Babbagoots
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Are these ready
Tricomoes and harvest
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Attikus112
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The trichomes are the best way to determine if your plant is ready to chop. If you can get your hands on a 60x+ or so jewelers loupe or a microscope you can get a better look. If the trichomes are clear (image 1) their probably not ready. I aim for mostly cloudy (image 2) with some amber (image 3).
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Metasynth
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You are correct to check the tricomes, but left out the most important piece of information here
If you check the tricomes, make sure to check the tricomes on your calyxs, NOT the sugar leaves. The tricomes on the sugar leaves mature much faster than those on the actual calyx
Attikus112
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If you don't have anything with high enough magnification I recommend one of these Carson MicroBrite Plus 60x-120x LED Lighted Pocket Microscope with Aspheric Lens System (MM-300 or MM-300MU). I cut off samples (calyxs) from different parts of the plant and bring them to a table to examine. It's not the best scope for looking at the trichomes directly on the plant though. I had a hand loupe but I was never happy with the magnification. With this, I can see clearly enough that i'm not left scratching my head after looking.
