A Few Minor Problems

[carinia]

Take some pics so we can confirm the hermie I would bet that they are just unpistilated (is that a word? ) calaxys, I've never had a hermie show that early before anyway. Hermies can drastically reduce yeild (both in quantity and in quality!). If you wanted some better smoke, since you're growing it out regardless, you could patiently pick each hermie male flower off. Time consuming but I dont know the amount of effort you want to put in here.

Otherwise they look pretty healthy except for the yellowing. You're runoff is crazy though! If you're putting in seven and getting out five you're way out of bounds on the low side. I would throw some lime (like 1/4 c hydrated ) in your next water batch. It will raise your soil ph while making sure it doesnt go over 7. Be careful as you can toxify plants with this, so use it with one watering and check your results. It can also be flushed out quickly if you flub up too, so it should be a good way for you to identify your problem.

[jakal369]

Okay, so one of the plants is most def. a male, there's almost a bushel of these pods that look like little green seeds. Could I patiently pick ALL of them off or will that be wasting my time? What will be the result of picking off all the seeds?

[carinia]

Yeah, if its got little balls hanging off its a male. You can pick them off all day long, but you'll still end up with a male plant in the end. Best thing is to pull it, if you don't want it to pollinate all your crop!

[headshake]

Okay, so one of the plants is most def. a male, there's almost a bushel of these pods that look like little green seeds. Could I patiently pick ALL of them off or will that be wasting my time? What will be the result of picking off all the seeds?

they are not seeds, they are the beginnings of the male flowers. when they open they will release pollen which will then fly around in the air til it meets up with a females pistils and then move to the calyx and commence to making a seed. it takes both a male and a female (not including hermies) for a cannabis plant to reproduce.

if the plant is just a male there is no point of plucking all the flower clusters as the DNA of the plant is male. chop it immediately. if it has any flowers you can see you might want to put a trash bag over it first.


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[jakal369]

Well shit, the seed was from SUCH a fiya batch. There's no reason to grow a male plant at all? I mean, even if it's not a large yield, wouldn't SOMEthing come out of all the hard work? GOOD news though! The other two are HUGE and are def. females. They've been in veg. for 6 1/2 weeks now, I think they are ready for the new 12/12 cycle and different lights. I'll take some pictures once my phone charges and I'll see if you guys agree with me. I'm persistent though, I can't bring myself to kill a plant just because it's male, what if I finished it out completely by itself, in another room from the females?

[jakal369]

So the first picture is of a confirmed female at week 6, I think it's looking pretty nice. I mean, ofcourse I'm no proffessional and am working on such a limited budget. I assume those two things play a huge role in what the end results are, etc. etc. etc. etc. I'm really hoping to get a lot out of this plant (a lot to me being around an ounce), but reasonably I'll be content with a 1/4 hopefully. Anyway, I'd like to change the soil before I flower to something away from miracle grow. Hopefully some Fox Farms products, there's a dealer in the city I found. Plus Big Bloom for buds. I'm wondering how much longer should this guy should veg for, it's got quite a bit of nodes.

The second picture is of the best quality seed I've ever owned, but turned out to be a male. I've moved it outside and decided rather than killing it and calling it quits for that one, to let mother nature decide the final outcome and we'll toy around with that plant and see what happens.

Pic three is both together. The shorter one is the female, and that 2 1/2 footer back there is the disappointing male (now outside).

Next pic is my trying my best to show off the balls of the male. If you look closely, no even closer while squinting you'll see them if you know what you're looking for.

Next pic "........" ditto

[jakal369]

First picture shows what the little balls look like if I pick one and hold it in my hand haha, REALLY want to make sure it's a male because my hopes were all pored into that one. Ah well.

You can see them a litter more clear in the second picture. Though the plant has like 20 nodes, they "balls" are only on the top two, all the lower nodes have signs of a female. Strange?

[carinia]

Not really strange, MJ doesnt show her sex easily. I usually don't see preflowers until about week 4-5 if Im growing from seed. So the lower limbs of your plant are just pre mature, basically. The balls have not dropped. And I dont see any hairs on those lower nodes. So call a spade a bloody shovel and declare it officially male. Dont worry, there will be more seeds.

Oh also, let it veg for 2 mos before putting it into flower. They flower much faster/better if you let them get to that age point.

[jakal369]

I recently started wondering a lot about the energy costs. I don't want it to be noticeable, and if I'm running 5 lamps 12 hours or more a day for 2 months straight, I don't know, it almost seems like that situation is very close to digging your own grave. Is that the conditions in order to grow at least and ounce? That's really all I'm looking for. Such a simple request for a casual smoker (except when with friends). What would happen if they only veg for 7 weeks and I switch to flower for 8 or so weeks?