First time grower
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Trickyticky
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In the first pic ya have either been touching the bud or ya have ya light bit to close . My guess is ya been touching it to see how it smells
hotrodharley
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Or it’s pollinated.
Yes I’ve smelled it once, what would make you think it’s pollinated?
Here’s a more microscopic type pic
That's the first thing I noticed, brown pistils on the top flower too early in flower cycle. That can mean the flower has been pollinated.
I learned this the hard way, just a month ago I was 3 weeks into flower, everything looked great, then slowly the pistils started turning brown, first just a flower or two and then pretty soon the entire plant. The flowers stopped growing, I knew what it was but I kept going just to be sure. About a week later, I started pulling the calyx apart with tweezers to find a seed pod growing inside every single one. Hermie and total loss.
Why did it happen? I'm still not sure. At first, I thought I trimmed too much after starting to flower, and stressed the plants too much. I vegged for 3 months, a month too long, and had way too much excess growth that had to go. But I also lost power right around the same time as the brown pistils started showing up. The power went out about 4 hours into the 12 hour lights on, I had daylight coming thru the window in the room and left the tent open with a flashlight, but it was still pretty dark. The power was out for about 3 hours, after which I put the lights back on to finish the remaining 5 hours of the 12 hour lights on. I knew at the time, and I know now for sure, that instead I should've just put the plants back to lights off once the power went out, and waited the 20 hours until the 12 hour lights on time came around again. The plants need darkness uninterrupted, it doesn't matter if they get an extra 8 hours of dark as long as there is no light. I think I stressed them out by turning the lights back on again.
Sorry if this is a little long. Learn from my mistakes.
The closeup pictures are really hard to tell. The first picture at the top has brown pistils on every flower down the stem, and they look really small for 4 weeks. I don't want to alarm you, but it could be an issue.
At 4 weeks into flower, they should all still be white and growing vigorously. Have you stressed them out in any way?
So far the only problems I had were in early veg, I handled them pretty quick and everything was healthy and green. But to be honest I have 3 plants in the tent all seem to be female and they all have little orange pistils that look the same. I really want to say it’s the genetics I can’t see how they would be pollinated. Temps are usually 75-79 on the high end in the day and high 60s low 70s when the lights off.
It could very well be genetics, keep going and hope for the best. If they are hermie, it could also be genetics and no fault of your own. Good luck!
No someone just said it looks stretched and pollinated now I’m stressing myself out lol
Someone you know that saw the plant in person? Well, then you likely have an issue, I hate to say it but the first thing I thought when I saw it was it looked like my plants that went hermie. I feel your pain if that is the case, really sorry, man.
hotrodharley
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You’re a first time grower. Not trying to be insulting but do you know what you’re looking for when it comes to hermies or recognizing nanners? Keep going for sure but spend time examining every inch of every plant. To get a whiff of the odor rub branches. Don’t touch flowers. Not until they’re formed and firm. Even then . . . ..