when to harvest

ok coming to the end of my first grow thnks to all you guys pretty succesfull. when do i harvest my plants ? i read when the hairs are 3/4 red/brown? do i really need a magnifier to check trichomes ? or can i just harvest when the hairs are 3/4 brown ?

I don't understand trichomes



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i dont get it ?

Man, there is a joy and a thrill to coming home from work everyday and looking at the triches and seeing if they are ready. The microscope is $9.95 at Radio Shack, and if you examine the trichs, you can compare the different highs.
I harvested my top buds and waited a few days, waiting for the trichs on the lower buds to change. Then I harvested them. AND i labeled them in my jars. What I enjoy is having the different kinds of high, based on the trichs and when I harvested. On Saturday morning, I can smoke a CLEAR Trich bud and I get high, but I get creative and energized too. Saturday night, (and every night) I can drink a few beers and smoke some of the dark trich bud and I get the HEROIN effect, like I am glued to the sofa and my brain quit working.
Yes, you can harvest them anytime you want to harvest them,and you can use as a rule of thumb, the stigma colors, darker being better. BUT, you will miss a lot of the fun, and joy of knowing precisely what you have to smoke. .

P.S.
Mogie is showing you a pic of a chart, of trichs (trichomes) and how their color results in a different High!
Go to GROWFAQ and read HARVESTING.

And you don't need an exspensive microscope.. Just something with decent magnification.. I have never really took a deep interest in trichs.. But i know what you mean by varying highs pending on color and maturity..