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cbuD

I keep hearing talk about crystals on their bud. And I did a search here for crystals and some people were saying to look for it when determining quality.

So as I was looking through mine, I could sometimes spot a glimmer but nothing significant. My buds just look green, with lots of red hairs, covered in this white-ish yellow-ish fur. Where exactly do you see the crystals?

Sorry to sound like such an idiot, I'm just trying to better educate myself as I normally just smoked other peoples' stuff, I'm new to buying it for myself.

 

Ryan Fa Sho

some strains have it, some dont. also depends on how well you take care of it before cultivation.

Lots of crystals generally can mean that its good shit

pkster8235

The white-ish "fur" might be the crystals. It's hard to say without seeing it. Do they rub off?

cbuD

I could get a few particles on my finger, but for the most part no they don't seem to rub off.

imFADED

The shimmering parts of the bud and pieces that you were able to simply rub off would be the 'crystals.'

 

ilovealbertwalker

its usually closest to the center unless its realy good then its all over, there trichromes. they get you high.hah

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cbuD

Ah, thanks folks for the lesson. Better to learn it and know what I'm looking for than to just pretend I know.

haskins69

I would look at those white-ish hair's with a magnifying glass, those are most likely your crystals, and as other post said some strains have more some have less, but just a note " those crystal are what hash is made from" makes me all warm and fuzzy just to type that word. but I read a story [don't remember where I been high since then ] that Nepales temple balls were made by having naked girls run though the feilds then they would rub those sweat little crystal off the youg ladys bodys into little balls of hash, can't say if its true, but it sure is a beautiful picture to put in your mind when smoking you next ball of hash!!!!!!

SpiralArchitect

Yes, they are trichromes.
The 'orange hairs' are pistils.

Trichomes are a great indicator of potency. The more you see, most likely the more potent your pot is. If you have a magnifying glass you can go a step further and identify your trichromes 'high', but it's unlikely you do so I won't go that far...

Pistils on the other hand arent' generally indicative of a high quality plant. Although high grade marijuana often has plenty of pistils, so does the shitty stuff. Most likely once can easily tell through some research here on the board *cough* search feature *cough* what the difference between high, low and midgrade marijuana. Happy toking.

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kcbennie

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The "crystals" you are hearing about are tricombs. They are resin glands that are found on high grade buds. You won't see them on regular commercial weed, although sometimes you can see them king of pressed flat on mid-grade buds. If you have a silk screen or 150 micron screen, you can break your buds up on it and the tricombs will fall thru the screen and collect below. If you can collect enough of this dust, also called kif (pronounced keef), you can warm it and press it into hash, but that's a story for another thread. You can also smoke kif loose and powdery on top of a bowl for a nice kick. It's said that kif is something like 50 - 75% THC. The whiter the color of the kif, the better the quality.

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