going to count from first pistils. In theory anyway.
Happy harvest when you do! Again I’m in love with that plant!
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Thank you for the inputs 
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Yes, i will wait for a week to be sure as you say. Got the seeds from Herbies in Spain. Thank you
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Breeder said 10 weeks. Maybe I should wait for a week more as it’s the 9th week now.
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Beautiful color, very vibrant.
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Welcome to OG. Nice looking flowers. I love me some purple haze.
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Some autos hardly amber at all. Harvest 10 days after the white pistils are done. Imo.
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Thank you @Organical for the welcome. This is my first time in any sort of grower community. Feels good to be able to share my passion without having to look over my shoulder. Thanks a lot for the suggestions
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