Hermies

[Marc Benson]

Those are balls as sure as those great big giant nuts hangin' off the 1800 pound bull (Diablo) out in the back 40 are balls. But I could be wrong.

[HARDDON]

Sorry bout not posting the pic of me hermies...I had like 4 outta 21 be hermies.....but they are all over the yard and last night i killed one that just turned on me that was outside...

But yes, you got a hermie, no doubt about it.

The pic in BB post you referred to was never a ball...it was just a small flower pod.

Yours are balls and flowers...guaranteed.

Sorry bro......

But you can let it grow outside and get some decent quality smoke from a hermie sometimes.

[jimmybobjoe]

Well crap, i hoped to have better news than that Hardon but thanks for looking. This plant was started about 8 or 9 days after yours was and i was gonna follow your grow to the T with mine, except when you started talking about how you were having hight issues i pushed mine into flowering. It was at 6 1/2 inches when i put it into flower as yours were taller i think. its doing great and the secondary growth didnt even start until i put it into flowering so the secondary growth is real close to the stem just like the christmas trees you wanted to have. I think that is the key if started from seed. As for the hairs, they are all growing and swelling very close to the stem and the plant stands at 16" right now. I am about 2 1/2 weeks into flower and the growth has just about stopped, as i think the plant is focusing all of it's energy making little flowers now(and a couple of BALLS). I did make the major mistake of growing it outside for the first 14 days. Because of that the lower portion of the plant has 1 1/2 inches + between alternating branches. Well i appreciate all of your opinions and I think I will castrate sandy and see what happens. There are only 4 Balls on the entire plant so i think it may work.

[FLORIDA MON]

I have this "friend" who is a relatively experienced indoor grower.

Now, he has to keep a check on his girlies starting around the 4 week point to look out for hermies.

Some of them go to just about full maturation with no or few seeds by harvest.

However, many of them start to develop seeds at about the 5 week point.

The seed bundles usually start at the bottom of the plant and work their way up to the top. And, once they start, they spread like wildfire and here comes the axe!

He's understand that stress can be a major culprit; such as photo-poisoning, heat, lack of water...

However, might there be chemical or nutritional inbalances that may be to blame as well?

I've heard that you should go lite on the nutes toward the end of the flowering cycles.

What do ya think?

[HARDDON]

JamesRobertJoseph burned his plant and no longer visits us here.