When you get to this point, don't evaluate them each day for cutting. Take a good hard look at them and either decide it's time, or wait another full week...then, a week later, take another good hard look and be as OBJECTIVE as possible and do it again. Pretend these are someone elses plants. They are getting closer, but look at the pistils, still plenty of white pistils and the brown ones haven't even begun to recede. Don't get hung up on the trichomes. If the breeder says it's an 8-9 week strain, you can bet it'll take 10 weeks, MINIMUM. Good luck! Give them time and those buds will produce some awesome smoke!