How in gods name do you use this microscope??

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frOstd

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #1

i got that little microscope from radio shack. i dont understand how you people can stand still long enough to see anything.. its impossible to stay in one spot. please, someone encourage me.

 

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KryptoBud

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #2

cut a little piece off and put it on something then look at it,you'll never hold it still enough to look at anything on the plant

 

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frOstd

Active Member

• Nov 21, 2009

• #3

oh ok. i was gonna say.. but im gonna try anyways.. just realized maybe it would be easier if i turned the fan off.

 

robert 14617

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #4

KryptoBud said:

cut a little piece off and put it on something then look at it,you'll never hold it still enough to look at anything on the plant

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cut a leaf tip from a bud site ...........................

 

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frOstd

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #5

thanks guys. is there specific spot that has the best amount of thc crystals or the spot were there the most mature? idk. i took a peice of the very very top and it barely has the golf ball on a tee looking crystals, just a bunch of smaller ones. this is very difficult. i keep forgetting its inverted and upside down and all that shit. annoying if oyu ask me.

 

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frOstd

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #6

how do oyu hold you microscope steady?

 

kevin

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #7

throw it away and buy a jewelers loupe... don't pick your plant apart

 

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Wordz

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #8

huh mine works without cutting pieces of buds off . I find that starting at the 60x instead of the 100x will make it easier and the bottom knob messes with the focus. but yeah I just magnifier i got at the clubs it's not as strong at all but it works just fine for checking trichs

 

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frOstd

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #9

well cutting the leaf of works perfectly. i just know need to learn what a milky trichome looks like and what a clear one looks like.

 

robert 14617

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #10

they look like this

 

d.c. beard

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #11

I find that trimming a piece of leaf smaller than the hole/viewfinder in the clear plastic on the microscope end and placing it on a piece of black paper works great. Use a pair of tweezers to manipulate the cutting. Set everything on a stationary surface, like a table top.

 

nomadglass

Member

• Nov 21, 2009

• #12

I just use a 30x jewelers lupe and that works the best i think it will not kill the eyes like the microscope. just my opinion.

 

robert 14617

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #13

where did you get the lupe?

 

Busmike

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #14

robert 14617 said:

where did you get the lupe?

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Ebay sells them, They ALSO sell USB Microscopes. You can find them pretty cheap and the image goes to your monitor.... No straining the eyes.

 

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frOstd

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• Nov 21, 2009

• #15

ya. i was hesitant about cutting the leave off and using it. didnt wanna hurt my buds.. but it works perfectly and i cant complain. i got a technique now. i just place the leaf in the the the hole where the clear light protector is and place the microscope on a solid surface. i still cant identify a cloudy trichome. im hoping, well not really, but im hoping its because there all clear. i think there clear, i could be wrong. i spent 45minutes with the thing trying to look at my plants standing up, lmao. then i got two small leafs and was trying to figure out the best way to use the microscope. finally figured it out, so i just gave up and decided ill try in a few days and see what i can see. thanks guys, i appreciate the help