i will wait until they get really mature. thx alot for ur advice chester.Close enough ... after closer inspection if you like the high from the nug I'd say you can cut it any time ... I generally consider prime harvest time to be a period that starts about the time your pistils are 50% brown and runs until just before they all shutdown ... some plants are quick and some slow and plant health and environment can play a big part too ... the harvest on most good sized plants is either done in stages or most of the buds look mature so the whole plant comes down ... works the same way for an entire grow sometimes ...