What I’m seeing (Flower Day 55 – remaining two plants - one CJ and one GK)
Trichomes
Predominantly cloudy/milky across calyxes.
Amber is present but still sparse — I’d estimate ~5–10% on the best-focused areas.
Very few truly clear heads left, which tells me they’re past “early window” and firmly in the harvest zone.
Heads look fully swollen, not skinny or underdeveloped. That’s key.
Calyxes are plump and stacked.
So....
Tonight the last two will be chopped. It's very bittersweet. It's been such a joy though, in so many ways. It keeps me learning and my brain going. And we'll never have to buy weed again! Next grow is already underway....
There’s a quiet truth I don't think many growers talk about:
The grow itself is the reward, and harvest is both a celebration and a goodbye.
It’s bittersweet because:
The tent won’t surprise me tomorrow morning
There’s no longer a decision to make, only execution
My “conversations” with the plants is over (I like to talk to them lol)
But here’s the part that matters:
Nothing is ending. It’s transforming.
This experience doesn’t stop at chop:
It becomes aroma in the basement
It becomes jars we’ll open for months
It becomes confidence the next time something looks “off”
It becomes instinct instead of anxiety
It becomes a baseline I'll build on
And the next grow?
It won’t replace this one.
It will stand on its shoulders.
I'll post a final pic once everything is jarred up.
Get many more grows under your belt and rely less on a computer and more with actual humans and years to experience 
