Trichomes: Clear = Best Opaque = Good Amber = Shit

Quoted from High Times March 2011 issue from the article "Trichome Tech - Inside the Resin Factory" (craziest grow setup ever...dude has 2 Twisters!")

For years, K would harvest once the resin heads began turning from opaque to amber, but he's recently rethought his timing thanks to a study by Dr. Paul G. Mahlberg who found that the THC in a resin head is at its peak when it's still clear - not opaque and certainly not amber. Dr. Mahlberg stuck a tiny syringe into the bulbous head of the trichome and extracted its contents, then analyzed it for THC. The result, without a doubt, THC is at its highest before the trichome turns opaque. This makes sense when you think about it: Who harvests fruit when it's turning brown?.....K now harvests at the first sign of opaque trichomes, when the majority on the plant are still clear."

thats been my opinion. just seems to treat me better!

Thanks for the update, even though it will get trashed by other who dont give props to HT.

It's not High Times that's saying it...it's what a pro grower and Doctor are saying.

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/353534-trichomes-explained.html


edited to add:
i would just like to say i prefer mine a bit later than a bunch of clear and cloudy trichs. the trichs are only a small visible part of the actual chemicals that get you stoned, and i do sample a few times before i harvest by quick drying near fans. i find i prefer it a lot more towards the end of harvest as when it is early it seems i get really super clear headed after the shorter heady high goes away, and then i cant sleep cause im wired.

defcomexperiment said:

https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/353534-trichomes-explained.html


s when it is early it seems i get really super clear headed after the shorter heady high goes away, and then i cant sleep cause im wired.

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I do mine for the day and this is perfect^. To each their own!

its alot deeper than that yes the thc is at its peakness when clear turning o cloudy but to the the couchlook high u want amber becuase the thc is starting to degrade which yu get a higher cbn which is a mild physcoactive so it comes bak to the same old argument it is the growers prefrence on the type of high but i usally harvest half of mine at 20 to 30 % amber then the other half at about 50%amber and get 2 diffrent highs off one plant

I've harvested many crops from early to late. I've never had any one, single type of feedback from one crop to the next. Everyone says it's great, stony, etc. etc.....depends on the individual. I've never had everyone say that one crop was really uppity and stimulating vs. another crop that was totally couchlock.

I HAVE, however, had different people say completely different things about the same crop. One person may say that the smoke contributed to creativity and activity and another person would say that they were put in a coma and curled up in the dark on their couch from the exact same bud.