Now now. It’s defense mechanism. Trichomes pick up production for many stress reasons and you’re going to have a lot of trichomes if you have pests, environment issues (like heat or too much light) or you are cutting her a lot. Because trichomes help cool, repel pests, redirects light away from the leaf and deter herbivores. Just to name a few reasons your plant may “overproduce” trichomes. In parentheses because genes play a big part here as well.
It is not mold.
As long as it's not mold, I'm happy!
When you say "overproduce" trichomes, is that a bad thing? Aren't the trichomes where the THC is actually stored? So wouldn't more trichomes equal more THC, and more potent pot? Or is that faulty logic?
I have only trimmed off leaves at the base of the plant that were damaged by the hydroponic drip feed system. The heat range in the tent is typically between 65-80F depending on time of day and ambient air temp. The light might be overpowered, although the
Bestva company says it is ideal for a 3x3 tent. So that is the light I'm sticking with for the rest of this grow. My bigger concern is that the light is at the top of the tent, and the plant has grown to within 12" of it. It seems to have stopped at that height, and thrown its energy into becoming a bush. But I don't see any light burns on it or anything. Not that I'm 100% sure I would know what a light burn looks like anyway.
The trichome picture in MS-C was taken of the proto-bud at the top of the plant.