Trouble reading today's article? Click here: Issue #336 - Sunday, September 23, 2018
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue... - We're in the midst of harvesting a big-ol-bunch of homegrown and had to make sure it's ready. We tested a bunch of our cameras, microscopes, and loupes to see what made it easiest and now you can learn from our
experience!
- Don't want to read the article or look at the pictures? It's okay, read the short version and get back to your lazy Sunday!
- A grower put one monstrous plant in their living room. It looks comfortable there and I don't think it's gonna
move...
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
~Vincent Van Gogh
How to Look at Trichomes
with a Microscope by Sirius Fourside |
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As you can see, we’ve purchased many magnifiers/microscopes over the years… It’s so rewarding to harvest your own weed. Not only does it mark the end of a grow and a lot of work, but it’s also a countdown timer to being able to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
That being said, any cannabis grower who has made it through the flowering stage knows that waiting for the right time to harvest can be a major test of a grower’s patience, and it can be
hard to know when is the right time. This is where learning to use a microscope or magnifier to examine trichomes comes in.
3 Most Popular Ways to Determine When to Harvest Cannabis:
- Timing: This is done by just waiting and harvesting when
the breeder-specified flowering time is up. Please, don’t do this!
- Pistil Method: When at least 60% of the pistils have darkened and curled in, the harvest window is open. The pistil method has a huge advantage in that it requires no tools! And it’s MUCH better than using the breeder specified timing. However, it can still be inaccurate, and inaccuracy in harvesting means lower
yields/potency.
- Trichome method: Trichomes are the “glitter” on buds. When most of the trichomes appear cloudy-white under a microscope, the harvest window is open. While this method isn’t perfect, in my opinion, it’s the best thing we have right now by far. The downside to this increased accuracy(and yields/potency) is that you need more than just your eyeballs to observe trichomes
because they’re so tiny!
Today, we’re going to focus on the best tools to use for the trichome method. Not only will you learn what to expect from each type of tool (with pictures), but you’ll end up with the ability to judge the harvest window better and as a result, get better potency and yields in your next cannabis grow. Let’s get to it!
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larger versions Notes: Handheld magnifiers are the easiest to use and have the widest viewing angle, but they don’t zoom in close. Some magnifiers will have a smaller lens built in with a much better zoom, but these
small lenses tend to be as inconvenient as they are helpful. Best example: If you simply must have one, this magnifier has changeable heads so you can get more magnification without sacrificing
much lens size. But honestly, any other tool on this list will probably be better for you when it comes to checking trichomes.
Jeweler’s Loupes
Click images for larger versions Notes: Jeweler’s loupes are cheap and deceptively effective. You can use them to
get a pretty good look at the state of your trichomes, and you can also put them up to the camera lens of a smartphone and take pictures like the ones above. The zoom feature on cameras make trichomes easier to see clearly. Loupes are also very easy to use and made from tough materials, so if you buy one, you’ll probably have it for years and years.
Best example: You can’t really go wrong with a loupe. Almost any loupe you
get from a local hydro store or online will suffice. This is the one we used in the pictures above: Jeweler’s LoupeWait, there's still a TON of article left! We haven't even gone through half of the tools we tried. Still to come...
A good microscope is like a THC dowsing rod! |
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That patchwork quilt of a picture above is made of trichomes from our latest batch of homegrown (which we'll be showing you soon).
A large part of how we get impressive weights during harvest is to make sure to harvest at the right time. Cannabis plants keep adding on weight right up until harvest, so good
timing is imperative.
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I definitely enjoy ur guys articles each week. I like how you guys cover a wide rage of advice for all growers from beginner to master. Keep up the great work guys I really enjoy ur group. Those plants were grown in soil. I have been trying out the coco medium which I must say is proving to be very rewarding which come harvest I will send pics of those to show how much bigger they
will be than that beast. Happy growing 😎
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