Purple Trichome heads!!

oHsiN666

oHsiN666

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Insurance Agent said:
Alright, I know the diff between clear, cloudy ect. However, I can not find much solid info on purple head trichomes. My temps are 64f at night and 74f daytime. I really have a nice garden to work in, but this is my first time finding 3 plants with all purple trichome heads. The stems are clear, but the heads are purple as can be. Sorry no pictures my digital was dropped in the snow this weekend. Open to all opinons, thanks.
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where the hell is it snowing at already??? i wish i had some cold weather!!
 
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SCT1984

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Vapekush said:
I love that you brought your weed to work to check under their scope, very cool. Depending on how you transported your sample to work, that could be why your trichs are almost all missing their heads. Too much handling can damage them, possible case in point here. The fact that they are on a leaf won't make a difference, trichs are the same shape on leaves as they are on buds. Awesome pix though.
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Ha! Only option I had since I wanted to check them right away since they are looking almost finished IMO. Would my face be red if someone walked in and I had my cell phone up to microscope and a small yet stinky leaf section underneath.

I brought 2 samples (as stated - small leaf sections) in a ziploc to prevent them from drying out. They were pretty much from the plant to the mic in less than 4 hours, and not much handling in between aside from being in my pocket :S I'm considering going in early tomorrow with a bud sample that I take from the plant early in the AM before I leave.
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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dman8168 said:
was wondering in the photos posted by sct1984,why the trichs seem to be mostly missing the head.
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Not every trichome has a head, not all are glandular, and in some cases the heads are simply knocked off, which is common when flowering in high humidity conditions because that causes trichome stalks to be longer/taller and thinner making it easier for the heads to be knocked off.


An Introduction to cannabis Trichomes.

An Introduction to cannabis Trichomes

Non glandular trichomes:

These have two forms. Both these types produce no psychoactive substances, they are:
a. Short and pointed.
b. Long hair like and pointed ie: very sharp. Both are made of calcium carbonate crystal and are clear like glass.

Glandular trichomes:

There are three glandular trichome forms, all have a membrane over a group of resin producing base cells. These are what produce the psychoactive effects from cannabis

1. Bulbous trichomes: Are very very small and only 15 microns across, they help to produce the terpenoids that make up the aromas of cannabis, they may also produce small amounts of psychoactive substance.

2. Capitate sessile trichomes: These are a little larger, at about 30 microns across appear to be attached directly to leaf surface, like tiny clear mushroom heads, these contribute small amounts of psychoactive substance.

3. Capitate stalked trichomes: Are what we associate with trichomes and cannabis, they are the main producer of psychoactive resin, the mushroom like head is produced on top of a stalk. They are what we see making the flower heads and sugar leaves looking frosty. The heads are 50 to over a 100 microns across. The head has an abscission layer between it and the stalk, so it is detachable. Only the heads contain the resin, they are like balloons filled with psychoactive oil globules. As far as I know no one has done any real work to see if the different glandular trichome types contain different psychoactive ingredients. Only the capitate stalked trichomes type are extracted on their own, the capitate heads separate easily from their stalks, these heads are what bubble bags and tumblers collect to make hash.

It is often reported that eating grass can upset your stomach. This can happen if eaten without heating it first. Heating melts the pointed non glandular trichomes otherwise they can irritate the stomach walls while being digested.

Below is a picture showing both stalked capitate trichomes and the very sharp non glandular types.

 
cannatricks

cannatricks

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I had a purple strain go through with purple heads, I worried about it early in the grow, but by the end it was quite obvious that it was "done" The strain was super ambery though, most of the leaves were frosted purple/amber before the buds were ready to harvest. Just wait till the hairs have receded into the calyx's and the calyx's have swollen, I didn't have problems seeing it after a while. If you check the trich's semi often (once or twice a week) you will see the change.
 
ataxia

ataxia

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speaking of colored trichs ...has anyone peeped Matt Rize's Plushberry purple and pink pheno hash yet??
 
missnu

missnu

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aww all my plants are normal colored...darnit... That's neat though...and to tell ya the truth I don't have anything that would let me see that close..what exactly are you using?
 
codye190

codye190

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i found these on my first bagseed grow, i was so stoked haha, plus the buds had no green at all.
 
420mon

420mon

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dman8168 said:
figured id ask here seeing as the pics i have a question about are here.kind of off topic but maybe not. was wondering in the photos posted by sct1984,why the trichs seem to be mostly missing the head.i thought the thc was stored in the head.what would cause this and will it still have a "high"?
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Hey MON I think I can answer this question, heads are not yet swollen because still developing and not ready!!! At least that what I think, because I never harvest until very frosty and swollen .....what does anyone else think?
 
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