If I may...
AUTO flowers and Critical Auto are my genetic traits.i love them to death... lol anyways....
Stress for an Auto is awesome regardless of what you may think is Bad with an Auto it's 80% less to the plant. Believe me. The genetics of an Auto are 7x the speed of a Photo. This means, you drop her, cut her up like a poodle hair cut, give her water , say sorry, zip.tent up and next day she will start new fans and growth and laugh back at you. They have the resistance strength of a god lol.. so, don't freak out and relax.. if your into work 10 flower and your getting Yellow leaf and falling leaves, curling, browning spotting..etc... thats called end of life symptoms. That's totally normal. The Plant is Using 7x the photosynthesis, water, nutrients in a day than photos do.
The ripening stage is Stage 4 in most terms. Ripening the leaves die off faster, pistols change to oranges reds browns and is a Good indicator of trichome stage. As you know I'm sure, you have 4 trichome stages. Clear / cloudy / amber / gold. Clear just starting off, not much effect. CLOUDY getting more energy from the product when consumed. AMBER relaxing chilling out and more a body dry mouth experience.. then there is GOLD. Now allot don't know about GOLD but I do as a horticulture canabis graduate licences grower, GOLD is Couch potato munchies can't change channel numb to dumb. Lol Cbdn cbda thca are all at its Max. This stage the Tops of the cola feel Dry and Hard, this is maxed before Hermi kicks in. Your best way to know when it's done, is what do you want from the product at point y of cured? Energy? Relaxing? Couch potatoe? Use a Microscope!!!!! They are super duper cheap online, even a Jewlers scope works well. 30x 20x 10x all work. ALSO, genetically no plant is ever Done when we think it may be done... all plants grow the speed and size and quality it's ever known, genetically. We can Influence the plant as it grows and have a New genetic memory for the next batch if that plant went hermi seed.. but a seed only knows what the Moma plant knew. Is why finding Good seed breeders are your best way to grow Incredibly amazing flower, and everything you as the Grower and caretaker of that plant during its life do, lst, hst, trim, prune, shape, etc...will reward you in the end with all your love back at ya 10 fold in quality.
Be patient.

ArtfulCodger said:

It doesn't. The things I've read say max potency is when all the bud trichomes are cloudy. I like more of a mellow body high.

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Well that's not entirely correct tbh. Genetics and science of the Trichomes canaboids sugars cbdn cbdb thca qualities are felt differently to everyone in a unique way. Clear trichomes which most growers look at with a microscope, are Just starting to Mature, erophia effects are minimal to none. Thca has just started to form. Cloudy is now a more uplifting energy trichome thca property when consumed... so the person will have a buzz but have the energy to enjoy the day.
Amber trichome colors are more of a Relaxing stone, dry mouth end of day or a bad sore day.. lol past 2 weeks Harvest those amber go more Gold. This is Couch potato stoned, munchies, dry mouth, droopy lazy eyes.. night night
Now you can have Both Clear / cloudy
Cloudy / amber amber / gold. All on a % scale by view of your scope. Yes, not to say .most users like Cloudy, but that's not to say Pure Cloudy cause there isn't one really as when the flower matures so do the trichome colors as they fade from 1 to another, it's not all at once it's always a mix %.
So best Answer to when is it done?
Its done when the grower sees the Teichome mix they want the product to have as a high erophia experience stone when used. I like a couple different stages so I can use all day and before bed to chill and sleep better..
Hope this clears things up better on a scientific genetic explanation.
Davil420.

davil420 said:

Well that's not entirely correct tbh. Genetics and science of the Trichomes canaboids sugars cbdn cbdb thca qualities are felt differently to everyone in a unique way. Clear trichomes which most growers look at with a microscope, are Just starting to Mature, erophia effects are minimal to none. Thca has just started to form. Cloudy is now a more uplifting energy trichome thca property when consumed... so the person will have a buzz but have the energy to enjoy the day.
Amber trichome colors are more of a Relaxing stone, dry mouth end of day or a bad sore day.. lol past 2 weeks Harvest those amber go more Gold. This is Couch potato stoned, munchies, dry mouth, droopy lazy eyes.. night night
Now you can have Both Clear / cloudy
Cloudy / amber amber / gold. All on a % scale by view of your scope. Yes, not to say .most users like Cloudy, but that's not to say Pure Cloudy cause there isn't one really as when the flower matures so do the trichome colors as they fade from 1 to another, it's not all at once it's always a mix %.
So best Answer to when is it done?
Its done when the grower sees the Teichome mix they want the product to have as a high erophia experience stone when used. I like a couple different stages so I can use all day and before bed to chill and sleep better..
Hope this clears things up better on a scientific genetic explanation.
Davil420.

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Thanks for the info man, well appreciated.

The auto is still going, off the info I’ve got from you lot over the past few days I’d say it least another 4 days before she’s ready.

I’m exited to switch the photos to 12/12 when it’s down and watch their flower process

She’s still going strong!