And does it make the distinction between cloudiness as a measure of THC concentration versus cloudiness as a measure of bud ripeness?
All buds go through phases from underripe to ready to overripe. As trichs are first forming, they start off clear. When the bud is ripened, they begin turning amber. Along the way, some turn cloudy before turning amber.
So cloudy trichs may simply be an indication of the ripeness stage of the bud. Like the color of the outside of a peach or apple: it doesn’t necessarily tell you what the inside will taste like, but if you know the varietal, you can use color to gauge readiness. In this view, it doesn’t really matter how cloudy the trichs become, it just matters that some are becoming cloudy
Or, another view holds that the cloudiness itself is an indicator of THC concentration. This would be like redness of the apple directly correlating with sugar content, such that all sweet apples were always deep red, and all green apples were necessarily sour. In this case, the cloudier the better, in terms of THC concentration.
Is there any research that definitively connects trichome cloudiness to THC concentration?
Thc research is like flat earth studies. It’s a grift for boomers and gen x junior boomers to take up fake pointless positions of authority with green rush investors who don’t know any better, specially how laughable people like Jeremy Plumb Allison Justice Ethan Russo and other Cannabis experts really are.
THC has never correlated with anything. Keep in mind the experts who can’t sell their own weed because it sucks are the ones coming up with all this bogus “correlation” between vape pen inputs. The blame the market for all the bullshit they create, but cause people are actually smarter than that bullshit poster on the wall at the state dispo claiming cbd is gonna relax my butthole and cure my aids.
