mysterious and destructive stem disease.

[stinkyattic]

stems have become brittle and woody (not mushy)
there appear to be small, tough and hard, burls or spurs or knuckles or something, at the base of some of the plants.

later, as i stated earlier, the stems have chunks literally falling off, but in dry strands, that do look as if they have been scratched of by some sort of animal.

Cannabis plants DO grow a bark-like layer as they age, and it DOES naturally flake off in strands.

Those bumps or knuckles... small? White?

You are seeing the nubs of advantitous roots forming. It's common for a cannabis plant to try to air-root.

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 02-05-2007. mysterious and destructive stem disease. i am having a problem with what i now believe to be some form of severe stem disease. possibly a fungus. i actually believed that the problem was a rat or a squirrel, that had attacked some larger plants, as the damage was completely physical, in that it appeared as though a rat had sharpened his claws on the plant stems (at the base only). now that i have some small new babes, it is OBVIOUS that this is a stem disease. very likely some sort of fungus. the symtoms as they appear now are Rating: 5