bag seeds from brazil

Hi everybody,
a friend of mine is growing sativa's hydroponically. The seeds are bag seeds he brought back from brazil. They used to be growing outdoor, and now they are indoor. 5 weeks after 12/12, they stopped stretching and the buds are fattening. Well.. My question is : "Is it normal that the buds have NO trichomes, is it hemp and he could stop the grow because it's waste of time and money, or is it normal for a sativa to show no trichs after 5 weeks of 12/12, or the trichs amount does not mean anything ???"
Thanks for answering
Fhydro

Sativa's can take 10 to 12 weeks to finish. I don't think that's strange, just keep an eye on them they will come. One big question. What kind of light are you using ? Could make all the difference. However if you got buds you got something good going on.

Hi,
lights are HPS ; Ok, we will wait ...
Fhydro

Great, keep us up when you start to see some tric's.
Good luck.

OK, i'm not optimistic on that case because with a sativa/indica mix that take 8 weeks to flower, trichs appear just after the stretching phase. Now, the plants have stopped stretching, the buds are forming, and no trichs, no smell, and 6 weeks of 12/12. I keep you informed of the evolution. Anyway, pure sativa's are not prone to indoor growing, too many branches, too tall ...
Fhydro

You maybe right. Should be smelling them by now. Did he smoke any of it or just get beans?. I'm in NC and not far from me they are growing a pure hemp that looks good but won't get a fly high. I never got to see the buds but my mom stoped to talk to the farmer and got a few leaves, they were huge. He said much more would be grown this year instead of tobacco. Sorry for ya.
Maybe some of that herbal bud that's leagal.

do you got a pic of it?

I just finished up a random bagseed grow that didn't show trichs until several weeks into flower, and even after flowering for 84 days, I still think there were more ready to pop on the trim leaves, but since this is a hobby of sorts (medical) and I only have certain times that I can actually spend hours of time working on growing/harvesting/what not, I had to harvest on day 84. I would have liked to go another week but...

The calyxes (sp?) were all totally covered by trichs, the trim on some of the plants were totally covered too, but this was definitely a middy strain, but hell, the 4 plants I grew made so much product that I don't know what to do with it all (yet)...so even if it is mids and I have to vape more of it to get the same pain relief and so on, I don't mind.

My current grow is with all known genetics and I can't wait to witness the difference.

Good luck and stick with em, but get some new beans that are from a known strain and do it again after these have finished.