Wanna watch the trichromes!!!!

Doalude

Doalude

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No really, I have a 30x jewelers loupe and it sucks, you need something with atleast 60x magnification. Get the radioshack hand microsscope its 60- 100X magnification and its under $20.
 
la9

la9

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3-Lens Magnifier - RadioShack.com

This works just fine and only goes to 15x, I don't know what you guys are looking for but you only need to see what color the bubbles are. I have no problems with that low of magnification, you must be growing some pygmy plants.
 
MrFishy

MrFishy

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Radio Shack 60X-100X $12.09
Works fine, though best to clip little nips off the plant and view them on a flat, white surface.
Check this out . . . PC scope
 
rambler420

rambler420

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this is what I bought. It's small, cheap, and dummyproof. It's 60x-100x magnification

Illuminated Microscope - RadioShack.com

It lets you get in there and see the trichome development and you can see the stalks, whether your triches are crushed, etc. Uber cheap. Uber easy.

Requires 2 AA or AAA batteries. can't remember which.
 
MrFishy

MrFishy

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shnkrmn said:
Have you used that USB scope? If it works for $57 we should all have one!
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Not yet . . . there's a member, a female, I think, who did and posted her results. They weren't crystal clear, but I think it was her initial effort. I do plan on getting this scope at some point.
 
thelastpirate

thelastpirate

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shnkrmn said:
Have you used that USB scope? If it works for $57 we should all have one!
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Thats what I'm talking about!!! There was a thread on RIU on making your own USB scope out of a Radio Shack scope and a web cam. You can't MAKE a decent one for less than $60. If it has decent resolution, that fucker is a steal!!!!!!
 
Boneman

Boneman

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If you use a light...a nice bright light with your 30x jewlers loupe it works fine. I also use a 420 scope and its hard to get used too but works really really good. I actually use both of them. They both have their uses.
 
lilmafia513

lilmafia513

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Okay so i bought the one from radio shack today, the 60-100x one.......:roll:

I have it on the 60x setting with the little light on, and i have to put the thing right on top, like touching the plant to see anything, is that gonna hurt the plant, or am i not doing it right?bongsmilie
 
GrowTech

GrowTech

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I disagree. 60X is just too hard to see the overall ratio of cloudy:amber glands... 30X allows you to clearly see the color, and from enough distance to allow a good setup for judging when to harvest.

100X is useless unless you want to see deep in there
 
rambler420

rambler420

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lilmafia513 said:
Okay so i bought the one from radio shack today, the 60-100x one.......:roll:

I have it on the 60x setting with the little light on, and i have to put the thing right on top, like touching the plant to see anything, is that gonna hurt the plant, or am i not doing it right?bongsmilie
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Naaah, you're fine. It doesn't hurt the plant. It'll make the scope sticky, though. I used that exact one all last year. It's kinda hard to keep it still and get the whole backwards movement thing down, but I could see everything.

It's kinda hard to hold still if you have shaky hands like mine, but if you tear off a small trim leaf and put it on the table it makes it easier to focus in on.

I kept mine on 60 as well. Anything more than that and I couldn't focus on the leaf.
 
lilmafia513

lilmafia513

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rambler420 said:
Naaah, you're fine. It doesn't hurt the plant. It'll make the scope sticky, though. I used that exact one all last year. It's kinda hard to keep it still and get the whole backwards movement thing down, but I could see everything.

It's kinda hard to hold still if you have shaky hands like mine, but if you tear off a small trim leaf and put it on the table it makes it easier to focus in on.

I kept mine on 60 as well. Anything more than that and I couldn't focus on the leaf.
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I am thinking of taking this one back and downsizing to the 30x one, i can't see nothing with this thing!:?
 
GrowTech

GrowTech

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No those USB microscopes are fine, they handle magnification from 10X to 200X so they will go as far in as you like. Get one.
 
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