My buds have very few trichomes.

chiqifella

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These are northern lights auto in week 11.
Is there any way to increase trichome this late into flowering?
no but if you describe your watering habits lighting temps and humidity I'm sure
you'll be like " I am feeling a new asshole being drilled"
 

Ogeaca

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no but if you describe your watering habits lighting temps and humidity I'm sure
you'll be like " I am feeling a new asshole being drilled"
My lights are 3x32w cfl + 1x55W cfl, i water them with 4-6-8 nutes every 4-6 days the ph is around 6-6.4, my humidity is 40-50% and temps are around 28 degrees celsius(82 degrees fahrenheit).
The temp and humidity are given by a cheap sensor that i hooked up on my arduino so i don't know how accurate they are.
These auto's have a life cycle of around 10 weeks or so it says on the growers website.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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those don't look bad, you're doing ok.
good genetics, good feeding habits, and a good environment are the most important factors.
about the only mechanical thing you can do to promote trich growth is to get a UV light in your tent. i've got two cfl uv lights that run all the time the lights are on, because they aren't very strong. you can get florescent ones that are much stronger, and you put them on their own timer, only run them something like 5 minutes an hour.
you'd probably get better results from doing some research into what nutrients plants actually use, how their day/night cycle works, how different kinds of light effect them
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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yeah, if you plan to grow again, i'd at least look into getting some T5HO bulbs in there, they are a LOT more efficient than cfls, and you'll get way better results.
 

blake9999

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Yeah, your plants can only grow to their weakest link. In your case it's lighting. If you want to grow with CFL's you will need more. Allot more. You can also do as Roger said and try T5's. If you want to step up your game look into a 400W HPS or even LED's. You can look into HLG, Timber, or DIY with parts from CobKits. I hate to say this but even a Mars panel would do better than your current setup, but don't go out and buy a Mars, they junk. bongsmilie
 

chiqifella

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My lights are 3x32w cfl + 1x55W cfl, i water them with 4-6-8 nutes every 4-6 days the ph is around 6-6.4, my humidity is 40-50% and temps are around 28 degrees celsius(82 degrees fahrenheit).
The temp and humidity are given by a cheap sensor that i hooked up on my arduino so i don't know how accurate they are.
These auto's have a life cycle of around 10 weeks or so it says on the growers website.
bad lights=bingo!
hid, and never look back
 

BudmanTX

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These are northern lights auto in week 11.
Is there any way to increase trichome this late into flowering?
not bad for cfls....they look great....still go some time to go though

with cfls, time to finish slows to a basic crawl, just give it time

get yourself a loupe, that will help you bunches, it did me
 

SPLFreak808

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happens with weak light, high temps
hell, that is the very best the plant can do with its current resource supplies, looks great, considering
possibly temps/excessive air movement sure.

The tops are all flat & not a single fresh pistill, almost like the grower keeps touching/grabbing the colas... Idk
 
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