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Tips on how to view trichomes clearly

alltatup

alltatup

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I'm posting this topic because I figure that if it took me 1.5 years to learn how to use a loupe properly, someone else might benefit from these tips.
  1. Use a good quality triplet loupe. When I bought the Belomo triplet loupe ($37 on Amazon) and learned how to place it right up to my eye, a whole new world opened up. This loupe is heavy, made of metal and glass, and it's steady in my hand. I remember the days of trying to focus one of those crappy plastic microscopes over a bud and all my frustration at not being able to hold it steady and focus.
  2. Save money in the end. I bought around 4 of the cheap loupes and microscopes, as well as a cheap usb microscope; I'd say I spent well under $100 on all the junk, but if I had known, I could have used those bucks on something else for my plants.
  3. Take off your glasses. So I got the Belomo loupe in July, but I didn't take my glasses off and put my eye right into the recessed viewer until a couple of weeks ago.
  4. Like I just wrote, put your eye as close as you can get it to the recessed viewing end. I really like this about the loupe: it's comfortable and easy to get my eye positioned correctly.
  5. I can finally see my bud trichomes really clearly. I practice on my Afghan Kush, which gets milkier each day; but I can now clearly see how many clear triches are still there; I can clearly see the progress of their swellling up; I get a good look at how many pistils are still light-colored.
  6. I CAN FINALLY REALLY SEE WHAT I'M DOING!!! I don't have to second-guess what color my triches are: it's so easy to distinguish between the milky and the clear. Can't wait to see a lil sprinkle of amber!!
 
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That's a very nice write-up Alltatup, and a great explanation how to use it properly, Yes ,if you wear glasses, you have got to take them off, to see clearly, just like, when using binoculars, you need to take your glasses off, to see those deer ,on the other side of the pasture.
 
I bought one of those cheap usb, I ain't got nothing but a phone, that don't plug into my phone.
But I got a geologists microscope that works great. Gave the usb,thing to my Grandkids to take home an play with.
 
Real nice picks,I enjoy a nice slideshow i use mine whenever it’s that time, no way to hook up to phone but that’s ok as long as I can tell that’s what counts! Lol
 
Sometimes, but with your loupe ,you put your eyeball right on it ,then you touch the loupe on the bud, least that's how I do it, an they work fine for seeing clear or colors.
 
yeah you do kinda need a computer to use it, ive got a 100+ year old jeweler loupe from my moms great grand father or something, ill show you guys later but like you said daas you really gotta rub it into the bud and get really close to it
 
yeah you can use an xacto knife to snip one calyx, you can also use a tripod or any kind of support to analyze the buds in the plant or a very very steady hand
 
I like the usb scope because I can take a cut bud and get a real good look at it, and take pics like that beauty of yours!!
 
I was not successful using the usb scope in the grow room because I couldn't hold it still, so I didn't try to use it for too long. For me it was a waste of money, as were the cheap loupes that claim to be 60x or 40x, but really aren't.
MarkyJ How does your schnoz (which I assume is your nose, and not some big ol spliff you trying to smoke while looking at triches) get in the way? I just put the loupe right up to my eye, and lower my eye plus loupe onto the bud top.
 
Hey Marty, are you kinfolks with Klinger, on Mash ?? Jus kidn, my nose don't get in the way. But thats how you see clear, just like Alltatup said.
 
It’s just that easy, I will take the plant out of room to look mine has a adjustable light attachment on lt.
 
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