Please Help Identify!!(PICS)

[Bataleon420]

To some this may be a simple answer, but to me this is a definite plant problem. Received seeds from a bag o' weed, planted, babied, grew outdoors in what I believe one of the most prime spots in the state, and now, 5 months into it, I see, A BALL?!?! Is what I removed in fact a sure tell sign that this is either a male or a hermie? Standing 8 1/2 feet tall, I am sure I will not be able to sucessfully remove the sacs if it is a hermie, so if these are pollen sacs and not something else, this plant must go.
I had a good first run starting with 5 plants, learned soo much interesting information, but it still hurts that the girl I fell in love with, was really just a boy the whole time. Or at least a cross dressing hermaphrodite. ARGH!
Thanks so Much!

Bataleon420 Reviewed by Bataleon420 on 08-18-2010. Please Help Identify!!(PICS) To some this may be a simple answer, but to me this is a definite plant problem. Received seeds from a bag o' weed, planted, babied, grew outdoors in what I believe one of the most prime spots in the state, and now, 5 months into it, I see, A BALL?!?! Is what I removed in fact a sure tell sign that this is either a male or a hermie? Standing 8 1/2 feet tall, I am sure I will not be able to sucessfully remove the sacs if it is a hermie, so if these are pollen sacs and not something else, this Rating: 5

[nexusmick]

Def looks like a pollen sac to me. Either male or hermie. Take your choice, but either way, I feel for you bro............

[Rusty Trichome]

Before you chop, make damn sure it's a nanner. Occationally, pistils will get stuck inside, (like an ingrown hair) and it would be a bitch if you chopped before really finding-out. Looks a tad pointy to be a nanner, but make sure first, either way.

[canniwhatsis]

That's not a Nanner, its a full on pollen sack. Sometimes MJ will be asexual, and grow fully developed male and female flowers.

Hermi flowers will develop a single pistle and a pollen gland in the same flower, the single pollen gland is the dreaded "Nanner" it's not as much a risk of seeds tho since most of the time the pollen is inactive.

Another sign of potential hermi I've seen is multiple pistles sticking out of a single calax.

Pic 1: Nanner
Pic 2: Female flower with 6 pistles off of same plant.

[Rusty Trichome]

That's not a Nanner, its a full on pollen sack.

Wrong in concept. Nanners are male flowers. (pollen sacks) Whether on a male or female plant...a nanner is a nanner.

Hermi flowers will develop a single pistle and a pollen gland in the same flower,

Pistils are a tube that catch the pollen and delivers it to the zygote in the calyx. The union of the two makes the seed. (readers digest version) I've never seen nor ever heard of a hermaphrodetic calyx.

Another sign of potential hermi I've seen is multiple pistles sticking out of a single calax.

Again...Wrong. Pistils are often damaged or age, and are replaced. Sometimes two, sometimes 3 or 4 pistils can emerge from a single calyx. Tiz not in any form, a sign of hermaphrodism.

If the seeds you grow led you to these conclusions, perhaps you should find another source for your seeds. I wonder how many healthy plants that were perfectly fine, you've killed-off because of this?

[Bataleon420]

I hoped for the best and prepared for the worst. I went outside today and snapped these couple shots. Dont even think its a hermie.. I snipped off some leaves to let everyone get a better look at whats going on with my plant.

[Hempsouth]

Pretty much settles the hermie thoughts, nice male.

This is bagseed genetics correct?

[Bataleon420]

Yes, def bagseed genetics.

[canniwhatsis]

Wrong in concept. Nanners are male flowers. (pollen sacks) Whether on a male or female plant...a nanner is a nanner.

Pistils are a tube that catch the pollen and delivers it to the zygote in the calyx. The union of the two makes the seed. (readers digest version) I've never seen nor ever heard of a hermaphrodetic calyx.

Again...Wrong. Pistils are often damaged or age, and are replaced. Sometimes two, sometimes 3 or 4 pistils can emerge from a single calyx. Tiz not in any form, a sign of hermaphrodism.

If the seeds you grow led you to these conclusions, perhaps you should find another source for your seeds. I wonder how many healthy plants that were perfectly fine, you've killed-off because of this?

Thanks Rusty. I'll keep future posts in check,.... but I've got flowers on my suspect hermi plant, that as the pistils begin growing out of the calyx generate 5-6 from almost every flower. They are all a little contorted, and most of them seem to hang up in the calyx. Aren't there 5-6 little glands that hang down off of a pollen sack once it opens? This is where I draw the conclusion of excess pistils.

(Forgive me on my lack of proper names, still learning and all. And Thanks for the proper spelling on calyx and pistil! :thumbsup: )


As for the last question, NONE! I've actually kept plants that I knew were a risk for asexuality, much to my greater disappointment. All plants I've grown are clones.


So,.... exactly what am I looking at in the first picture? That sure isn't 2 pistils! Looks, (to me anyway) like a calyx with one pistil and a (I'm guessing here) complete pollen sack?

So wouldn't it be a hermaphrodite calyx?

[canniwhatsis]

Pretty much settles the hermie thoughts, nice male.

+1 Sorry bro.