Yeah they produce pollen right away. No need to "flower"
Those leaf patterns of 3 fingers come from ruderalis genetics. F1s from 1 photo and 1 auto are typically photo..... but I would guess your plant got pollinated by an auto and that’s why the babies are are flowering not based on photoperiod. I also might be totally wrong, but that is my best guess.And speaking of the seeds from the outdoor plant, the males went into pollen production before the plants had more than a half dozen leaves on them. I thought that strange as the females were in no way ready to receive the pollen, nature looks like it is getting it wrong this time. But today I see some of the females of these outdoor seeds throwing up pistils. But the plants are only 6-8" tall and I have them on a 16/8 light cycle. I would have thought they would remain in veg. And not just one plant but four of them.
So I am guessing I should keep the lights on them for 24 hours. They are too small to even produce popcorn buds. I want to grow them out big enough to see what a full size plant would produce. Learning weird shit every day it seems.
Those are all lacking light and probably food. You can tell by the super long stretch and internodal gap.So I popped a bunch more seeds, the females are shorter than the males. I was going to save the pollen from a male but am unsure which to choose. As you can see there are a few that are sprouting like a teenage kid, one is kind of the runt of the bunch. Normally you would want the pollen from the Alpha of the bunch to make seeds from, or do you? If I use the runt instead it might make for more compact plants? I am new to this so I am guessing. Or using the runt is a bad idea?
No sense of adventure?
No waste of resources for this guy
Stretch is usually lack of light. Seedlings don't need food even in coco, usually tap water (with Ca/Mg) has everything they need for awhile.Maybe I should be adding nutrients to the coco before I stick the sprout in? I don't know. Here is the next bunch, same father (I presume) but different strain mother. They are pretty high out of the cups as it is, not sure if they will develop like the others. I have been turning out the light for 7-8 hours, maybe I need to leave the lights on for 24? I used to before (not using these seeds) and did not have the initial stretch. Maybe it is the coco? I used Jiffy plugs back then. Mind you once the root is out of the plug then it is in the soil.
I did use soil back then. But again, a different strain.
My seedlings have been fine in coco with just tap water. The Cotyledons are their food source for nutrients for their very early growth until they have the leaf support for transition to photosynthesis. If you can feed without burn, that works too. I admit I'm a bit lazy to make a third, seedling, reservoirThey for sure should have nutes in coco right from the start. What else are they going to eat? I grow in soilless and water in nutes before even putting a seed or a fresh cutting in it.
Those suckers look like ditchweed or some hemp invasion and not something I would want to add to my gene pool but we all have different goals.
When I see my plants praying I take it as a good sign that they are happy and reaching for the sun!
