trichomes are the crystal shiny looking sugar like stuff that covers your bud and parts of leaves..its the THC in the trichomes that get you high... the triches start off clear then they turn cloudy then amber.. well cloudy is said to be more of a heady high but amber is more of a chock lock body stone.. its said that the bud is at itspeak when all the trichomes are cloudy.. so you would let them go like say 90%cloudy n 10amber for best results.. or if you want a really heavyt stone let there be more amber.. just when the tricomes turn amber the thc converts in to cbn or simthin hense meaning the weed is degreading.. anyways i been drinking a german drink called jagermeister n smokin wed all night so sorry if i repeted myself.. i would read over the thread .. but as im bout to pour another drink n roll another spliff time is of the essence hehe