Nirvana Autoflower or lack there of

[MRDiff]

So I decided that I would do my next grow with the free seeds Attitude gave back a few months ago. They were Nirvana Jock Horror and Northern Lights feminzed autos. Well anyway, they sprouted on 9/17 and still havent begun flowering. I read online that these are not true autoflowers so I should switch down to 12/12 (which defeats the purpose by the way). So I did that, and lots of pistils are showing on one. However, the other plant seems to be male. Is this possible? I thought all autoflowers were feminized.

I took some pictures but I dont think you guys will be able to tell. But I dont see any clear pistils and it's been about 5 days since I dropped it to 12/12. Unfortunately I also had a younger Easy Ryder in the room and had to give it it's own grow room due to this lighting situation.

[Rusty Trichome]

When properly femmed, 100% of the plants should be female. No exceptions. Perhaps a seed mix-up or an underformed calyxs looking like a nanner, or you've messed with the light schedule and stressed one of 'em out enough to hermie.

Might be that one plant is taking after the (femmed) pollen donor, one is taking after the mom.

If overly concerned, shoot Attitude an e-mail, and ask for advise and tips for the strain.

[MRDiff]

Thanks Rusty. Your always good for an answer and I appreciate it. Yeah, I just find it odd that one of the plants would show sex a week prior to the other. And usually when I cant figure out the sex, it turns out to be a male. Females always seem more obvious to me. Guess Im just gonna have to keep a good eye on it the next few days.

Any other advice or personal experiences is appreciated.

[headshake]

I thought all autoflowers were feminized.

all AFs are NOT all femenized.

also, the jock horror has a lot of sativa in it. this could be the delay for seeing pistils.


-shake

[MRDiff]

Thanks shake. By all autoflowers are not feminized, do you mean that they are not necessarily female or that autoflowers in general, are not feminized? The package they came in had the female symbol as well as autoflower written across the front. But good info about the Jock Horror being mostly Sativa.

Ill give it another few days to make sure I dont throw away a female plant.

[bobjob4u]

Nirvanas auto's are junk. Tried them all wouldnt try any ever again. Shop around there are way better autos.:thumbsup: this is what a true auto looks like at 8 weeks from seed....

[MRDiff]

Well like I said, they were freebies from Attitude. But, what strain is that? I bought some Easy Ryder. Hopefully those will be true autos

[headshake]

Thanks shake. By all autoflowers are not feminized, do you mean that they are not necessarily female or that autoflowers in general, are not feminized?

i was just saying AFs in general are not only female.


-shake

[bobjob4u]

true they have reg. and fem auto seeds. As far as the breed of that lady in the pic. She is a royal queen royal dwarf auto. there a good bang for the buck. with proper light and care. they easy average close to one oz. plus great med effects.

[MRDiff]

Nice. Seems worth it if they finish right on the 8 week mark like you said. Hopefully I get results like that on my Easy Ryder Autos. Anyway, I got some updated pics. Gettin really anxious as I have had a male pollenate a female, ruining my first grow a while back. So, let me know if you guys can tell if its showing sex. From what I can see, there are no clear pistils whatsoever. Some of the internodes have circle shaped preflowers, other have more of a leafy look. I tried to get better pictures so you guys can tell.

Added one final photo, which is more focused. And by the way, both of my auto flowers are over a foot tall now.

[middieman440]

hey man its kinda hard to look at pics when there under them lights,but im almost certain that last pic is a male,

i had an auto grow the beans wer from lowlife seeds,i planted three and 2 of them grew very nicely one male one female,i made seeds from them but the seeds are worthless everyone i planted so far is male and dont get get any taller than 6 inches.....the 3rd one i had a light fell on it so i put it outside in april it grew about 3-4 feet tall flowered then stopped flowering then flowered again needless to say the plant just rotted away after one rainfall....

if i ever do an auto grow again i will most certainly go with the joint doctors beans!

[MRDiff]

Thanks for the advice. If anybody seconds that opinion, Ill go ahead and chop it. I actually went back and took that fourth photo. Given the lighting, I had trouble getting photos to focus that far in.

[bobjob4u]

Didnt see any male parts clearly. I know those easyriders take about 3 maybe 4 weeks to flower. They are ok never had a fem turn out male, but it can happen. It will take 9 weeks from seed if it is a stable easyryder. They are good but on the week side for me with 8%-12% thc:thumbsup:

[MRDiff]

My Easy Ryder looks good right now. Its only 2 weeks old or so. But it was the Nirvana I was having trouble with, not the Lowryder. Yeah I guess I suck at taking pictures. But the fourth one is the best I could get.

[bobjob4u]

Ok if only 2 weeks . Expect to see pistils shortly. The easyryder is nirvana's only somewhat stable auto. you should be fine. it will do you good.If you treat her good.:thumbsup: