mysterious and destructive stem disease.

[mutigen]

here are some photos of a damaged stem from last round.

- mu

mutigen Reviewed by mutigen 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 as Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

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Originally Posted by mutigen
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.
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Since you double-posted, this is getting confusing...

There is nothing wrong with your plant...not DEF, not TOX, not rot; your plants have decided to air-root. They are fine.

Any drop in flower mass- you have to look elsewhere. It's unrelated.

[mutigen]

here is a low quality photo of one of the young babes. i will try to get a better image, as this one is very difficult to see, i apologize.

[stinkyattic]

There's nothing wrong with that stem.

[mutigen]

There's nothing wrong with that stem.

i am sorry, it is very difficult to see the damage in that photograph. i will try to get a better one. take a look at the other two photos of previously damaged plants, as they show the visible signs of the disease much more graphically.

[stinkyattic]

I did look at them... there's nothing wrong with those either!
Cannabis DOES grow bark... like a tree... eventually it gets too small for the stem, splits, and flakes off!