Trichome Ripeness Chart...... - Cannabis Harvesting & Processing - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

**guineapig** · 11-23-2005, 04:25 AM

hello friends guineapig here....

Here is a chart which will hopefully help out when you are trying to determine when a trichome has turned from clear to cloudy to amber....

With this chart and a photographer's loupe (or pocket microscope), you should be better prepared to understand the cycle of trichome maturation....

(i'll try to enlarge it if there are any image issues....hope it helps....)

-kind regards from a trichome technologist,
the illustrious guineapig

George Burnz · 11-23-2005, 05:00 AM

Hey Guinea my Brutha its seems to be a lil too small. Can't make out the words. I already know when mine are ready but some may be scratching their head. Matter of fact mine won't turn Amber soon enough! Dammit Ripen would ya!

~GB~

GMT · 11-23-2005, 05:04 AM

GP, if ya could, a resize would be beneficial.

11-23-2005, 06:42 AM

Here is a larger version:

HawaiianGrown · 11-23-2005, 06:49 AM

Excellent.

Everyone needs to drop ten dollars on an illuminted pocket microscope from radioshack. It pays for itself after one harvest with the perfect trich ripeness.

Aloha

resinryder · 11-23-2005, 06:53 AM

Got that right HG. Those scopes take the guess work out of it.

**guineapig** · 11-23-2005, 08:24 AM

ambre to the rescue of the image-impaired guineapig....thank you for the resize....

yes i bought one of those pocket scopes to look at my gemstones but then i adapted it for determining trichome ripeness......i think the chart is helpful all in all....-gp out

BenitoCereno · 11-23-2005, 08:50 AM

Good info..perhaps a sticky.

I have the radioshack scope but I don't like it...I am in the process of getting a 30xloupe instead. The you have to basically smash the radioshack scope on the bud or take a snippet of the bud for the scope to work and then you have to have an extrememly steady hand. I have a really bad back so stooping over ans trying to keep a steady hand can be really frusterating for me.

11-23-2005, 09:06 AM

Self illuminated with an LCD, 50x, and fixed focus so you don't have to mess with it. A little pricey but well worth the investment.

https://www.pgiinc.com/50xlilpomi.html

11-23-2005, 06:11 PM

I have the small 9.99 radio shack microscope and a 30x loupe. The loupe leaves alot to be desired if you really like to explore your Trich's, You can tell if they are cloudy or amber, but I like to look through and see the thickness of the cloudiness or amber color.

I think I will add the above to my list also, Does it get in pretty close? I use the 60x on the radio shack scope and it does well.

11-23-2005, 04:25 AM	#1
guineapig Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In spite of my rage I am still just a rodent in a cage Posts: 4,601	Trichome Ripeness Chart...... hello friends guineapig here.... Here is a chart which will hopefully help out when you are trying to determine when a trichome has turned from clear to cloudy to amber.... With this chart and a photographer's loupe (or pocket microscope), you should be better prepared to understand the cycle of trichome maturation.... (i'll try to enlarge it if there are any image issues....hope it helps....) -kind regards from a trichome technologist, the illustrious guineapig
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11-23-2005, 05:00 AM	#2
George Burnz Get Off My Damn Lawn! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Famunda Posts: 76	Hey Guinea my Brutha its seems to be a lil too small. Can't make out the words. I already know when mine are ready but some may be scratching their head. Matter of fact mine won't turn Amber soon enough! Dammit Ripen would ya! ~GB~ __________________ I like my Women like my Milk. Fresh, Low Fat, and Unspoiled. Mmmmmm Got Milk?
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GMT I am, therefore I think Join Date: May 2004 Location: Wonderland Posts: 5,964	GP, if ya could, a resize would be beneficial.
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Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Here is a larger version:
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11-23-2005, 06:49 AM	#5
HawaiianGrown Pakaloha Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Walled Garden Posts: 275	as Mr. Burns would say.... Excellent. Everyone needs to drop ten dollars on an illuminted pocket microscope from radioshack. It pays for itself after one harvest with the perfect trich ripeness. Aloha __________________ HawaiianGrown Genetics for World Peace Have you ever Volcanoed Hawaiian in Volcano, Hawaii?
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11-23-2005, 06:53 AM	#6
resinryder Rubbing my glands together Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In a van down by the river!! Posts: 10,803	Got that right HG. Those scopes take the guess work out of it. __________________ I'll quit growing my meds the day they rip the bong from my cold dead hands! Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Even on a canna board.
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11-23-2005, 08:24 AM	#7
guineapig Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In spite of my rage I am still just a rodent in a cage Posts: 4,601	ambre to the rescue of the image-impaired guineapig....thank you for the resize.... yes i bought one of those pocket scopes to look at my gemstones but then i adapted it for determining trichome ripeness......i think the chart is helpful all in all....-gp out
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11-23-2005, 08:50 AM	#8
BenitoCereno Self-Hating Gnostic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: On the far left end of the couch, shaving my cat... Posts: 490	Good info..perhaps a sticky. I have the radioshack scope but I don't like it...I am in the process of getting a 30xloupe instead. The you have to basically smash the radioshack scope on the bud or take a snippet of the bud for the scope to work and then you have to have an extrememly steady hand. I have a really bad back so stooping over ans trying to keep a steady hand can be really frusterating for me.
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11-23-2005, 09:06 AM	#9
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	This is what your looking for Self illuminated with an LCD, 50x, and fixed focus so you don't have to mess with it. A little pricey but well worth the investment. https://www.pgiinc.com/50xlilpomi.html
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11-23-2005, 06:11 PM	#10
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	I have the small 9.99 radio shack microscope and a 30x loupe. The loupe leaves alot to be desired if you really like to explore your Trich's, You can tell if they are cloudy or amber, but I like to look through and see the thickness of the cloudiness or amber color. I think I will add the above to my list also, Does it get in pretty close? I use the 60x on the radio shack scope and it does well.
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