I'm letting my td go until almost all of the hairs are orange and shrunk in. Every time I've tried an earlier harvest, or even an "on time" one, the potency was shit and it tasted the same regardless of strain which together made for crap.... You really should get a cheap usb microscope or at LEAST a $2 jewelers loupe 460x magnification to check trichs.. try to make it so almost none are clear..