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I am flowering an AK48 plant right now and the bud structure is a little weird. I wrote it off as just the genetics at first. The buds are very hairy even late and the buds aren’t really fattening up. The trichomes seem to be huge and sparse. I have been seeing lots of stuff on HLV so of course it’s in my mind and I might be seeing things that aren’t there. But one of the videos showed very swollen areas around the branches and said that was a sign of HLV. I am guessing this can also be cause by other things but I am not sure what. My AK48 does have some swollen knuckles where the branches meet the trunk. Love to hear some thoughts. The other HLV threads I could find were years old.