Is there a special tool to look at trichomes?

Or would a regular magnifying glass work?

It's called a pocket microscope or a jewlers loop!
A magnifying glass can work just fine as well, depending on how good your eyesight is!

Yes and no there is many different kinds of tools, I use a 50x jewellers loop , you can google that or check eBay, or your local hydroponics store would have one! A really good magnifying glass may work but I don't think it would be as accurate.

Agreed. Definitely not as accurate, but if you're going for "general stage" then it's easy enough to see burnt orange looking mushroom heads with a glass

Wee pocket scopes that take batteries are available for under a tenner on eBay and Amazon

They call them "eyeballs." And the other thing is called a jeweler's loupe.

Thank you very much guys! Appreciate the help! Ill deff check out my local hydroponic store, as suggested.

Just use Amazon.

If you have a harbor freight near by there cheap and work great

Mr.me said:

Thank you very much guys! Appreciate the help! Ill deff check out my local hydroponic store, as suggested.

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Yeah don't buy it from your hydro store unless you're happy paying the 50-200% mark up most of them have!

Yeah I got mine off of amazon. It has.a great light in it too. It's a 60-100× scope. Cost around 12$

Most of us use a lighted 30X hand-held mini-scope. The strong lens, 30X, means a real short focal length. A short focal length means you should be able to have a built-in light source. You can find them on eBay with a search for "30X scope" for $10 or so.

The tricky part of using a mini-scope is keeping the objective, usually a small sugar leaf, in focus. Here's the trick -- Put the sugar leaf on the back of your hand. You want to look at the underside of the leaf, eh? Then balance one side of the 'scope next to the leaf. You should be able to get and stay in focus by just tilting the 'scope back and forth until you have it right.

Good luck, BigSteve.

PS -- I know this is the new guy section so I gave the answer appropriate for a newby. After a while you will be able to judge the tri coloration/maturity by first noticing the color of the pistils and eventually just by squeezing a main bud. But, learn to do it the right way instead of looking for shortcuts. You'll learn a lot quicker that way.

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Or would a regular magnifying glass work?

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yeah, i've got one. just send your buds to me and i'll tell you if they are amber.

Hahaha that's funny