HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

[yetibear]

I have a hermi and trying to figure out how it happened has been driving me crazy!

The plant was about 6 months old when I decided to flower her and I had to chop 14-15 inches off the top to fit it into my tent, also I kept her "it" in the same 5 gallon planters pot that I originally planted "it" in.

I was told about 2 weeks into flowering that I should have re-poted "it" into fresh soil! could that have done it, being in the same pot and soil for that long? or a bad seed to begin with?? I also about 2 weeks ago, started watering "it" every other day instead of every day as I had been doing the 1st 4 weeks of flowering.

Its been fed foxfarm grow big, technaflora boost, bloom and carboload and big bud! going from plain water to nutes every other watering! which I was told by my local supply store was the way to do it and that all of the above was all ok to work with one another, could that have done it? It's been in a secret jardin tent in the basement of my home and it's very dark in this basement (very little light) and has been running 12-12 from 9am-9pm consistently, the temps have been no lower then 61 at night and no higher then 72 through the day! no pets! no male plants anywhere!! I'm at my wits end! I'm new to all of this! any help? thanks.

yetibear Reviewed by yetibear on 12-10-2010. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? I have a hermi and trying to figure out how it happened has been driving me crazy! The plant was about 6 months old when I decided to flower her and I had to chop 14-15 inches off the top to fit it into my tent, also I kept her "it" in the same 5 gallon planters pot that I originally planted "it" in. I was told about 2 weeks into flowering that I should have re-poted "it" into fresh soil! could that have done it, being in the same pot and soil for that long? or a bad seed to begin with?? Rating: 5

[budlover13]

Idk from experience, but heard that stress will hermie a plant. Don't know if re-potting creates more stress or less. I just found a seed in my smoke and know that they were all female, but heard that a mature female will produce a few seeds if not pollinated to ensure the genetic lineage.

[copobo]

it seems most often its light stress that causes hermies.

lights on controllers, outlet strips, under doors, a malfunctioning timer or a timer with a 15 minute section turned on in the middle of the night by accident... sometimes a timer will break and not shut off at all.

be there when your lights come on and resync them once a month. check them to be sure they are going off around the same time too, assuming you have >1 timers.

[yetibear]

it seems most often its light stress that causes hermies.

lights on controllers, outlet strips, under doors, a malfunctioning timer or a timer with a 15 minute section turned on in the middle of the night by accident... sometimes a timer will break and not shut off at all.

be there when your lights come on and resync them once a month. check them to be sure they are going off around the same time too, assuming you have >1 timers.

:thumbsup: Wow copo! I hadn't thought about that. you think?

Ok! the electrical outlet strip IS on the inside of the tent!!! are you talking the little red (off-on) light? that could cause "hermi" stress? really?? WOW!!

[porone]

:thumbsup: Wow copo! I hadn't thought about that. you think?

Ok! the electrical outlet strip IS on the inside of the tent!!! are you talking the little red (off-on) light? that could cause "hermi" stress? really?? WOW!!

I take mine out.The red is the worst

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

:thumbsup: Wow copo! I hadn't thought about that. you think?

Ok! the electrical outlet strip IS on the inside of the tent!!! are you talking the little red (off-on) light? that could cause "hermi" stress? really?? WOW!!

i think he means check your timers and make sure they are on the correct schedule. in our busy lives sometimes things go askew, it happened to me once. even chopping a top can stress a plant, espescially if the the seed is not stable to begin with. this is how 99.9% female seeds are created. check everything and see what you come up with. good luck mate:thumbsup:

[budlover13]

I've had small light leaks not affect me(as far as I can tell), My powerstrips are run off my timer, so Idk about the red lights.

[porone]

Take the red lights out honest , and I think he meant both

[porone]

Red light is what the plant sees best:thumbsup:

[budlover13]

I've had small light leaks not affect me(as far as I can tell), My powerstrips are run off my timer, so Idk about the red lights.

In my grow, the lights are off on the strip in the dark as I run my timers off the wall. When my ladies go nite, nite, only minor leaks IF there's ambient light.