All these pictures are from the same plant. third week into flower as of today. Is this a Hermie???
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All these pictures are from the same plant. third week into flower as of today. Is this a Hermie???
The third pic definitely has male and female parts, but the other three I couldn't really tell. Dutch Master makes a foliar spray product called "Reverse" that will kill male flowers. Might help save you from a seeded crop.
Looks more like just standard bud growth.
I hope it's not Hermie. I only have one plant. Can't wait till it the nights are a little more warm here in BC so I can just grow outside.
I've had hermies before. If it's your only plant you'll get good weed it'll just have seeds. Use those seeds and next time you'll have more then one plant. I grow inside so I pick of the male flowers when I see them. If you have light leaks that can cause plants to go hermie.
CAREFULLY pick off all the male parts and you will have ZERO seeds. Tweezers work well. If you break one of the sacs, though, the pollen will burst out and pollinate the whole plant, so be CAREFUL... Water will kill the male pollen, so you can spray them with some water before you pick them (Try not to water the female buds too much especially later in flowering, as they can gather mold).
If you let if grow, it will definitely pollinate itself and you will get next to no bud. So, better to try and pick those things off while you still can.
I think its a hermie, use a wet paper towel to grab it an pluck it off, then take a razor blade and cut any remaining of and then some, to make sure it wont grow back, inspect your plant daily now. I had this problem and i missed one, I think your always going to miss one.
Good luck
Forget trying to pick them off, you will never get them all. Rather, spend $20 on some Dutch Master Reverse and spray your plant down every week and the male flowers will just shrivel up and die. Much easier than picking them all off.
If its truellly a hermie and not a male I would just let them grow. Harvest the seeds when you're all done and you'll have some feminized seeds.
Gonna pick up some of the Dutch Master Reverser I'll let ya know how it goes
So Far the DM Reverser hasn't done anything. But I'm still hopeful. Can anyone tell me if this plant is a Sativa or Indaca.
Well you're supposed to use Reverse in weeks 1 and three of flower to kill the male parts. I keep using it until the end of week four just in case. I spray it down every other day. I would think after enough applications the male parts will dry up, or at least that is what I have seen when I used it. Also, your plant looks very indica to me.
Thanx DJ for all your help. I was think it was Indica but wasn't sure. It's starting to get crystals all over the buds and parts of the leaves now. I got the seeds from some great weed a bud gave me. It had a very awesome body high but your mind still stayed clear and gets you motivated perfect daytime smoke that's why I grew it cause I liked it so much.:thumbsup:
Urban Marijuana Grower's Myth.Quote:
Originally Posted by killerweed420
Seeds from hermied plants do not produce "feminized" seeds. What they will produce are plants that are more prone to hermie-ing.
Lot's of things can cause hermies, including genetics.
Most often caused by plant stresses -- nutes, water, light, heat, cold, because it can.
One strain received as a clone and cloned for several generations always produced some seeds. I eventually found the little flower-bastards hiding withing the topbud! But only 1 or 2 per plant. I decided it's issue was genetics.
I've always had light leaks... my plants are used to that abuse! LOL :rasta:
True and false. Self pollinated plants are feminized by default since there is no male gene. However, the seeds usually do tend to not be stable, especially if the conditions are not 100% ideal.
Awww!! So it looked like the male part on my Lady were drying up so I went to pick one off and he busted a nut on me. powder just came shooting out. So now did my lady knock herself up? The male part pretty much just fell of once I touched it but he still manged to bust a nut. Think I'll be getting seeds with my harvest?
Guess the Reverser didn't work I got some seeds on one of my buds and cut it off. but so far I don't see any seeds anywhere else. This is a slow flowering plant.
Don't worry about it if only one busted on you! The chances are that you'll have a couple of buds that have been pollinated and the rest will be fine... unless you had a box fan blowing on them... then more of your crop would be affected.
Def. a hermie, though... I had to kill a male last week... thank GOD it hadn't opened yet... it was still a club!
Reverse can help, but I've always ditched the hermies... if I'm going to spend as much time as I do in that room, I'm getting PURE SENSI, baby!
Keep up the good work, and don't let one f'd up plant ruin you. Some folks experience the 50/50 rule and get half males, some of us are lucky and have only ran into one hermie and one male.
I'm starting to believe that nutrient burns and deficiencies play a larger role in sex selection than heat, light, or humidity! I use GH 3-part and a special cocktail of others and haven't had many issues. What type of nutes are you running and at what concentration? (I use NaCl readings)
Cut her down one Saturday night. Looks good Tons of red hairs. I mean she's a hairy she/he. Reminds me of this Italian chick I got with when I was in high school. Shes drying good and I'll start to Cure her on Thursday or Wednesday. No seeds on her at all but she does have some pollen sacks.
I have some questions about this reverse. 1. The product says to use the day of 12/12 trigger and then 10 days after. Will the bud experiance any adverse effects if I contiue to use for a couple more weeks? 2. It has been 6 days since the last application of the reverse and I have seen the dreaded banana flower :wtf: Does the reverse physicaly kill the male flower or does it make the pollen inactive?
I don't know much about how the Reverser affects the plant longer into flower I used it for 10days I just followed the directions on the back of the bottle. I only found seeds on one bud the rest had no seeds although after the harvest I found alot more nanners but I don't think the pollen was alive the male parts just came right off after I barely touched them I think if would of worked fully if I started using it sooner.