What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
I have been using this grow box system through 3 full grows now. View my albums for set-up and grow pics from previous. All up and until this grow were done with soil, clones taken from one of my three mums, with super success. This time decided to try the bubbler system, and the clones are quadruple in three weeks what the soil had taken 8 weeks to do. BUT...this time while I was trimming and getting all of tips attached to the scrog to keep all at one height, I noticed what appeared to be pods of some kind which look like what I get in a final bud, but want to see if a pro can tell me what these are. I am using Floranova Bloom during veg, then Floranova bloom changed last weekend and have been in 12/12 for three weeks. Plants are much healthier than any soil grow ever was, dark green etc. Flowering like crazy, I have included a few pics, let me know if you need others.
Thanks in advance. Oh yeah, using 175w HPS in cooling hood.
Most of these do not appear to be growing in the "pawn shop sign" type 3 pod male flower, I just don't want to take a chance. PPM is adjusted properly, however, my ph meter doesn't seem to very accurate. Temps are mid to upper 70's always.
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
Your plants are producing male flowers. They will soon be introducing pollen to your room.
I've read somewhere that this can be slowed/prevented, but I'm not sure exactly how.
GM
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
Here is another that I noticed just alittle while ago....thought it might be a better pic.
Thanks for the reply
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
This set-up vents outside, will it still produce descent quality buzz if allowed to continue? Air circulates from mums too flower area and then outside. Should the mums be ok?? also if I continue to pull these sites as I notice them will they have a chance to not seed?
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
the only thing you can do with a chronic plant is let it go and see what happends
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
Thatâ??s turned hermie on you. You can pick off the current male flowers if there aren't too many and then treat the plant with dutchmaster reverse. This is supposed to stop it producing anymore.
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
Pulled off as many as I can see, some are mixed into the female flowers so that it is hard to tell which is which but I think I got most of them, is there a way to tell if the male flower has matured enough to produce the pollen, or do they produce at any stage? Thanks Again
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
I've found in the past that the male flowers don't really impose much danger to the crop as long as you keep an eye on them. To keep them under control, pluck the ones that you can reach before they open. If they open first, then give the flower a light mist of water then pluck it. For the flowers you can't reach, avoid hitting those plants with fan air or air current to keep the pollen from getting airborne. Additionally, when the flowers that you can't reach do open, spray them GENTLY with a narrow jet like stream of water to wash pollen to the floor.
If it becomes apparent that your plant has completely reversed gender (became a male) and you're sure it's gonna contaminate your garden, pull the bastard out (carefully without releasing more pollen, I wrap them in a garbage bag before sawing the trunk). This is a last resort, however, you may avoid ruining your crop.
Your momma plant should be ok with the airflow you described. If possible, move your exhaust outlet to the bottom of the room. This will draw pollen to the floor away from the buds
GM
What NOW?! Need advice desperately !
this too shall pass, get some dutch masters reverse, spray the plants right away and again in 3 weeks, they will be fine...no more hermies...