Just beautiful! What difference would you expect to see between this 'snowy' plant and one doesn't have those crystals?
Never mind. I found the answer:
I use cannabis for a lot of pain relief. When the trichomes begin to turn amber, the plant is converting some of the THC in the trichomes to CBN, which gives a lot more of a body high, giving me the pain relief that I am after.
Sorry about your pain. If I were a real guru, I'd send you some healing waves. Prayers is the best I can do :)
The "snowy" stuff are actually the trichomes and where you get the high from. If the cannabis plants do not have any trichomes, then they won't do anything for you. They only get trichomes during their flower cycle.