# Newbie questions on bud **URL:** \ **Category:** Grow Cycle\ **Created:** [May 30, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889 "2018-05-30T11:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Scott1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Scott1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/1 "2018-05-30T11:36:00Z")
Hi, this forum has been great helping me!!! So I am at the very end and have been curing the buds for about 3 weeks now. Was burping first week every few hours. Than 2 times a day and now down to once a week. I have never seen fresh bud before. Is this how they are supposed to look they don’t look tight and compact. Any advise ? ![15276799104851315071173](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/3X/1/8/18a81eb212977d32ecc9a30087d69131485d93d2.jpg) ![1527680023477134825077](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/3X/d/c/dc979794f75e293bdcdbd53e676580de60f4f162.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BIGE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bige/32/34832_2.png) [@BIGE](https://ilgmforum.com/u/BIGE)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/2 "2018-05-30T11:49:08Z")
hello @Scott1,sounds like you have done a great job at curing your buds… as with everything the more experience you have the better off you will be… those buds look great to me,i do not trim all of the sugar leafs off my bud. tightness,and density is a product of a number of factors; light genetics being two that stands out do not beat yourself up because your buds do not look like others…grow for you… the rest will fall into place…peace and vote @BIGE may bud of the month! thank you ---
**Author:** ![Scott1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Scott1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Scott1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/3 "2018-05-30T15:24:53Z")
So is that something that would have been when growing? It would have tightened then? ---
**Author:** ![BIGE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bige/32/34832_2.png) [@BIGE](https://ilgmforum.com/u/BIGE)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/4 "2018-05-30T15:28:55Z")
i went from regular china lights[meizhi] to building my own lights,and you would not believe the difference they make! sun is #1 though ---
**Author:** ![Scott1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Scott1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Scott1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/5 "2018-05-30T21:22:40Z")
So theres no way to get them tight now its too late right? ---
**Author:** ![Rumpl3G3n3tix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Rumpl3G3n3tix](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Rumpl3G3n3tix)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/6 "2018-05-30T22:36:28Z")
yeah its too late. more light will produce denser buds ---
**Author:** ![Scott1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Scott1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Scott1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/7 "2018-05-30T23:21:29Z")
Yeah I figured there wasn’t just hoping thankyou ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/sasquatch/32/13794_2.png) [@Sasquatch](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/8 "2018-05-31T09:11:57Z")
They look fine @Newbie looks don’t get u high… ---
**Author:** ![Baja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Baja](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Baja)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/9 "2018-08-27T00:15:29Z")
What are your own lights ---
**Author:** ![BIGE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/bige/32/34832_2.png) [@BIGE](https://ilgmforum.com/u/BIGE)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/10 "2018-08-27T00:29:56Z")
bxeb 1120mm 3500k strips ---
**Author:** ![Baja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Baja](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Baja)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/newbie-questions-on-bud/19889/11 "2018-08-31T01:32:25Z")
4 K T5 2x4 first grow and room is a Closet