What do these 'Terms' mean?

First time grower… I have seen these “TERMS” posted on other chat rooms. I want to understand this New Adventure of Growing to the best grow ever.
#8 Wait for triches to appear
#9 Wait for pistils to change color
#10 Wait for triches to turn cloudy

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Trichomes, USB Microscope on a stand x1500
Trichomes clear currently (not sperm swimmers).
Maturity turns colors.
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Pistils white fuzzies, change to brown, when maturing.


Cloudy (opaque or brown)
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I don’t do other forums, not enought time.
Good growing to you.

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trich is short for trichome. They are the resin filled crystals on your buds that hold all the goodies. They look like little mushrooms under a microscope. As the trichomes ripen the mushroom head goes from clear to cloudy white to amber. The pistils are the hairs on the buds. Again as buds ripen the white pistils dry up and turn into red or orange hairs. Once that happens its time to start checking trichomes for color to determine final ripeness.

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@Glitch What you said, works for me, too

Washed and dried, looks like this
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I was too busy looking at my keyboard to notice someone had already answered lol

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Thank you much…

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Thank you so much…

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@scotts66charger forum contributor
@MidwestGuy is always a wealth of information and great for sharing it.

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