Week by week flower guide — what to expect each week

Week 1-2: stretch, pistils appear. Week 3-4: bud sites forming, flowers stacking. Week 5-6: buds fattening, trichomes developing. Week 7-8: buds dense, trichomes cloudy, pistils browning. Week 8-10: final ripening, some amber trichomes. Harvest when your target trichome ratio is reached (usually 80% cloudy, 20% amber for balanced effects).