Visual reference
Trichome Visual Guide
One page with every trichome reference image in one place: the clear, cloudy, amber, and mixed states up close, plus the inspection routine and the harvest-decision flowchart. Use it to match what you see under your loupe against a known reference, then follow the link under each image to the full guide for that stage.
The fastest way to get harvest timing right is to compare your bud to a clean reference, not to your memory of one you saw months ago.
The states
Clear, cloudy, amber, and the mixed look of a real ready plant.
The routine
A six-step inspection board and a color-to-window decision flowchart.
The goal
Read the ratio across the flower and turn it into a confident harvest call.
The four states
Clear to cloudy to amber, plus what a ready plant really looks like.
The inspection routine
How to check, and how to decide.
The full trichome cluster