Trichome Problem

Definitely caused by excessive heat from too much light... as long as it doesn't start to mold, it's probably nothing serious. Good luck 💪🤞🏽🍀

there are three kinds of trichomes, the obvious one that people think of the most has that round head that we see go from clear to cloudy to amber. There's one that looks like a stalk, bent, or curved or straight. and a third less obvious.

mold? Excess heat or light? Physical contact? over-ripened? The plants look a bit dark in the leaves (slightly overfed) but nothing that would cause what you are describing... they look plenty healthy to produce normal buds. With so little info, not much anyone can do but list 20 different possibilities abnormal trichomes.

HLVD can do that. Image here: https://www.tandfonline.com/cms/asset/2c5798c3-f01a-4c01-8ba9-fc469948f367/tcjp_a_2279184_f0009_b.gif

Building the trichomes is one thing; filling them is another. Photosynthesis occupies the plant's oxidative capacity. When it comes time to fill the trichomes, this is a highly oxygen-intensive process. Cannot be done with any efficiency if you are still pushing photosynthesis, occupying a majority of the oxidative capacity, as it's also used to protect the plant from photoinhibition. Must lower DLI enough to allow the oxidative capacity to be used on trichomes rather than still focusing on growth. Failure to do so will have half your trichomes amber before they even start to become glassy and white. The competition for cellular energy and oxidative capacity between biomass growth and secondary metabolite synthesis is, imo, the single most important factor for final quality overall. Trichome filling is also very reliant on micronutrients, so it helps to add a burst of humic and chelation efforts simultaneously as you open the capacity. Also, adding a tiny little bit of elemental Sulphur 2-3 weeks prior to flip will give a massive boost towards IPP when it's needed most at critical trichome time. Probably not recommended to use sulfur, though, unless you have the medium/setup to handle it, as it's a funky nutrient that can screw things up easily if the ratio is off. Nitrogen is a master signalling molecule; when the plant is loaded with it it sends a strong "growth" signal that directs the plant's energy into "growth" rather than Nitrogen tapering initiating starvation protocols. The plant must have initiated correct and proper signals in order to "ripen"; this is done by increasing the ammoniacal nitrogen to 50% for no more than 7 days, then slam a pure N starvation or a PK boost to starve the N and send a signal. Donbe correctly 24-48 hours you will notice the sink/senesceance. The plant won't produce the finished profile if the ratio of nitrate remains high throughout and up until harvest. That's pretty much as detailed as you can go without going atomic.

Next time attach some photos and mark things you wanna pay attention to. I never had dry trichomes, cant imagine evrn how it could happen. One thing i can say 4sure, in attached diary you harvested plant way too early, like 2 weeks too early ... Hope its not bud rot or some other infection that mskes you wonder what is happening ...