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i jus got a 60-100x pocket microscope from radio shack...now what is the best way to check them...by puttin it up to tha plant n lookin (which i am havin a hard time doin :P) or to cut a piece off and look(some one had said to do that) but would it stunt it or hurt it in some way?? thnx
DUDE,, DO IT BEFORE YA GET STONED. IT'S ALOT EASIER.
lol...well im not at tha moment...should i maybe trim a leave from near the main cola or..???
you need to turn off your fans and stabilize the scope. I use a camera tripod and duct tape the scope on. You can fashion a variety of stabilizers from a variety of household materials; long as you have duct tape your set.
Snip the smallest sample possible, off a bud leaf. Put it on a white paper plate. If you cut it small enough. the microscope will fit over it. No matter how small you cut it, you will still have to move the microscope around to view it all. You can take micro-samples all over your crop. (P.S...don't get resin on the lens- don't use rubbing achohol to clean lens)..60X is ideal.Quote:
Originally Posted by trupothead420
Make sure to view the trichomes in actual daylight (5500k) makes a BIG diff in what you see color-wise.
you people are all fucked up, its a handheld microscope from radio shack. Trupothead, you have to do like I said in the other thread. You have to take a sample from the bud, its best to place it on a all blue surface. I told you it would be damn near impossible to see what you need to see on the plant, which by the way your most likely rupturing all kinds of trichomes while doing...(don't you listen!?)
...why put a sample on a blue surface?....with a pocket microscope, that has a light blub for illumination? True..true..I do get fucked up.
trichomes show up better on a blue surface. There was an article in Red Eye and Weed World a few months back about a micro photographer, that was taking photos more than 100x. Photos of single trichomes, truely incredible stuff, anyway he's the one that discovered that. Also red works good too but not as well as blue. I was skeptical at first also but then I tried it and it does really make a world of difference. ;)
smokey post some pics :D