That ain't gonna work homie. At least... I'd assume it won't work, and with pretty good reason. If you've felt the trichomes on a living plant, they're pretty much a gel. A very very sticky gel, so even if they could shake loose, 99% of the time they'd just stick to whatever is next to them. Just feel a stem or leaf with some trichs on it and they'll just smear into a liquid on your fingers.

So if your buddy wants to shake his plants up a bit, make sure he knows there will be no positive outcome. In addition to that, trichomes do not = THC, trichomes contain many different chemicals, and throughout the maturity process those chemicals break down and form new chemicals, and different levels of those chemicals appear high at different times. One of those chemicals is THC, so basically what I'm saying is the potency or "strength" can technically vary even if the number of trichomes stays the same. Patience... if it has trichomes, you've already waited long enough haha.
Minnesnowta Reviewed by Minnesnowta on . Simple question If my plants got shaken up a bit and knocked a few trichomes off like 60% of the way through the flowering cycle will the plant have them replaced before harvest? Rating: 5