Need some eyes :)

[WhiteIce]

Hello everyone.! Well I have this plant, she is getting better treatment than before... I need to know if she is a she for sure.. These balls have came out looking like a male but they open up into leaves with white hairs.. really confused.. any ideas????


Thank you
:jointsmile:

[oldmac]

Hello WhiteIce,

At first look I immediately thought "nanners" or male pollen sacks, but if those "hairs" or pistals are sticking out before it opens then you have female pre-flowers there. Plus the plant seems too young to have produced any male pollen at this stage.

But keep in mind I'm old and have poor eyesight.......

What strain is this and how old is it now?

[DreadedHermie]

Hey, Oldmac.
Good to see ya. :hippy:

WhiteIce, those look like "balls" to me.

I can't see any of the hairs you mention, but I think chronic masturbation during my formative years may be the cause of that issue. :rolleyes:

My question is: what lighting schedule do you have that plant on? Is it in 12/12, or did those things pop up spontaneously?

[WhiteIce]

well to find out its a female.. but yea they did pop out and the plant is still on 18/6 my is that normal for a preflower?

[JackdaWack]

She looks a wee bit young for pre-flowers, she doesnt even look mature yet, but hell anything is possible and pre-flowers are pretty common, sometime strain dependent.

[achilles]

take a close up picture of the plants upper nodes to truely clear the situation

[DreadedHermie]

well to find out its a female

What do you mean? Did you have it on 12/12 for awhile? :what:

[WhiteIce]

No she has been under 18/6 same with the others... no light leaks at night.... I think she is just trying to grow... I know its a female cause of the white hairs... lots of them now. But for the picture... I wish I could take more picutres but dealing with a lg env3 phone is not going to get a good picture. :jointsmile:

[DreadedHermie]

Well, remain calm. You have a little time here. Just keep an eye on those things. (Yellow dust--not so good...)

I have seen things like that, that grew out into leaves. Keep us posted. :thumbsup:

[WhiteIce]

Hey thanks! I will.. I moved her/him out today and just put her up on the bar I have in my room by a window :| . I do have three in veg state right now in the box that she was in.. I might post some pictures. Can you tell me if they look alright for 2 weeks.???

Thanks :)
:thumbsup:

[WhiteIce]

Uploaded some images.. Not great pictures sorry.:thumbsup:

[DreadedHermie]

Okay...
We got some problems here.

First, the 3 seedlings are stretching-- not enough light. Get the CFL's within an inch of the plant tops if you can. Get a little computer fan (or something) in there to keep the plant tops cool. The fan will force the plants to process water and CO2 faster, too.

The older plant looks "locked out" to me. That means the plant's deficient in nutrients, even though the soil may contain them. But because the pH is off, and/or you've been watering before the soil dries out enough (and the plant is "drowning") the plant can't absorb the nutes that are right there. Adding more nutrients will just make conditions worse unless you fix what's causing the lockout.

Your older plant is in a pot that's too big for it. You want the roots to be able to drink most of the moisture out of your soil so it doesn't turn into oxygen-less swamp-slime. Do you have 1-2" of stones or other drainage material in the bottom of the pot? That'd help. At this stage, lighter soil (more perlite added) would drain better, too.

I'd probably try to save that plant by very carefully removing it from the pot and removing the extra soil from the root mass, then repotting back to a smaller pot. I'd be very careful not to let the soil ball fall apart and rip any roots you may have going. Don't know if you're confident doing that. Maybe somebody else will offer another opinion.

A more passive approach (in the existing pot) would be to get some wind on that plant and the soil surface to try and evaporate / transpire away some of that sogginess. Lowering the ambient humidity will help, too.

But here's the catch: as you get rid of that excess water, the nutes in solution are going to become more concentrated. So, if you've been overfertilizing already, you may need to actually flush out the soil (yes, MORE water) before you dry it out so you don't make the lockout worse. As soaked as it looks now, I'd like to to try to get it dried out where it can breathe, ASAP.

You should fill out the troubleshooting form and maybe get some more opinions. But based on what I see I'd pot it downward with better drainage, flush (rinse out the soil thoroughly), and let the soil dry out properly betweeen waterings. And the natural light from the window is insufficient. Your plant will not survive like that for long.

[WhiteIce]

well that was a sick post :) well I will move the cfls down... there is a fan i got set up and a little light for the bigger one.. I will take pictures in a min. I transplanted her before i read your post :) she is in a little bit smaller pot. only pot i had left that would keep light out of the roots. yes pebbles in the bottom of each. soil was bad in the older pot. did flush older pot to get rid of those nutrs cause it was not draning right.

Taking pictures now :) thank you:pimp: