Sooner than 8 weeks? Not fair, my Ice cross "White Castle" takes 11-12 weeks! 7-8 weeks is pretty common though, 7 weeks is always better! My White Berry is ready after 7 weeks. microscopes take a little bit of practice before you get good with them. It took me a 2 second peep earlier this week to determine my BD was ready to chop today. Don't worry about the purple, it probably means the VK is getting to the end of it's life, or it had a def or tox that is preventing it from uptaking potassium. You are pretty close to having everything come down, I would think. White Rhino should be done by week 8/9, VK should be ready at week 8/9, what else is there?