First time grow, using autoflower Snowryder. These were my "free with purchase" seeds, so I'm experimenting like mad just to understand the grow variables. (And reading forum after forum for ideas, thanks all.)
My 5 seeds all germinated fine, 3 in soil, 2 in paper towels. No real difference there.
I ended up with 2 females, 2 males and 1 runt that I pulled.
Males have been separated since identification and I've been collecting pollen for future experiments.
One of the males showed signs of hermie development, putting out some white hairs after it had already presented pollen that appeared just like the "normal" male. Great, I figured I would pollenate the hermie (trying both self-pollination and pollen from the normal male.)
Now, at about 5 weeks total, I'm getting lots of terminal "buds" putting out hairs, but the bulk of each "bud" is clusters of these "nanners." At least that's what they look like after a lot of Googling around.
But what the heck ARE these things? Are they going to open to put out pollen, just like the normal, round and full pollen sacs that were farther down the plant? So far it doesn't seem so. A couple of the clusters have a regular pollen sac interspersed, generally either already open or soon to be.
The two hairy "buds" I attempted to pollinate over a week ago have very little left in the way of white hairs now, just lots of clusters of these "nanners." There's a ton of pollen in this little secluded grow area, mostly from the adjacent normal male: has it just pollinated all of the hermie buds, beyond my selective breeding attempts? (I've also selectively pollinated a couple of the female buds, and those clearly have "taken," but I'm not sure if there's any action on my pollinated hermie.)
I was hoping for some late-season pollen off of my females, as I recognize that's great for growing future all-female seeds, but this male-to-female-to-??? thing is a complete curve ball to this noob!
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My 5 seeds all germinated fine, 3 in soil, 2 in paper towels. No real difference there.
I ended up with 2 females, 2 males and 1 runt that I pulled.
Males have been separated since identification and I've been collecting pollen for future experiments.
One of the males showed signs of hermie development, putting out some white hairs after it had already presented pollen that appeared just like the "normal" male. Great, I figured I would pollenate the hermie (trying both self-pollination and pollen from the normal male.)
Now, at about 5 weeks total, I'm getting lots of terminal "buds" putting out hairs, but the bulk of each "bud" is clusters of these "nanners." At least that's what they look like after a lot of Googling around.
But what the heck ARE these things? Are they going to open to put out pollen, just like the normal, round and full pollen sacs that were farther down the plant? So far it doesn't seem so. A couple of the clusters have a regular pollen sac interspersed, generally either already open or soon to be.
The two hairy "buds" I attempted to pollinate over a week ago have very little left in the way of white hairs now, just lots of clusters of these "nanners." There's a ton of pollen in this little secluded grow area, mostly from the adjacent normal male: has it just pollinated all of the hermie buds, beyond my selective breeding attempts? (I've also selectively pollinated a couple of the female buds, and those clearly have "taken," but I'm not sure if there's any action on my pollinated hermie.)
I was hoping for some late-season pollen off of my females, as I recognize that's great for growing future all-female seeds, but this male-to-female-to-??? thing is a complete curve ball to this noob!
![IMG_0851.jpg](/data/attachments/1218/1218579-34db437ae1667287835364f0e75a1a5d.jpg)