Quote Originally Posted by catbuds
Ranger, I start a the bottom too & let the dummy be all excited thinking he got the best of the rest! Look at it this way, when a sativa bud runs, like say from a light leak or something, where does that running new growth come from? The tip top part of the bud, right? Where does the hairs start browning first? Last? I like that couch-lock knock me out kind of high, & the bottom part, being older, is riper. By the time the top trichomes are just starting to turn slightly amber, sometimes the bottom is becoming over ripe.
-- Pheromomes! HA! HA! Good one Ranger! LMAO!


-- OMB, my little handheld microscope is 60x - 100x magnification. $12.99. + tax @ Radio Shack. Its a great little tool. Need a steady hand though & you'll still want to keep your loop. Dutch Pimp posted that for us a while back. He posted a link to 'drying & curing your buds' too & I used to send noobes to it when they harvested their first grow. Its on here somewhere. You'll have to find it & book mark it. Its the best tutorial you'll find on the subject, & you'll be needing it soon!
The best microscope I have ever used is made for diamonds ( yes I do know how to look at those too and determine 'ripeness')….it sells on amazon for under 5 dollars- it is an LED lit 100X….I have several, one for almost every little pocket and purse and GR…..good thing I also have a shitload of rocks around too - my scopes and scales are claimed by them…hehe
crystaliscious Reviewed by crystaliscious on . Will 150w HPS outperform 372w of T5HO? Well, I'm going to Find out! Only really applies to me and my particular grow, but a worthy effort anyway. A couple day's ago I put two under the T5's, and two under the HPS. I think the HPS at 150w is about 18,000 Lumen?...and the T5's are pushing 35,000 Lumen. I will throw a couple pics up when the "wakeup" tonight, should be interesting anyway. Predictions? Rating: 5