I just finished by first SD grow and tried to take it to 12 weeks before harvest but I was fighting aphids and had to harvest some of it starting earlier. I think the longest any of it went was 10 weeks. So far after curing it all seems potent and I have been happy with it. I am sure that I would have gotten more weight w/o the bug battle. I just had trouble with pests from the clones that I didn't get all of before putting into flower. Difficult when you don't want to spray - used soap but I was constantly fighting aphids. Make sure your plants are clean before going into flower. I should have used
Neem oil before flower. I actually harvested and rinsed everything off with
hydrogen peroxide and water - dried for about 30 min in the garage and then trimmed the cleaned branched and hung to dry in my dark drying area.