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So of the five plants that I've been growing (not new to growing, just the forum), two turned male, one female, and two hermaphrodites.
My question to you all is this, I've never had this happen before and I was wondering what you guys think caused this. I havn't changed my setup or timing for lighting since my last grow, and it had 3 females of 5.
So what's the deal?
The Kid
Well it can be many things. Bag seeds are likely to be hermie because they have come from a hermie plant. Plants can go hermie through stress. Did you cut the males in the same room, could any pollen have been released by accident?
Many many things to concider. Shit happens, and alot of people will encounter hermies. Just pull the balls off when you see them and flower as normal.
Temperature swings are the single largest stress on the plant. Stress causes hermies more then anything else.
That might be it. I usually don't grow in the winter and my apartment's temperature fluctuates (<-what a funny word) quite a bit when it's cold outside.
By the way, what kind of smoke can I expect from them? I've tried getting all of the male parts that I can, and I've been doing it for a while, but I don't want to break any trichromes off, so i'm reluctant to touch around there.
Any thoughts?
The Kid (ver. 2.stoned)
Well it will still get you high, but over-all yield wont be the same, and the potency will decrease slightly, but dont give up, you can still get bud, and if you have something to smoke at the end it hasnt been a waste of time.
Just make sure you pull all the balls off, and dont worry to much about trichs... they should be too sticky to fall off the plant.
Well, that's good. I wasn't going to get rid of them anyway, I figured they'd still get me high. but one of them is so tall i'm running out of room, and i've still got at least another month until harvest.
Thanks all.
The Kid
The taller plant can be supercropped by twisting the stem. You could train it down as well.
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but it's already into flowering pretty far and i don't want it's efforts going into re-growing itself, just producing flowers and thc.
but i think that's what i'm going to have to do anyway.
The Kid
I see. Well do you have any pictures?
How far into flowering is she?
I would not worry about touching the male flowers, better to get them off so they dont pollenate.
Here is the main bud. What do you take of it?
Looks mostly sativa and could use a bit more lumens. I would lower the light by 20% or so to reduce the curling of the leaves.
Got any more pics?
you bet it's sativa. It's my own breed, i've been working on the right mix for about 6 grows now. Other than this being a hermie, i'm cloning the felmale i've got. I call it "Blue Orchid" because it's a kind of indigo citrus blend. The only problem is that it doesn't yeild much. But I hope it's finally done this time.
That's an old pic, but my camera was stolen last week, so i won't be able to take any more for a while. But I have already reduced the light since that picture and the leafs have gotten much better.
The growspace is kind of cramped because I'm growing this crop in my closet since it was warmer in there than in the regular grow room. I wanted the right blend before this season so I can do an outdoor. So, no poking fun at the growing conditions, i'm just as amazed as you that they grew at all.
this is the only other picture I can find.
Looks tastie. I made my own sativa strain awhile back called ripple.