trichromes color differences.. with hps or mh.

ok so i am running 1000wtts of hps and i am checking trichromes . well when i look thru my loop glass in my grow room they are cloudy/milky/amber. but when i take the plant out of the hps lighting the trichcromes aren't as cloudy and amber as they are in the grow room.. they have been in flower for 65-70 days from showing flowers and about 85 days since the flip date... not sure if these are the cheese candy or bubblegummer clones from my previous grow.(lost there lables) but anyway from the looks of the trichromes in the room there about ready.. but the pistals and hairs are still 80- 20 on red and white..

SO THE BIG QUESTION IS what light should i use to check the clarity of trichromes????????

by my lights in the room there cloudy/amber. in cfl lighting there clear/cloudy...what to do..

Check em' in natural sunlight. When you have a light that produces a shit ton of a certain wavelength that wavelength is predominantly picked up by your eyes. This is why leds turn everything pink and hps` make everything yellow/orange tinted. The sun has the best all around spectum to give you the true colors of anything.

great thread. im 5 or so weeks into flower and going to check the trichs today and see whats going on. I have no access to direct sunlight, as im a basement grower. I either have a HPS, MH, T8 6500k, or flashlight (lol) for a light source.

DemonTrich said:

I have no access to direct sunlight, as im a basement grower. I either have a HPS, MH, T8 6500k, or flashlight (lol) for a light source.

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The 65K or the MH will provide the closest to natural sunlight. HPS the worst.

never look at your plants to monitor them under hps or even mh, best is sunlight or else low intensity, ambient (not a beam), white light. just stick a flourescent tube or two somewhere up high and only turn it on when you're checking the plants/trichs.

Snip a small bud and examine it under natural light.

^^^^ Dirka, dirka, come on guys it took almost 2 weeks for someone to say the obvious? Thanks BG for giving these guys a swift kick in the balls lol!!!