Rusty thanks for the info. Knowledge is good. I appreciate your explanation as to the cloudy vs amber or brown. I had a problem last year because I wanted to see more amber or brown tricomes and kept waiting but the buds started to cabbage (not sure if that is an official term). That is when you have nice solid buds then they start to get a wierd late growth out of the middle of the bud and if let to grow more the buds will lose their solidness and start to become airy and less solid. I am not sure how this affects the smoke quality but I think it is negative. I will keep this information on cloudy tricomes in mind when I harvest. I still need the hand microscope. With my eyes I need a 5x just to read.:smokin:
rudy2010 Reviewed by rudy2010 on . 8 weeks in, trichs still clear Hi everyone, I'm dealing with a "quick finishing" strain that is supposed to have 6-8 week flowering period. Well today marks the end of the 8th week of flowering and although the buds are covered in trichs and are looking quite delicious (I tested a small piece of one with excellent results) they are all still quite clear. I guess some look somewhat cloudy but most look clear still. Is it possible that some strains just don't turn amber when they're "ripe"? Should I just go ahead and Rating: 5