Indoor Trichomes

[texasboy26]

:howdy:
Still Having Trouble with Those Heavenly Bodies popularly know as Trichomes
It is extremely hard to properly discern whether they are clear or cloudy.
I purchased a more powerful eyepiece (45x) with an LED light. The light is bright white and illuminates everything.
The Trichomes become a problem. They appear clear and cloudy depending on the angle of the light. At the moment, though they are weeks past their due date, the trichomes are quite clear. When I come on cloudy ones, all I do is move the light and they become clear.
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It seems to me that they appear clear for most of the life of the plant (I see them from as soon as the flowers start to appear-but I dont know enough about them). Then as the plants reach maturity, the plant produces cloudy Trichomes until the cloudy trichomes outnumber the clear ones. At least thats what I think I see. Its hard to tell.

I dont know how things change color. If I have an afflicted leaf and treat it, sometimes the leaf returns to its original color, sometimes the old leaf maintains the color of affliction and only the new leaves come in without the affliction. Yet a few days ago, my leaves were exceptionally pale and somewhat mottled. So I sprayed the leaves with a mild solution of Epsom salt, Rhizotonic and Cannazym. In the morning the leaves were green, and somewhat pale. The following day they were back to normal. No evidence of the problem. Now that shows the leaf can 'fix' itself (on the fly, so to speak.) and doesnt necessarily show scars. Though plants are not doctors, it can fix some things itself.

Now this could mean that Im seeing things wrong and it is possible that the plant makes the clear trichomes cloudy on the fly and causes some to drop their heads and causes some to later turn brown.

One thing Ive learned about the internet-if you see it on the net, its probably wrong. Real, true information on the net is a rarity. Rumor Rampant! If youre looking on the net it probably wrong. Searching for the Truth is a noble endeavor but not on the net. But Ive got nowhere else to go and this is very important. So Im throwin it out here and hope I can sift through the morass of shit I expect and find the germ of truth that I dont.

Thanks, ye seekers of truth!

DOES ANYONE KNOW, NOT THINK THEY KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT TRICHOMES?​

 

[fullauto]

Your not alone bro,i'm having the same problem. My eyes are shot to hell and it don't matter what i use they still are hard buggers to see let alone tell if their clear/cloudy!

 

[Truu]

Hey dudes, I cant really TELL you how to look at them cause its not too much of a process. Really and truely (from what I've read) the best microscope you should get is a 100x microscope. I noticed you said you had a 45x, I'm not sure if this would really make that much of a difference. But I know for a fact, when you see one that is amber, there is no denying that it is clearly and amber color (kinda like sap from a tree). Now clear and cloudy may be a little bit more harder to distinguish, but I have not had any problems doing so.

However I do know that some strains may not turn amber, or cloudy. Also when you are looking through your microscope, its best to do it in a white lighted atmosphere (6500k). I noticed when I was looking under my HPS I thought they were all clear, but when I took my plants out from under the HPS it became clear that they were cloudy.

Sorry its kinda hard to give advice on this subject, for me anyways. But I guess my only advice would be to change the lighting in the room you are in, or get a 100x microscope. Hope this helps man.

 

[kpex]

Whats the strain? Some don't amber.

Your ability to identify amber trics will come with experience. Have patience and keep growing. There are other ways the plant will tell you its done. Keep an eye out for the other identifiers and see if you notice any change in the trics at that point.

I have had good experience from using a scope to view trics from the side, not directly down on the leaf. I'm also outside, so the sunlight is bright. You might want to try pinching a small leaf and examining it in the sunlight - use tweezers. Might possibly help. I wouldn't do this all the time, but might help shed some light (pun intended) on identifying amber trics. The artificial light might be hindering you. Good luck.

 

[Muddy]

For a better understanding of what happens in the later floral stages I'd suggest you take a look at this: https://www.autoflower.org/f42/marijuana-botany-1963.html. It's pretty technical but does explain the processes that take place with the the plant and what causes the trics to go through their various changes.

 

[texasboy26]

I'm also outside, so the sunlight is bright.

amber trics.

I am an indoor grower as the forum says. I have no desire to see amber, I have been told (probably erroneously) amber means over, the smoke becomes couchlock

 

[stocious]

who dosnt want couchlock? i do lol

 

[Muddy]

Depends on how much amber. 5-10% isn't going to give much couch lock where 30-40% might. But it's also strain dependent.

I am an indoor grower as the forum says. I have no desire to see amber, I have been told (probably erroneously) amber means over, the smoke becomes couchlock

 

[Truu]

Mmmm couch lock!

 

[stocious]

mmmm couch lock!

bravo!!