Newb needs advice. Pls help!

CayCe

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Hey tokies, need some advise on my first ever grow. sry aint got any camera to post pics up...so i'll juz provide as much info as i can.

I sprouted a bagseed and grow it in soil medium bought from farm (contains chicken manure, dirt etc etc). Sativa dominant as leaves are thin and long. I grow them in a cupboard size 1.5', 2.5' width, 4' height and cut a 4"X4" hole in the cupboard, grew in my room with AC without any fan used, ocassionally open the door lil bit as light gets slightly hot sometimes)

Week 1: One 23w 6500k CFL in 500ml cup grew to almost 5" and transplant to 1.5gallon pot.
Week 2 and 3: Added two more similar bulbs and it grew to slightly over a foot. Then i transplant again into a 4gallon pot (accidentally broke it's primary root, darn).
Week 4-5: Very little growth due to bad transplant started nute in middle week with NPK 21-21-21 once a week) and put it under sun for 12 hrs and CFL 12 hrs.
Week 6-8: Growth got going again and reaches to 2'. Then notice there were bugs in soil and pluck out about 10 one inch white caterpillars (damn buggers)

Started flowering with 12/12 switching to four 2700k bulbs and also used another 2 6500k bulb together (six 23w bulbs in total with NPK 14-24-20)
First 2 weeks of flowering, no sign of sex.
Week 3 flowering: upper branch nodes shows white pistils.
Week 4 flowering: Lowest i.e. 1st and 2nd branch node show balls (1-6 small balls on each branch nodes, knew they were balls as they look different from the calyx with pistils) and upper nodes begin to fill up with balls too (hermie?) and i continue flowering.
Week 5 flowering: Added molasses every 2 watering. Balls getting slightly bigger and i only pluck those on the upper branch nodes (kept those balls on 1st and 2nd branch nodes).
Week 6 flowering: pistils in upper node filling up well and more balls also shows on upper branch nodes ranging from 1 ball to 6 balls per node. I didnt pluck them as i notice some balls actually had pistils growing out of it (from these balls with white pistils growing out as it open more i was able to see some yellow like thingy and on the yellow thingy were small white pecs which i tot was pollens?

Then day 44 flowering i notice one of the 1st branch node (only one) growing something different and when i juz slightly touch it, it was powdered like and went into the soil (no wind in my cupboard). So i cut half of the 1st branch off.

Currently in day 52 flowering 2.7' tall with 22 branches all together, those calyx like with pistils doesnt seem to be getting any bigger nor do those balls like with pistils. Dont see any frost near those calyx like/ balls like pistils either. So far never seen any powdered like thing also. And half of the 1st branch shows pistils now. from day 46 to 52 it only grew about 1.5cm in height. I only have about 3 inches of vertical space left now. The 1st 7 branch fan leaves had fallen and lower branch secondary fan leaves starting to yellow and fall also.

My question is when will those calyx (or bud) start to get bigger or will they ever get bigger? Appreciate any good advice, thanks!
 

GeeTee

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um dude as ur mj continues to flower and the calyxes start to swell u will c it develop false seed pods which will fill wit resin(if it aint pollinated),which will look kinda like balls but actually aint if this is wat ur talkin bout then u been fuckin the buds up, but a picture will help ppl diagnose ur prob man much bttr, but from wat ur sayin the balls have pistols comin outta of them that is wat i think ur pickin out, but also like england sayed u jus have a full blown hermie also from sum of ur descriptions
 

CayCe

Active Member
Bin all males and hermies - pointless growning em - start again
well i been reading lots and realize that male/hermie can get you slightly high too which was why i kept it....+ all the tops are with lots of pistils too...probably giving it a couple of weeks and trash it if nothing happens :wall:

I do had a second grow going with the same bagseed thou...making sure i pamper it well this time...after 35days since sprout it's already 2feet tall now....if dont work again gonna get some real seeds then.
 

CayCe

Active Member
thanks England & GeeTee! well i know female calyx/bud will grow bigger and swell with resin thus looking like pods/balls. but the balls i toking about aint from the calyx which was why i know it's a hermie...so it's normal for a hermie to have pistils coming out of the balls?

coz i tot male balls will only have pollens and females will only have pistils...then having both of them seperately will be a hermie...but how come my balls got pistils coming out of em (plucked the balls and some have 1-3 pistils sticking out)
 

growman09

Active Member
its a full blown hermie by the sounds of it it is actually more male dom. then female i dont think you will get much also get a fan on them how thick is your stalk?
 

BuddhaBud

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the white powder is a fungus cannabis is very susceptible to - killed my first ever grow, an outdoor
it also stops/slows the budding process- in my opinion, i hate to say it but i'd cut her down, clean the growspace and start again, watching your humidity. if u get the fungus again be carefl not to touch it or itll spread, u have to put a bag over teh area with it n chop away :(
good luck :peace:
 

CayCe

Active Member
oh so the white powder thingy i saw was actually a fungus? then those yellow thingy with tiny white pecs are the pollens?
thanks i'm still learning :)
 

BuddhaBud

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no, fungi dont have pollen
wait, are the white specs only on the calyxes, or on the leaves mostly?
 
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