So two pages of replies……
But surprisingly nobody has mentioned:
-Temperature control (day/night) as you approach harvest
-Proper plant shaping to best utilize the light sphere
-Deleting
or adding specific light spectrum(s) late in flower
-Reducing feed strength and/
or inputs in relation to the plant’s development
-Reducing watering frequency in the last stage of the plant’s life
If your buds are not tight, you need to dial in your parameters. Very rarely will an indica dominant strain give you larfy colas if grown even somewhat correctly. Respond to the plant’s needs, not your own impulses
or your hydro shops advice. The above suggestions are easy changes to make, and it’s not your genetics holding you back in that space.