Hi MrGrowit,

I am 65 with late stage neurological Lyme disease and just grew my first indoor plant, an Afghan Autoflower from ILGM. I just chopped it down after seeing all the Trichomes were milky with a few amber and the pistils were approximately 65-75% red.

I belong to a FB cannabis  growing group and many told me I chopped way too early. All I’ve read in books and online is that once trichomes are milky and a few can be amber that it’s good to harvest. Pistils about 60-75% red or brown is less accurate I suppose but I thought I’d mention it. Can you tell me your opinion from the photos? I’ve done lots of reading and videos on YouTube and was pretty sure I did not harvest too early as I wanted to avoid trichomes degrading into CBN.  It seems (unfortunately IMO) there are some who delight ragging on new growers such as myself – but seeing this was my first indoor grow I believe I did an OK job. A few said the buds look too “airy”

thank you!