Help Females w/Buds producing Pollen Pods!?

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Originally Posted by Durameter

Hmm, I'm quite sure I don't have a light leak, as my 'grow room' is an area I built in the back of my storage room in the basement. The storage room has no windows and when I close the door behind me, complete darkness. The lights are on a timer too.

As for other stress issues...hmm, do you mean like; I missed watering one day and the next day I came down they were a little too dry (plants barely drooping), then I watered and they popped right back up. Stuff like that?

It's odd that all 3 of them would do this at 'exactly' the same time??? And you can see how far they've progressed as healthy females.

I guess I can't really think of anything else. I used Miracle-Gro soil, which states that after 8 weeks or so, you may use Miracle-Gro in a water solution e.g. one scoop per gallon. I used a little bit 2 weeks ago. I give my plants 2 cups of water (not actually a cup, just the cup I have that I'm using, like a tall drinking glass, it's sufficient). 2 weeks ago I put 1/2 of one cup's worth of my Miracle-Gro solution in that day's watering.

Since then, the plants started jamming!! I could see the growth increase.

Could that have caused it?

Thanks again for your input!:thumbsup:
Dura

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nobodys asked so im going to. the miracle-gro you used whats the N P K of it. you didnt happen to give it somthing with the first number higher then the second number?:wtf: that would do it.

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Originally Posted by Durameter

I've grown MJ plants plenty of times. I am now legal ( I live in Michigan and now have a Medical MJ card). I grow my plants inside under 8 different spectrum fluorescent lights.

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Why not just use the correct spectrum(s)? What have you done differently than your last sucessful grow?

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Originally Posted by Durameter

These seeds came from stuff I've collected over the years, I wanted to start as soon as I got my card. I'll purchase some good seeds next time.

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Failure with bagseed is cheap. Failure with quality genetics is expensive. How old are the seeds you are using, and where did you get 'em? (bagseed, a friend, between the cushions of the sofa...)

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Originally Posted by Durameter

Today I went down to do the usual (water, check for bugs, trim a little dead leaves here and there) you know...

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Do not trim your flowering ladies. Dead leaves fall off on their own, and trimming can stress them into hermaphrodism.

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Originally Posted by Durameter

So I got out the vacuum and turned it on, in hand, while I trimmed off the pods and cleaned the leaves VERY CAREFULLY. What the hell did I do wrong? I've grown Hermaphrodites before, and these are NO Hermies, as you can see by the pictures.

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Nice try with the vacuum, but the pollen likely went right through the filter and bag...and quite possibly pollinated the ladies anyway.

Yes...those are hermies. Whether stress-induced or genetic...they're hermies.
Would definatelly seek fresh genetics of quality, but don't spend a fortune till you've got this 'growing' thing figured-out. Get's expensive.

If stress-induced you can find/eliminate the stress and ride it out, but keep your eyes peeled for more nanners in the same area's on the plant you found the original nanners. If genetic, nanners will continue to form throughout the grow, including inside of the buds.

What MG nutrient are you using on the flowering ladies?

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Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome

Yes...those are hermies. Whether stress-induced or genetic...they're hermies.
Would definatelly seek fresh genetics of quality, but don't spend a fortune till you've got this 'growing' thing figured-out. Get's expensive.

If stress-induced you can find/eliminate the stress and ride it out, but keep your eyes peeled for more nanners in the same area's on the plant you found the original nanners. If genetic, nanners will continue to form throughout the grow, including inside of the buds.

What MG nutrient are you using on the flowering ladies?

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lol a few sacks pot up and people scream hermie. dude i have had a whole branch on a plant go male, this is a stress problem. im thinking the mg is for veging plants and nitrogen stressed the plants.

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Originally Posted by maro69camaro

lol a few sacks pot up and people scream hermie. dude i have had a whole branch on a plant go male, this is a stress problem. im thinking the mg is for veging plants and nitrogen stressed the plants.

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Um, as far as I know, a hermie is a plant that produces male and female reproductive organs. So if you had a plant with one branch.....:wtf: produce male sacs, you had a hermie.

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Originally Posted by Balkey

Um, as far as I know, a hermie is a plant that produces male and female reproductive organs. So if you had a plant with one branch.....:wtf: produce male sacs, you had a hermie.

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thats what im saying. that is for sure hermie but im saying if its do to stress and you get a sack here and a sack there thats not a hermie its stress.

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Originally Posted by maro69camaro

lol a few sacks pot up and people scream hermie. dude i have had a whole branch on a plant go male, this is a stress problem. im thinking the mg is for veging plants and nitrogen stressed the plants.

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sorry i should have stated that better. mine was hermie. this one here is stress related. wether the nutes did it, ph somthing

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Originally Posted by Balkey

Um, as far as I know, a hermie is a plant that produces male and female reproductive organs. So if you had a plant with one branch.....:wtf: produce male sacs, you had a hermie.

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Yup.
The nitrogen issue is the reason for the question regarding which MG product he is using. After all...there's a shitload of versions of MG including a Rose formula which is on the edge of usefulness for container gardening.

This is why the troublshooting form is so useful.
It helps to keep us from making what could be inaccurate assumptions.

Here is the Miracle-Gro product I'm using.
Is this good/bad? I'm not sure.

My girls are doing very well.
Good news is, I've only found 2 more pods since last post. Everything looks good. 100% female from here on out. Eh, kinda anyway I guess...I hope!!

Thanks guys for all the help again!
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.

You are fine. Go light on that blue junk. Pick of the testicles and learn.

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Originally Posted by Durameter

Here is the Miracle-Gro product I'm using.
Is this good/bad? I'm not sure.

My girls are doing very well.
Good news is, I've only found 2 more pods since last post. Everything looks good. 100% female from here on out. Eh, kinda anyway I guess...I hope!!

Thanks guys for all the help again!
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.

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I've never used any MG nutes so I have no advice for ya there. BUT, your last 2 pictures have me worried. At the top of that bud (pretty sure its the same bud in both pics) it looks like you MIGHT have a nanner pod starting to grow. KEEP AN EYE on that nug and other nugs. If it is in fact a little nanner pod ( I call them nanners because they look like small banana's once they open) that is bad news. Usually a top view of the bud will show the biggest color difference and show hermie parts IN buds easier. The nanners are usually yellow and sometimes start out as a hard pod and opens up.

Just keep an eye on it. :rastasmoke: