3.5 weeks of flowering (27 days) pics... notice anything different or strange?

[Minnesnowta]

Just posting some pics of a plant I have growing right now that is 27 days into flowering 12/12 with 550W HPS. I have noticed a few different things about this plant during flowering.. I don't wanna give away what I am seeing cuz I would like to know if anyone else feels the same way I do about her. So basically I am hoping to hear any responses, comments, concerns, or whatever you might have about the pictures I am posting below, anything would be appreciated. After I get a few responses I will post my thoughts about her. You could also take some guesses on whether shes indica or sativa dom. and perhaps even the aproximate ratio.

Thanks ya'll and enjoy,

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Minnesnowta Reviewed by Minnesnowta on 03-08-2012. 3.5 weeks of flowering (27 days) pics... notice anything different or strange? Just posting some pics of a plant I have growing right now that is 27 days into flowering 12/12 with 550W HPS. I have noticed a few different things about this plant during flowering.. I don't wanna give away what I am seeing cuz I would like to know if anyone else feels the same way I do about her. So basically I am hoping to hear any responses, comments, concerns, or whatever you might have about the pictures I am posting below, anything would be appreciated. After I get a few responses I Rating: 5

[williboy]

Snowta, beautiful! Kinda hard to tell ratios but I'd guess that you have an Indica dominate strain and is this a test? lol I can see I may learn a bit from you cause I don't think I'm seeing much that looks strange. This is just like being a kid again, waiting for next weeks 'Rocketman', I can't wait untill the next episode. Thanks again for your input on the 'weird' grow on the other thread.

[theforthdrive]

Damn, the hair lengths to bud size are a little crazy but she looks healthy! I wouldnt really guess on i/s ratio until the end and see when it matures... I find leaves and structure/height of the plant can be deceiving.

[Minnesnowta]

Interesting, never really paid much attention to the hair length on it. Hopefully long hairs is a great thing? haha

[williboy]

"Older" guy around here says longer pistil length is a measure of possible fertility of the bract that it"s on. Longer pistil more pollen collected. Local breader. Still no hints? I'm itching! Hey got any good pollen?

[Minnesnowta]

Hmm I always figured that cannabis plants were always very easy to successfully fertilize. Times I have seen plants with intentional seeds are always jam packed. I do actually have some pollen good pollen, and have been intending to use it on a branch somewhere on a plant, but it never seems important enough to get me to actually do it.. perhaps I'll try it out on that plant.

[Minnesnowta]

A big part of it is that I just think it looks really under developed for being at 4 weeks now. Maybe I'm just spoiled by what my big mama makes with her clones and the two strains just grow very differently, and I'd notice that more in this plant because they're opposites sitting side by side.

[theforthdrive]

Oh I meant it as a side note kinda.... def not bad and in terms of breeding I guess it would be helpful. Just looked cool!

[Minnesnowta]

Oh yeah I know you weren't sayin its a bad thing, at least I figured you weren't, haha it is a little weird looking.

[Minnesnowta]

Discovery made last night on this plant... I found a single male part on one of the lower branches =(. I searched pretty hard and only found the one single pollen sack, but I don't have much experience with hermies so I'm a little bit undecided what to do yet. Maybe I've been lucky or maybe the plants respond to my calm personality and have lowered stress levels so I don't get hermies haha. Anyways, its my understanding that once a hermie.. always a hermie, and even though I only found one pollen sack for now, more could develop, and it is probably best to chop her down and call it a loss? I've always been paranoid about hermies.. and I believe i've seen in pictures that sometimes male parts will actually grow within the female flowers, keeping them hidden until they open and release pollen? Unless I was mistaken in what I had seen. I've heard that the pollen sacks typically develop right at the bottom of a node, or right where it connects to the host branch/stem.

I know its pretty common to just remove male parts and continue to grow the female out, as long as there aren't an overwhelming number of pollen sacks, and if I had more first hand experience with hermies then I might do the same in this situation. However, I don't know how dangerous these things get at the stage its in now, and its not worth it to ruin other plants. Also I just filled up my smaller flower room otherwise I'd have had a separate chamber to finish her in... oh well.

Lemme know what you think about this hermy issue.. this is one of those things that I wished I wouldn't have to research in depth haha, but oh well, I guess it happens to everyone, for a variety of reasons.