Broken trichomes or something more sinister?

Hi,

I'm at day 50 of 12/12 and today I noticed a bud on my Mother Of Berries has something resembling webbing. It's a bud that's right next to the tent door so it could've been damaged by it. I've been looking at the plants very closely and can't really find any damage on leaves or anything that looks like spider mites, other than the purple trichome heads on the leaves that threw me off at first, there's quite a bit of pink and purple on the plant. I'm thinking it's just crushed trichomes that have leaked, it is a very sticky plant. Any opinions? I've circled the area, clicking the thumbnail opens it in full size.

I'd be exploring that to make sure it isn't mold & rot.

LeastExpectedGrower said:

I'd be exploring that to make sure it isn't mold & rot.

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I'll definitely start digging around. It's incredibly dry in my home which made me think of spider mites, but mold seems more likely even though the buds are pretty wispy and small.

Psyphish said:

I'll definitely start digging around. It's incredibly dry in my home which made me think of spider mites, but mold seems more likely even though the buds are pretty wispy and small.

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if it's just that one flower tip, I'd probably snip it and pull it apart. If it's spider mites you should see some sign of them. If it's mold, you can usually tell by how it's effecting the plant underneath the wispy white.

When I zoom in I do see some threads of some kind, which is never good. Let us know when you figure it out.

It's most likely caused by some sort of dust (could be the velcro strip attached to the tent flap?), I can see really tiny needle-like objects that have penetrated the trichomes causing them to leak and produce said webbing. This is another tiny bud next to the first one, it also has a tiny bit of the oozing. I couldn't find anything similar on the buds that aren't next to the tent door. I couldn't find anything that resembles budrot or mold with a flashlight, no loose or dying leaves either. Everything is just really frosty and sticky.