Hey got this mini microscope and am surprised at how well it works. What am i looking for, looks like another week till harvest. I can see the clear mushroom shaped clear things.

well my time to harvest is if those "mushrooms" turned mostly milky, then is the THC level at the peak

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keep the thumb green and the gun oiled, !

Ya they are clear Looks like water. Kool will keep checkeing

capitate stalked trichome photo by: Eirik

Although cannabis resin glands called trichomes are structurally diverse, they come in three basic varieties:

Bulbous:
The bulbous type is the smallest (15-30 micron). From one to four cells make up the "foot" and "stalk," and one to four cells make up the "head" of the gland. Head cells secrete a resin - presumably cannabinoids, and related compounds which accumulate between the head cells and the cuticle. When the gland matures, a nipple-like protrusion may form on the membrane from the pressure of the accumulating resin. The bulbous glands are found scattered about the surfaces of the above-ground plant parts.

Capitate-Sessile:
The second type of gland is much larger & is more numerous than the bulbous glands. They are called capitate, which means having a globular-shaped head. On immature plants, the heads lie flush, appearing not to have a stalk and are called capitate sessile. They actually have a stalk that is one cell high, although it may not be visible beneath the globular head. The head is composed of usually eight, but up to 16 cells, that form a convex rosette. These cells secrete cannabinoids, and related compounds which accumulate between the rosette and it's outer membrane. This gives it a spherical shape. The gland measures from 25 to 100 micron across.

Capitate-Stalked:
Cannabinoids are most abundant in the capitate-stalked gland which consists of a tier of secretory disc cells subtending a large non-cellular secretory cavity. During flowering the capitate glands that appear on the newly formed plant parts take on a third form. Some of the glands are raised to a height of 150 to 500 micron when their stalks elongate. These capitate-stalked glands appear during flowering and form their densest cover on the female flower bracts. They are also highly concentrated on the small leaves that accompany the flowers. The male flowers have stalked glands on the sepals, but they are smaller and less concentrated than on the female bracts. Male flowers form a row of very large capitate glands along the opposite sides of anthers.



photo by: Proof_of_the_pudding


photo by: Proof_of_the_pudding
The figures above denote capitate-stalked trichomes with green arrows, the bulbous trichomes with yellow arrows & the red arrows mark the capitate-sessile trichomes. Cyan arrows denote cystolith hairs.

ah, mogie is with us now, mighty power is with us hey mogie, do you store them all on your drive?

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keep the thumb green and the gun oiled, !

I was at this hobby store and they have these microscopes that are digital. Whatever you have under the microscope shows on your computer screen.
However these little hand held $14.00 ones are very good and yes it is very kool.

Getting excited yet about the harvest dursky?

Yes i wish it would hurry up as i want to get on to other things, looks like another week.

Paitence paitence. Its only another 7 days.. Should go by pretty fast for ya. Then on to bigger and better things. Just think how good the first joint will be.