3 branches

sorry i wasnt sure where to put this. has anybody ever heard of a cannabis plant having 3 branches on every node?? i have one in the bunch that since germination has had uniform-tri-branch nodes (even had 3 seed leaves! looked like a damn mitsubishi logo when the true leaves came.) my dad seems to think it might be a hermi, i have no experience with them so i dont know. nothing else seems to be out of place other than its got a thicker stalk due to there being 3 branches on every node, and when it hit alternate-phylotaxy 1 out of the 3 branches was higher. started flowering about 4 days ago and its yet to determine sex that i can see.

anybody know whats going on? does this happen often?could it be the strain? everybody ive spoken too so far hasnt ever heard of that happening, i can take pictures if it helps. everything else seems fine its very healthy. every node takes super long to develope so its pretty short and quite bushy and the top looks like a star.

any ideas?

It like a four leaf clover in the mj world. It doesn't happen to often. I have had it once and got a very good harvest with a huge cola bud. Nothing wrong with it. I wish I had taken clones when I found out mine was female.

w00t!:D

There is a thread at greenpassion.org and some people think it is the evolution of mj. you should check it out.

hey thanks! it turns out this is known as a Tri-foliate. so far nobodies seen a male. mine should be showing sex real soon! hopefully we can breed this insto stability!!!

LMFAO!

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...me-stinky.html


Mine was male. So I killeded it.

it's called whorled phylotaxy. similar to the sickle cell human.
I have a sunflower sprout that did it as well.
And any node starting from a plant has a tiny chance of doing it. and I am saying "TIIINY" chance.

besafe, befree:jointsmile:

i wonder how it would look outdoor.

sorry, post error

And it has really nice pics, too! :thumbsup:

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Granny :hippy:

its a male. ill be collecting pollen, and im going to try to hook up with one of these guys on these other boards and maybe get some seeds going. id love to isolate the gene and cross it with something like lowryder.

that third branch might come in handy later.:thumbsup:

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its a male. ill be collecting pollen

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Just remember to freeze your pollen if not being used withing 48 hours....

cool thanks for the tip!

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Trifoliates (or whorled pyllotaxy) happen every once in a while, and just like 'purple' genetics...they're nothing special, beyond the intrigue. They do not grow fatter, they are not psychotropically stronger, and they don't taste any better than it's 'normal' sisters.

Best advantage (and possibly the only advantage) is that early-on they have 50% more surface area to collect the light. Once the plant fills-in, it doesn't matter any more, and often during the maturation process the mutation disappears. (resumes normal growth habits)

Over the years I've had quite a few trifoliates develop prior to switching to 12/12, and even had one develop after switching. Exciting at first, but no big deal.

theres alot of wierd stuff that can happen, just look at my 2 plants. one looked like female parts when just starting out, but instead it was the tip vien of the leaf sticking out. the leaf is half a leaf

where as the other one started to split. and then has a 3rd growth idk whats going on.

but its more healthy then my other plants i'll tell you that