So this is my first grow ever and my afghan skunk is on its 7th week of flowering. I can see some good trichome formation and i can see a bunch of red hairs already as well.
Don't water for the last four or five days... unless you want to wait forever for your buds to dry You should buy a 60x microscope so you can check on the trichs!
Bud leaves on the main cola (which is the oldest) still look a bit green and healthy to me, I would let it go for another week or more, then off with her head! The trichs tell the tale, though.