Thinking of chopping: pretty new to trichome checks

[Texahontas]

This is a White Widow auto. Please help me decide.
Entering tenth week of flowering on this one.

 

[TorturedSoul]

A decent 30X to 50X microscope works. A decent jeweler's loupe works, too, if your eyesight is pretty good. The cheap made in China ones, like what you might find at a flea market coin dealer's booth can work, but the ones I've seen have a very narrow field of view (or whatever it's called when only a spot the size of a pinhead in the middle of the lens is actually in focus). Pocket 'scopes of various types can work, and some of them are of relatively good quality (and have a light). Using a handheld device to magnify and examine part of a plant that you're holding with your other hand can be a RPITA, lol. The slightest movement of either hand, the device, or the plant - and the thing you were looking at is no longer in view.

Make sure you're looking at the heads of the trichomes that are on the flowers, not the leaves. If your light source is separate, try moving it around, to be sure that it infant influencing your perception of the color/state of the heads. Clear = immature, milky/cloudy = maximum potency, amber = degraded and past peak potency.

 

[Texahontas]

A decent 30X to 50X microscope works. A decent jeweler's loupe works, too, if your eyesight is pretty good. The cheap made in China ones, like what you might find at a flea market coin dealer's booth can work, but the ones I've seen have a very narrow field of view (or whatever it's called when only a spot the size of a pinhead in the middle of the lens is actually in focus). Pocket 'scopes of various types can work, and some of them are of relatively good quality (and have a light). Using a handheld device to magnify and examine part of a plant that you're holding with your other hand can be a RPITA, lol. The slightest movement of either hand, the device, or the plant - and the thing you were looking at is no longer in view.

Make sure you're looking at the heads of the trichomes that are on the flowers, not the leaves. If your light source is separate, try moving it around, to be sure that it infant influencing your perception of the color/state of the heads. Clear = immature, milky/cloudy = maximum potency, amber = degraded and past peak potency.

These photos are iPhone at 1.8 through a loupe. What are your thoughts on the trichomes? These are lower buds. Trying not to look at sugar leaves. Would you wait longer?

 

[Morda Grown]

This chart may help you:

 

[Texahontas]

Thanks. So based on the attached photos, what’s your guess as to ripeness? Thanks so much.

 

[bobrown14]

2 more weeks.