That last pic where the bud is in different lighting is the only one that allows me to see any detail. I don’t see any white pistils but my eyes aren’t the greatest. It could possibly swell up a bit more….do the rest of the buds look like this one? If all the white hairs are receded and changed color you are likely in a good window.
I used to grow a good bit outdoors many years ago and got incredibly lucky to avoid all the possible hazards. I learned the outdoor grow from an old timer (he was probably 60 at the time but I was 22-23 so he was old to me). He was a local celebrity in some small circles for the high end buds he raked in yr after yr. Well he told me once when buds look totally ripe on the outside to let them go another full week and they’d be ripe on the inside. That has been good advice that served me well over the yrs. 90% plus of all plants are chopped too soon…,I see it every day on these sites with diaries. Sometimes it’s just a week two but there are plenty of growers whacking their grows a month or more too early.
With yours I would look at a bunch of buds and only look at the calyces. If you’re getting amber throughout the entire plant then it’s there….so i would wait a week and chop. If you have to really search to find those amber trichs then it’s not ripe.
FYI, i don’t subscribe to choosing your type of buzz by harvesting early or later…,that’s what the strain is for. To me it’s either ripe or it’s not. If you don’t want a couch lock buzz don’t grow a pure indica…..
Congrats on a nice looking set of buds and thank goodness you let them get ripe.
