Quick question

[De7406]

thank you... so if i was to of cut off a hair and looked at that it woulda been no good?

[muddywaters]

no hairs aren't to trichy, just pull a small bud or trichy leaf and look at it. you can even look at it still on the plant.

i use the radio shack scope to it works well.

[psteve]

Hair color is meaningless.
What you are looking for looks like little clear mushrooms.
Then they'll turn cloudy, then they will start to turn amber.
That's when I harvest.

[muddywaters]

ya, maybe a pic will help you out.

my cam doesn't do macro that well but here's a pic. the hairs are the long drown things the bud is the purple veg and the leafs are the green things.

the trich's are the things all over.
[IMG=http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7493/nlxshivajv8.th.jpg]

[psteve]

the trich's are the things all over.

Correct.
If you look at them through the scope at 70 power, you should see the mushroom shapes, and color.
They will always look white to the naked eye.
Be sure to check trich's under fluorescent or metal halide light, not under HPS. The color of the HPS light can disguise the amber trich's and fool you into waiting longer than necessary.

[PlantHeadJ]

Hey take it from me, post everything you can about your system, timeline and everything you've done. The experience here can help you A LOT if you provide info..pics too. Just trying to help.
Stinky posted a form that may help you now let me find the link...

[De7406]

are they alwasy mushroom shaped or do they mushroom up later in flowering

[psteve]

are they alwasy mushroom shaped or do they mushroom up later in flowering

They are always more or less mushroom shaped, with the heads getting larger as time goes by and the weed gets stronger.

[Dutch Pimp]

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[De7406]

i noticed that my trichs dont look like the ones in the pictures, the stipe cell part starts thicker on the bottom and slims down towards the top, and the heads havent really swollen too much... what does this tell me, and how often should i look at them.
thanks