Identifiably lost

[TwiztedKayne]

Greetings. Is it common for every single branch on my plant
to have only three leaves?
She is four foot high, never been pruned, and been
growing outdoors in florida aproximately since a week before mothers day this year.
I have grown a plant with 13-16 leafs "male" but never just 3 all over the place.
Searching the forum brought up an entirely different situation wherein the plant's a potent mutant.
Thanks for reading.

TwiztedKayne Reviewed by TwiztedKayne on 07-02-2008. Identifiably lost Greetings. Is it common for every single branch on my plant to have only three leaves? She is four foot high, never been pruned, and been growing outdoors in florida aproximately since a week before mothers day this year. I have grown a plant with 13-16 leafs "male" but never just 3 all over the place. Searching the forum brought up an entirely different situation wherein the plant's a potent mutant. Thanks for reading. Rating: 5

[TwiztedKayne]

Here is a visual.

[TwiztedKayne]

Can anyone here help or direct me to a resource to help?

[jsn9333]

3-bladed leaves isn't terribly uncommon. Once the plant matures more often it starts having more blades in each leaf... but sometimes it doesn't I suppose. It could just be the strain I guess, but I'm no expert.

I will offer this bit of advice, take it or leave (no pun intended). Make sure it is getting enough light. It looks like it is surrounded by plants that are fairly close and are taller then it. To a certain extent you need that for security reasons... but if you can find a place to move it where it gets more hours of direct light per day that might help it to mature more and start making larger leaves. If your photo's are toward the North, and the land behind you was clear, (so the plants have relatively open space to the South, East, and West) then you're probably good where you are. Otherwise, if the plants are surrounded on all sides you may want to try moving them.

You could always measure the hours of direct light it gets and report back to see if anyone thinks you need more. I've heard 4-6 hours is the absolute minimum a plant needs... and the more it gets the more it will thrive. Hold your arm out from your face toward the sky, stretched out, and have your palm facing you with your fingers stacked on top of eachother. Generally the amount of sky each finger takes up is 15 minutes, so each hand is 1 hour. Follow the path the sun takes and count how many hours it is shining directly on your plants. To be as accurate as possible visit it in the morning, and evening to make sure you aren't over-estimating what time the sun goes behind trees, etc.

If it is only getting 4 hours direct, perhaps you should move it. On the other hand, security is pretty damn important... so do whatever you think is best. I don't think the plant looks like it is "hurting", so you probably don't need to worry. Perhaps it needs more nutrients too? If you are already watering it and feeding it enough, don't bother with that (you don't want to over-feed it).

But a plant can never get too much direct sunlight... that is the one thing I can think to try.

Then again, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.

[stinkyattic]

Strain related. That plant is healthy.

[TwiztedKayne]

Thanks for responding.
This plant allways keeps me googling for info.
Now the pre flowers "from like 8 inches down from the
cola" are growing straight up the stalk. Maybe it's a
cactus that looks like weed.:wtf: