Are trichomes throughout the flower?

HowardC · Feb 25, 2026

I"m curious about this. If trichomes are mainly on the surface then why consume the entire bud?
Thanks

JIMKSI64 · Feb 25, 2026

Bud ripped in 1/2.
You can zoom in and see the trics

HowardC · Feb 26, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
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Bud ripped in 1/2.
You can zoom in and see the trics

Thanks. Great example of what prompted the question. That is a lose bud and one can easily see the trichomes on the calyxes. What about the tight, compact, bud that's often sold AND is a goal for many growers?
I've always felt that bud, such as the one you included, has more trichomes. Or more trichomes that would be subjected to a flame.

trygrowup · Feb 26, 2026

HowardC said:
That is a lose bud

Here we go

JIMKSI64 · Feb 26, 2026

Howard is correct. This was my very first successful grow and this was a loose bud.

Tricomes grow on cannabis plants on all surfaces that have developed this biological defense against predators. They are on stems and fans but smaller versions. If you counted all the tricomes production on the surface of the plant that maf problem is one of surface area.
If you count all the tricomes made by the plant that would be a volume problem as they are everywhere in the flower. The bracts swell and on retraction this increases the density of the flower during drying.
Also if you are comparing the dense nugs of a well done home grow against the freeze dried or dehydrated trimmed with a belt sander nugs from a dispensary go ahead and chuck a lid in the food dehydrator and see if that's what you are looking for.

PlumberSoCal2 · Feb 26, 2026

Hash is basically just trichomes removed from the plant material

This is dry shift of mainly trichs. This can be worked into hash but I like it as is. I do own a set of hash bags to make bubble hash and have made my share through the years.

Yes, trichomes are what we want yet most of us smoke the plant material that carries the trichs as this is the easiest way to utilize the cannabinoids. Removing trichs is a process that not everyone has the equipment or know-how to accomplish even though it's not that difficult and the information and equipment is readily available these days.

JIMKSI64 · Feb 26, 2026

PlumberSoCal2 said:
Hash is basically just trichomes removed from the plant material
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This is dry shift of mainly trichs. This can be worked into hash but I like it as is. I do own a set of hash bags to make bubble hash and have made my share through the years.

Yes, trichomes are what we want yet most of us smoke the plant material that carries the trichs as this is the easiest way to utilize the cannabinoids. Removing trichs is a process that not everyone has the equipment or know-how to accomplish even though it's not that difficult and the information and equipment is readily available these days.

It is on the list..........

orggrwr · Feb 26, 2026

Just because you can't see the trichs doesn't mean they aren't there.

Oldchucky · Feb 26, 2026

When I am judging ripeness, I bend the bud, so the budlets separate and I can see inside! There are tri combs in there, and I try and check them for cloudiness as well as the ones I can see on the outside! There’s a whole another world inside of that, bud. you have to grab your Loupe and stick your nose right in there.

trygrowup · Feb 26, 2026

OP i'm ready

grayoldnproud · Feb 26, 2026

Also the density of the trichs do vary based on many factors, strain being a biggy but also growth rate, nutrition, and blah blah blah so it's hard to compare one to another without knowing all the nuances of each.

Ninjadogma · Feb 26, 2026

grayoldnproud said:
Also the density of the trichs do vary based on many factors, strain being a biggy but also growth rate, nutrition, and blah blah blah so it's hard to compare one to another without knowing all the nuances of each.

Not only strain, but even genetic expression within the strain. As in the example of two brothers, one who can grow a full thick beard and the other who can only grow a goatee because his cheeks grow patchy. Little brother can drink all the milk he wants and won't grow a better beard.

grayoldnproud · Feb 26, 2026

Ninjadogma said:
Not only strain, but even genetic expression within the strain. As in the example of two brothers, one who can grow a full thick beard and the other who can only grow a goatee because his cheeks grow patchy. Little brother can drink all the milk he wants and won't grow a better beard.

Yes, because of how genes are inherited in chunks of chromosomes and not gene by gene two fraternal siblings can and do inherit different combinations. That doesn't even account for dominance, epistasis, linkage and other ways genotypes interplay to express variation in phenotype.

trygrowup · Feb 26, 2026

Ninjadogma said:
Not only strain, but even genetic expression within the strain. As in the example of two brothers, one who can grow a full thick beard and the other who can only grow a goatee because his cheeks grow patchy. Little brother can drink all the milk he wants and won't grow a better beard

Wait a minute???

Does that mean that the postman version of that, isn't true

Ninjadogma · Feb 26, 2026

trygrowup said:
Wait a minute???

Does that mean that the postman version of that, isn't true

Kind of weird, I moved 75 miles away but the same Sparkletts guy still delivers our water...

grayoldnproud · Feb 26, 2026

Ninjadogma said:
Kind of weird, I moved 75 miles away but the same Sparkletts guy still delivers our water...

JIMKSI64 · Feb 26, 2026

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