Hey Fhydro........

[Stormcooker]

Did you have any balls with your female skunk specials?
I'm having a serious ball dilemna, probably hermies. lOts of good bud sights, like it could be the biggest yielder yet for me, but lots of balls!!!!!!!! I don't know what to do. This grow seemed to be the best one yet until balls showing right under the bud sights. Please feedback storm

[Mctuffet]

Dude balls equal male flowers. So if you have buds and balls you have a hermi. If that cam from females seeds i feel for you. i would be pissed if i got femanized seeds and resulted in a hermi. you could either clip the balls and grow your buds. this would be a constant battle and alot of consistant work, i wouldn't do it if i had alot of plants. if you have a few then do it. or ou could just let it all go and get seeds in your bud. thats not all bad because if the plant polinates it'self you get femanized seeds and your next grow could ber all ladies... it your call.

[Stormcooker]

Yeah, It's my fault two went hermie. I had some temperature management issues in the cabinet setup.

I clipped all the balls and i'll keep up on it. Seeds would be a good thing this grow anyhow, I need the seeds, as long as they don't proliferate too much. Regardless of the balls, the bud sights are huge and many, Potential for a geat yield. wish me luck

[fhydro]

Yes i got male flowers only on one plant over 10 in my last crop. I clipped the male balls before they went mature and anyway i've got some seeds in some buds. Maybe one seed over 3 big buds. But the seeds are female seeds ! They are not really hermies because they keep on the thriving process after the balls generation. You did the good thing and you will have big and mature buds anyway. Not so important.
Fhydro

[fhydro]

Could you send pics ? I will do of my new ak47 crop as soon as i find a PC host for my digi cam. 19 days into 12/12.
Fhydro

[fhydro]

Hey storm, i began my cross between skunk special and AK47. I put together in the same room 2 cuttings of an awesome AK47 male and a skunk special cutting ( female ). All cuttings have rooted and they have been in 12/12 cycle for one week. I will send you seeds if you want to try that killer and big yielder cross.
Fhydro

[Stormcooker]

I think I got all the balls off. Even If I get a few seeds, I don't think anyone will mind. I might need those seeds anyway. Peolpe are saying that those seeds should grow female anyway. I will post some pics for you tonight. I should have followed your advice before when I asked you if I should grow two or three girls in my litlle cabinet. I didn't have the heart to chop down the third girl so now I am pretty crowded. Stretch is slowing down now though. 3rd wk 12/12. Canopy is FULL, lower bud sites will suffer, but I might get a bigger yield this way in the end. The SS is definitely smelly. More so than AK47, and Grapefruit. Some days I smell it as soon as I walk in my house when I forget to close a certain door or keep the exhaust off. What do you think of the smell of the final product in the bag? or when you pinch a cured bud? I'm hopin' it's very smelly, so people want more just for the wreak.

I read your post about your AK. I'm surprised when you said it was good "right before bed bud". These sativas keep me up at night. I can't fall asleep for like two or three hours after I smoke. THe grapefruit in particular, it's definitely an energetic buzz.

I will post some pics tonite. I'd be happy to try some of your new seeds!!!!

Thanks, Storm

[fhydro]

Yes skunk special is very smelly i had forgotten. I had paranoia till the end. Regarding the dried bud, there is no difference, it's a full compact heavy bud but with less resin than AK47. It can be couch lock also. As for my AK, maybe the day of harvest can affect the effect, hum, readable ?
Till soon for the pics...( what is your EC level now ? )
Fhydro