Overripened cannabis flower can also become harsh or unpleasant when smoked. In doing so, marijuana plants will overripen, which may reduce the quality, potency, and even size of your harvest. Many novice cannabis growers wait too long to harvest their plants. Unlike pistils, you don't want to wait for a majority of trichomes to turn brown, which suggests your plant is overripe. When the plant is ready to be harvested, most trichomes will have turned milky or cloudy white (and some will have changed their color to amber or brown). While your cannabis plant is still ripening, you'll find that the trichomes will be clear. Like the pistils, trichomes will darken and change color as the plant approaches maturity. When you pick up a sticky piece of bud, it's the trichomes that are sticky. Close-up, they resemble tiny, clear mushrooms. Trichomes are the small resinous glands found on your marijuana plants. The more accurate way to determine whether your marijuana plants are ready to harvest is by looking at the trichomes as your plants are flowering. That’s why, while it’s more complicated, many growers prefer the trichome method. Using the pistils to gauge the maturity of your cannabis plants is straightforward, but it can be easy to misjudge, inadvertently harvesting too soon or overripening your cannabis plants. The longer you wait from this point, the less THC will be preserved by the plant. Once 60 - 75% of the pistils on the plant have changed like this, your cannabis plants will be ready to harvest. They will also begin to curl up against the cannabis buds as they do so. As the plant moves closer to maturity, these pistils will begin to darken and become brownish or orangish in color. When flowering marijuana plants are still developing, most pistils will be white and stick up straight from the plant.
Pistils are the female sex organs on the cannabis plant, and they resemble thick white hairs protruding from the buds. However, it isn’t quite as accurate as the Trichome Method. The Pistil Method is the easiest way of determining if your plant is ready to be harvested. Thankfully, there are a few (relatively) straightforward ways to tell when your plants have achieved their peak maturity. The exact time it takes for your plants to be ready may vary substantially.
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