earliest i can sample?

[Bouq]

I have been flowering for a while now and I was wondering what is typically the earliest i can sample a bud from my plants?

 

[Mutt]

Honest answer? you shouldn't sample. takes away energy from bud production. I cheat though too. about 1 week before harvest maybe a week and half. I take one of those little buds that didn't get much light.

but to reinforce. you should not do anything to the plant until harvest to ensure that all of its energy is spent in bud production not healing a wound.