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The older girl ( in the back) started pre-flowering while still in veg and has quite a jump on her little sister (in front).
Lots of bud sites showing on the older girl. Baby sister just seems to be taking her time. Both came from bagseed but from different years. Of course, we have no idea what variety either plant is and won't even hazard a guess.
Don't underestimate the runts. So far the plant with the lightest weight (2 oz dry bud) produced the nicest high, so far. I've tried about half of the 12 plants so far. Best of luck, Toke.
Shov
Hey, When you get that 400 watt hps. go with a lumatek Digital ballast. i just got one and its great!
Shov ~ Actually, the bigger girl in the back was a runt, too. It was the second seed to pop, then it shot up with a long stem and fell over and was rowing in a corkscrew shape for quite a while. All of a sudden, I checked on her one morning and she was standing up proud. Been doing pretty well ever since.
Anbesol ~ Yup. After much reading I had already decided to go with the Lumatek.
Regarding the fan ~ I went back and read Rhizomes "Grow Room" thread yet again. Tey sy the third time is the charm.:) This time I drug out the calculator and did the math. Looks like a 4" fan will do just fine with or without adding the HPS. I found a 4" Vortex for $109 and decent shipping. Gonna go ahead and order it this weekend and see how it works with my filter.
Awesome! good Luck!
The last unknown plant in the back yard finally decided to show its sex. It's a girl!!! Out of the nine we started with, that makes three girls and one hermie.
OK. If I understand this correctly, the seeds produced by the hermie should be feminized. Since the hermie will most likely pollinate the outdoor female, will her seeds also be feminized?
I did break down and ordered a fan the other day. I also ordered a carbon filter to go with it as I wasn't sure how my DIY filter would match up with the fan.
The indoor girls are doing well. The latest one to bloom is really starting to show off her bud sites. The buds on the late bloomer appear to be coming tighter or more compact than those on the early bloomer. I have a feeling that we'll be harvesting the late bloomer several weeks later than her sister.
If you let your hermi pollinate other plants (or itself which is worse) you will be helping to pass on that trait to your next batch of seeds. The views that I have read about is that if you have a hermaphrodite, get rid of it quick. Incest in plants is like it is in humans. Seems to bring out the bad traits.
But, some of the best high quality herb strains have high hermi tendancies. I've grown out some hermie seeds and got one great, 100% fem crop with very few seeds. Most plants had none. All the herb was great.
I was on one cannabis growing site where I had to leave due to the harrassment over feminized (hermi) seeds. I still disagree that it would be the downfall of society if I grow out hermie seeds. WTF? Up here the locals have grown for a long while and hermie plants are just part of the business. Sometimes they are the best head in the crop. So, go ahead. after you veg a plant for 8 weeks, and after another 8 weeks of flower it shows a male part or two (which is how it usually goes) rip it out. Burn it and all it's seeds!
Sorry for the rant. I'll probably get jumped on again...
Shov
Hey Shovelhandle, Always good to hear about someone's experence. I guess like a lot of things in nature you never know what might happen. And some of the best things can happen if you keep an open mind.
Shov and Misslilly ~ I really apperciate your responses. It wasn't my intent to spark a debate but as long as things stay civil, which appears to be the case, I suppose all is good.:)
Since I'm growing from bagseed which I understand is frequently prone to produce hermies anyway, I suppose I should expect one once in a while. I just look at it as one more smokable plant that we'll have.
We've been dealing with seeds in our smoke for as long as I can remember. It's no big deal to us.
It will be interesting to see the difference in potency, if any, between the hermie and the female growing outdoors and the two girls without beans growing indoors.:jointsmile:
Once we start getting ahold of some really nice strains, well......... we deal with it when it comes up.;)