Pistils in just 2 days??!!

[Rumpl4skn]

This will probably be of little interest to most here, particularly the old pros,. but.... I had to tell somebody. :)

I'm growing some Barney's LSD - extremely high THC strain, for an eventual medicinal use. I planted 3 seeds, all 3 sprouted well, but the seedlings grew extremely slowly - I had a temporary seedling room setup that one day had an A/C disaster, and it hit 92F in there for a few hours. The plants obviously stressed over it, and although they survived, they took forever to veg.

14 weeks into veg (!), #2 was about 18" tall and full of pre-flowers. So, into the 12/12 room. Just TWO DAYS into bud, and I have pistils on this thing.

I assume it's because of the long veg period, but... I'm still astounded. :cool:

[Shovelhandle]

That's great! Pistils show with the preflowers usually. I expect to see them at week six veg for most of the indica hybrids I grow. The sativa dominant strains can be a little slower to show.

[Rumpl4skn]

That's great! Pistils show with the preflowers usually. I expect to see them at week six veg for most of the indica hybrids I grow. The sativa dominant strains can be a little slower to show.

I was under the impression you would never see a pistil til the plant went into bud. At least, that's been my limited experience. I'm on my second grow, Afghan clones and some Barney's LSD from seed - first grow was just the Afghan from seed. Never saw a pistil til about 2 weeks into budding on anything.

But I'll defer to your longer experience, I guess.

[Rumpl4skn]

I also did a little detective work with the first plant. it was about 5" tall when the overheating occurred (the little room got up to 92º F for a few hours one day). All 3 of them obviously had their growth stunted, as I figured I lost a good 2-3 weeks, because as I said, they were vegged for 14 weeks total. The first plant - the one that was tallest during the crisis - responded horribly to another mild heat situation, were a new bulb got too close to all 3. That first plant's leaves got wrecked - dried and crispy, curled up all around, and yellow spots all over the edges and half-way in. New leaves are coming in fine up top, but I don't expect a high yield from this one, I don't think it has enough processing capability.

My unprofessional assumption is that the seedling took some genetic damage from that early 92º episode, and now that plant is highly susceptible to any heat overages.

Does that make any sense?