Hermies or females?

deepshizzol · May 10, 2023

MickFoster said:
I sure hope none of your neighbors are growing outdoors.

Nope... I'm fully aware of how far pollen in general can travel, I'm pretty secluded 500m absl in the mountains... So no danger or ruining anyone else's crop, have a great day, and thanks once again for your input and timeX

Budzbuddha · May 10, 2023

greentree420 said:
Back in the day we used a album covers to sift through the weed to get seeds out of the ground up weed.

Memories

Budzbuddha · May 10, 2023

deepshizzol said:
No my balls are not round more nut shaped if I'm honest, that's why I refer to them as nuts
... How about you?

My nuts seem kind of round … salty too

deepshizzol · May 10, 2023

BenGman said:
If you are seriously going to ride it out get a spray bottle of water ...spray and pick off every single nanner , ball or whatever you want to call the male part before it opens and sprays pollum all over the girls private parts..... repeat process till harvest.

MtRainDog · May 10, 2023

They're called balls not because of the shape necessarily, but because they are male genitalia... ya know, balls, slang for human male testicles.

And those plants have lots of balls, and pistils, straight up hermies. Grow em if you want to, but set your expectations accordingly.

deepshizzol · May 30, 2023

greentree420 said:
Back in the day we used a album covers to sift through the weed to get seeds out of the ground up weed.

Yes I can actually remember doing this myself, think my dad showed me, penny didn't drop because we only ever did it with African... Thank you for the blast from the past

deepshizzol · May 30, 2023

So quick update....n. Firstly sorry for the newbie questions... But 1 of the 2 plants that were grown from bag seed, and that we all thought were Hermies, seems to have continued to flower? So my question is 1. How long do pre flowers stick around? 2. Could this maybe be an auto which will just continue to flower now? There are also no more signs of "balls" after removing the ones seen in the original pics... any advice would be greatly received... Thank you

I should add that being outside the light is currently 14/10

deepshizzol · Jun 9, 2023

1 week on after more rain and a few thunderstorms... She is still hanging in there... Are these swollen calyxs normal so early on? Sorry I know another rookie Q but...

Thanks x

Phytoplankton · Jun 9, 2023

The only calyxes that are really swollen are the old single ones at the nodes. They will probably finish a little faster because they've been pollinated. Please, whatever you do, DO NOT propagate any seeds you get, they will more than likely be hermies or, at a minumum, carry the hermie trait. It just weakens the overall gene pool should these get in "circulation".

deepshizzol · Jun 9, 2023

Thank you, point taken about propogating the seeds....So you are saying that it is still showing signs of Hermie?

deepshizzol · Jun 9, 2023

Should I remove the swollen calyxs?

Phytoplankton · Jun 9, 2023

deepshizzol said:
Thank you, point taken about propogating the seeds....So you are saying that it is still showing signs of Hermie?

While I don't see continuing signs of hermie, there's no telling what it will do as the grow progresses, if any of the male flowers have opened you've got pollen in the area.

deepshizzol said:
Should I remove the swollen calyxs?

No, they're fine.

VaSmile · Jun 9, 2023

deepshizzol said:
There are also no more signs of "balls" after removing the ones seen in the original pics... any advice would be greatly received... Thank you

Hormones are powerful things. You must have done a thorough job removing all pollen sacs. By removing the highest concentration of male hormones your plant is now lacking the signal to display male traits.
I'm dealing with my first hermie now as well.
Google tells me that introducing estrogen into the environment will help promote your female sexual development while repressing the male. One way to do this is to put ripened bananas or mangos under your canopy. Most of the RIU community has told me my Google research is bs but I'm gonna give it a try tonight unless a experience cultivator tells me it's a big mistake

deepshizzol · Jun 9, 2023

Well we know that banana skins are high in potassium, but Im intrigued about the mango... Got one lurking on the side in the kitchen, it could well go missing lol

leatherbackturtle420 · Jun 9, 2023

deepshizzol said:
1 week on after more rain and a few thunderstorms... She is still hanging in there... Are these swollen calyxs normal so early on? Sorry I know another rookie Q but...

Thanks x

That plant is starting to reveg, so flower is done with until light hours decrease again. You would've either needed to wait to put it outside, or you would've needed to add supplemental lighting when you put it out.

deepshizzol · Jun 9, 2023

It was on 14/10 matching daylight hours before it went out, and still is... it started flowering before it went outside, at the time I thought it was pre flower, but 3 weeks later it's still going, unfortunately it wasn't an option to keep inside longer

leatherbackturtle420 · Jun 10, 2023

deepshizzol said:
It was on 14/10 matching daylight hours before it went out, and still is... it started flowering before it went outside, at the time I thought it was pre flower, but 3 weeks later it's still going, unfortunately it wasn't an option to keep inside longer

Either way, its going back into veg so until light hours decrease again, flowering is done.
Around August is when stuff starts flowering for me.
You've got like 8 more weeks of veg time now.

deepshizzol · Jun 11, 2023

Like most topics surrounding growing I am in knowledgeable regarding. re veg... is there some maintenance or anything I need to do to make sure she's ready in August? I can't allow her to get to tall, thank you x

ebgms · Jun 12, 2023

Hermie. Your first two pics show staminate primordia (male pollen producers aka balls) in the nodes. Your other pics show pistils which means your plant has both male and female genetics expressing themselves on the same plant at the same time.

This looks a lot like monoecious (single sex) hemp rather than dioecious (two sexes) cannabis grown for medicinal/recreational purposes.

Kerowacked · Jun 12, 2023

Plus 1 on the reveg, single and triple finger fans with smooth edges. Let the sh*tshow begin.

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