Yeah, I know about the amber bit. Problem is that some strains just don't do it. My 24 Carat refused to amber up even a couple weeks past due. The trichs were shrinking and leaning over, and still little amber. If NL behaves the same, the amber indicator will not work well.
Anyway, I have a NL soaking (now 56 bloody hours, and alive but not enough tap root for me to plant - not impressed so far), and if it makes it, I will reverse it for some seeds from a sister NL which will get planted in a couple weeks or so. I expect that it should hit the dirt tomorrow, but so far it is the slowest seed I have germed.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.