@Kris the stinkier the soil the fatter and stickier the buds. 
If you think the kelp by itself is bad you should smell my flower tea made with Nature’s Living Soil, molasses, and liquid kelp.
Anyone order a bat guano smoothie?
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LMAO, guess I’m doomed then. No sticky and fat buds for me! (Said in the same tone as the soup Nazi). My plants are growing about 15 feet from my bed.
I thought the molasses was bad…but manageable. The kelp?! UGH!! You can keep your dang smoothie! 
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first one…sorry, it needs the plug so this one has it. It is just a PLUG in light you place inside the grow area
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First off thanks Mike for getting back onto The subject at hand I also had this problem with an amnesia haze auto that I grew the bud were super large but Very I don’t want to say Hairy but I don’t want to say airy just all red hairs. No solid bud form really actually Never seen buds like that Thought I had maybe just let it grow too long You might have seen the picture I have posted it before it was the auto flower that was basically falling over because it was so top-heavy
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Lack of oxygen to turn into co2 will cause airy buds too
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Thank you! That’s not a big investment…and if it helps make the buds bulkier…yahoo!
You’re welcome when i flip lights i start pumping fresh air in my grow room
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I am astounded at the difference it makes to pump Oxygen in. I have an oxygenation machine and it helps more than any CO2 I have ever added. Better than any amendment I added. I installed a splitter and have a line that I inject into containers to aerate the soil…My plants like double in a few weeks
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YES I AM !!!I attach a straw to my airhose, place an angular cut and insert it into the soil. I do this especially after 4/5 weeks as the soil starts to compress in the containers. Once a week, a hit of fresh air.
Jared, were you having a mold or gnat issue? Did I say I would get you some solution if I had leftover?
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Yes having both issues. The mold is pretty much under control. I doubled the fans and did some serious defoliating. But it is persistent and keeps showing up in random spots every couple days. The gnats are an issue tried nematodes but it is hard to gauge how effective they are being as gnats are still hatching but I dont know the time lag on nematode results. Yes I would love to test your spray on a bed.
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Are you using an air pump like a aquarium pump? How long do you leave it on? I have been thinking of trying to install air lines through the drain holes in a couple buckets and trying to let it air for an hour after every watering. How long are you putting air to yours?
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How interesting! I’ve never thought of putting air into the soil?
Not an aquarium pump. You could use one. They only pump air and air has an O2 content of 21%. I have an oxygenator…it does 90%+ o2…
A good airpump with a line or 2, for 20 minutes will do more than enough to oxygenate the soil. You can achieve the same O2 content pretty much by aerating your water and watering the plant but what you do not get is airspace in the root zone. When we use soil based substrates, it compacts over the time the seedling is planted and it is watered to maturation. Putting air in the soil helps prevent the soil from compacting.
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The oxygen will make your buds hard as a rock i promise
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AS a standard, I run my O2 when LIGHTS OFF. Plants consume CO2 during the day and produce O2, at night they consume O2 and produce CO2…
I intermittently charge the soil. I use my moisture meter to probe the substrate and if it feels DENSE, it gets an air treatment…
And YES, I actually become concerned that my buds are so dense that the chance for MOLD increases exponentialy…They become near impossible to trim and start to merge (many into 1)…
I just cut my Super Lemon Haze…Not a monster, actually a little petite but the buds almost seemed to morph together, like osmosis…Was one of the more difficult wet trim jobs I performed
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You may have to much heat where your grow is.
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mine will be here next monday
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the way I fix broken branches is I use gorilla glue. the type that comes in a squeezer bottle not a caulking tube, I use masking tape to temporally hold the branch in place smear on the outside of the stalk and mist with some water. The makes a cast similar to fixing a broken arm. Don’t get it into the inside of the stalk.
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Hi Chuck! Nice to meet you!
That’s some great knowledge you have there. 
I appreciate it very much. 
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