What are these things?

[sociobud]

This is my first ever grow and I have 4 plants that I thought were female. They are in day 23 of flowering and looking very pretty. Today as I was looking at the buds with a magnifying glass, I noticed something new. On one of the lower branched buds on one plant, but on the outside to get good light, is 2-3 very small things that have pretty little brown hairs growing from them. They don't really look like balls, more like seeds, but not much like that either. Kinda like a calyx with a brown thread coming out.

I hope someone knows what these things are. Is this one a hermi? I didn't think hairs came out of hermi's "balls". There is definitely hairs coming out of these. I've been doing really good at temp, pH, water, and light.

Hope the pics help. Its hard to get a good shot, not sure I really can. The last pic is the best. You can see the shapes and the hairs coming out.

sociobud Reviewed by sociobud on 01-23-2008. What are these things? This is my first ever grow and I have 4 plants that I thought were female. They are in day 23 of flowering and looking very pretty. Today as I was looking at the buds with a magnifying glass, I noticed something new. On one of the lower branched buds on one plant, but on the outside to get good light, is 2-3 very small things that have pretty little brown hairs growing from them. They don't really look like balls, more like seeds, but not much like that either. Kinda like a calyx with a brown Rating: 5

[PharmaCan]

Those are male sex organs you are holding in the last pic - can't really tell much from the other pics, they're too blurry.

PC :smokin:

[sociobud]

even with obvious brown hairs growing out of them??

ok, if this is a hermi, what should I do now in week 3??

bummer dude

[dejayou30]

I can't tell anything from those blurry pictures. Take some clearer ones if possible if you want more opinions, not that PC's is necessarily a bad one. :jointsmile:

[sociobud]

I removed the plant from the closet while I am awaiting it's fate. I found some more of the "pod" like creatures on another plant, but only at the very bottom, and still developing buds. I need to know if I should pluck them out or what...

I took some better pics (hopefully). I took one of the branches off and stripped it of it's leaves in hopes of providing a better photo. Please check this out and tell me what you think???

Also, is the plant finished? Should I toss it or try to save it if it is a hermi???

I checked everything again to make sure the "req's" are ok. The pH is around 6, temp between 75-80F, 12-12 cycle, 2 fans blowing on plant, NEW exhaust fan (I did have some humidity problems which resulted in mold on walls, but the new fan fixed that)...wonder why it turned...

[sociobud]

So I plucked one of the smaller, lower, more developing "buds" off and took some photos. Hope this helps more.

Also, when people say "pollen" came out of the ball, what does that look like? Dusty??? Cause when I squeeze mine, juice comes out. Nothing dry, and what I would think would be "pollen-like".

[dejayou30]

If liquid ran out, its probably an immature seed, which means that PC was probably right about the male parts. I had some seeds show up on my first grow and they would leak clear liquid when squeezed. Its likely your plant hermed, but at this point you might as well leave them alone and let nature take its course because there's no turning back now and the buds will be smokeable when they are donw growing, just not as potent as they could have been if they weren't pollinated.

[stinkyattic]

The pollen would come from a little yellowish pod like a tiny banana.
What you have there is 'pregnant' female parts- The calyx has swollen from the seed growing inside it. You likely had a hermaphrodite that you did not notice in time, or a male nearby.

[Farmer Rich]

I seem to be having the same issue.. I don't know if I agree with PC, they seem more like pollinated female seed pods. On the plant below, I thought this was a hermi and talked myself out of it. Looks like I'll be smokin' some seedy weed after my first grow. Since I grew up in the 70's, I definitely know about smokin' seedy weed! I guess on the positive side, I have one really crusty (with trichs) indica that I'll try the seeds from because the hermi was equally crusty..

I'm guessing at this point I should just let things continue with the grow? Seems a little late to be pulling the plant..

:wtf: Farmer Rich

[gainesvillegreen]

What you have there is 'pregnant' female parts- The calyx has swollen from the seed growing inside it. You likely had a hermaphrodite that you did not notice in time, or a male nearby.

I definitely agree with the female part, they are indeed calyxes; however, I don't know about the pregnant/seeded part (I'm not saying I disagree, just that I don't know). I have seen many a plant where the calyxes would swell as they matured without being pollenated.

The thing that makes me unsure is the browned pistils on the swollen calyxes. From your pictures, the buds look very young and the only brown pistils I see are on the swollen calyxes, which seems to be indicative of pollenated buds.

So, anyways, I would recommend cutting open some of the swollen calyxes on the pieces you cut from the plants. Check them to see if you have just an immature seed at the base or if you have growing seeds inside.