OH, B*LL*CKS!!!

[faithless]

20 days left of flowering, theyve been great so far, just found 7-8 bollocks.
Sprayed down with water, snipped as carefully as I could and removed but 3 were already open.

What are my chances if I continue snipping everything I see from now on?

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[Cornelius]

depends on how vigilant you are. I figure you're gonna get some seeds already, but if you can catch them before they mature the problem won't be too bad.

best of luck to you

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[Perp]

It's not the end of the world. Chances are most of the seed will be immature and undeveloped. If worst comes to worst you got some seeds for next time plus some good weed. Potency doesn't decrease that much just because you get seeds.

[faithless]

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Yeah, I know, but it spoils my plan a bit, which was to reinvest half of it in building a new room.
So far I think I've found everything, maybe 10 male flowers all in all on 3 girls, though myabe half were open...watered down then chopped. Will have to do this every day now.

Otherwise, nothing strange looking. I'm hoping only some branches will be affected, theres only 20 days left, but we'll see. They were all low down, so at least the pollen hasn't spilled straight down onto any flowers.

Still hoping there'll be enough sensi to invest in new room though. If not, oh well, I still have a load of weed for myself.

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[Weedhound]

Fairthless are you growing organic? If not have you tried the Dutch Master Feminiser? Works great for me and not a hermie to be found after i started using it.

[faithless]

I'm doing soil but not organic nutes.
These were clones, I have two suspicions.
Maybe their mother was dodgy, and last week I slept over and missed opening the door to my room for about an hour, which makes it really hot. It probaly reached 45C for an hour, and it was recent, so thats a likely candidate. Perhaps it was a combinattion of both.

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[faithless]

That Dutch feminiser looks interesting:
http://www.hydroponic-shop.com/product_info.php?products_id=555

[BlueBear]

Sometimes those male flowers will only leav a few seeds, but sometimes, watch out, you will get hundreds dumped on you.
Adieu

[faithless]

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I've chopped everything I could find, a couple were only tiny, so we'll see.
The only ones that worry me are the 3-4 that were open. From now on I'll be watching like a hawk.

Ah well, it makes me a more experienced farmer, I've now had males, females and hermies, seeing them in real life is better than seeing photos.

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[Weedhound]

I've had excellent results with the feminiser. It was reccommended to me by a very sharp hydro store owner...I spray as a foliar spray the first day I go to 12/12 and then once more on the 10th day....had several hermies prior to using it and none since.

PS He also said that if the plants do develop balls further on into flowering that they won't be able to pollinate...can't remember why.....old

[CaliJay]

My take is you're fuked my friend. :( :( :( :buzz_saw: :( :( :( Sorry to chime in but you have to be ready for the worst and keep positive. If you get seeds harvest them and spread this strain outdoors in spring near water or somewhere they can take hold and let these hermie traits continue producing seasonly. Do not grow any seeds or give them to your friends or they might end up with the srtess you have now. Damn the Balls!!!


-Jay

I love You....Peace!

[faithless]

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Don't know about fucked...It's still perfectly smokable. It's even sellable, how may of us are growing bagseed from weed we bought? Quite a few.

Anyway, no new discernable male flowers today, I found one small bud that is beginning to change color a little early, so I suspect that bud has been pollinated, apart from that, I can't see anything scary.

I can harvest in like 12-13 days if I want to, (though I'd prefer to hang on a little longer), so maybe, just maybe, the girls will survive fairly acceptably...

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[Weedhound]

I have some seeds from a "blue russian" type thing I bought and it has turned to be the best stuff I've ever smoked. It wasn't that impressive with the seeds in it (about 100-120 in the oz)--although not bad either-- but when I grew it sinsemilla watch out!! Still my favorite today.

[faithless]

2 new small immature male flowers, otherwise, looking good.
It's going to be an interesting experiment seeing how successfully or unsuccessfully I can alleviate this.

Is there any way I can tell if a bud has been pollinated at this early stage?
I noticed one popcorn bud that is yellowing as if matruing early, while the others are all still white. Is that an indication? Can I use that indication or are there any better?

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[faithless]

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Only 1 tiny hint of a male flower in all 3 girls today.
I was worried that once they started, I'd be finding 15 new ones each day.
I'm feeling hopeful that I stemmed some of the problem.

I wonder if the male flowers regress once they start getting killed all the time, if the environment is otherwise comfortable?

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[BuddyLove]

sorry to here about your tranny plants mate

same thing happened to two clones i gave my mate a few week back kept em in a little wardrobe and fucked the the temps up once or twice they wer e only 10-12 days in flower and had to go in the bin :mad:

im sure your plants will still provide a quality smoke though

better luck next time buddy :rastasmoke:

[faithless]

Ok, so zero new flowers today, down from 1 yesterday, before that 2, and
7-8 when I first found them. Interesting, there seems to be a decreasing trend.
Theories?

[faithless]

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I'm knocked out.
Still not a single new tiny male, I bet they've stopped.
And just took my first real bud, and I'm properly stoned.

:D

So, the theory I'm playing around with is a hormone began bubbling because of some stress to the plants, probably the occassion when the temps were out of whack for an hour when the door got accidentally closed, which probably caused temps of around 40 - 45C for up to an hour.
Also, I suspect that they must have been fairly sucseptible to hermying anyway, I think perhaps Mummy had some tranny genes in her, it happened to 3 girls from the same mother simultaneously.

I'm suspecting that finding male tendencies early and destroying them, and the fact that the girls otherwise are in a comfortable environment, caused the hormone to never really get bubbling up in earnest.

Comments?

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[CaliJay]

Great news Bro...I was just playing about you being fuked.... Where did you get the genetics? Were the clones from a mom that was feminized? It would be interesting to know.
I have done mean things to my girls and not seen balls. I am keeping a eye out though. Luckily the genetics are really good so I am hoping that they are just tough bitches...


Love...

[faithless]

Yeah, they came from bought Nirvana seeds, I've been trying to get hold of the guy who gave me them to ask just that, and whether the Mom was a bit gay, but no answer. Hes probably in jail ;)

[Weedhound]

right on faithless!